Standard Notes vs Tuta
Based on our analysis, Tuta is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Standard Notes | Tuta |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | A · 87/100 | A · 91/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (90) | Positive (90) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (84) | Positive (88) |
| What you can do | Mixed (72) | Positive (87) |
| What they promise | Positive (82) | Positive (91) |
Standard Notes is an end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that genuinely cannot read your notes; analytics are self-hosted via Plausible with no IP retention, apps collect zero usage data or location, and the subprocessor list is short and transparent — the main weaknesses are US jurisdiction and AWS hosting, the absence of published security audit reports, a thin policy that lacks GDPR rights language, and email marketing enabled by default.
View full analysis →Tuta is a German E2E-encrypted email service that genuinely can't read your emails, stores all data in ISO 27001-certified German data centres, uses no cookies and no third-party analytics, and has a policy short enough to actually read — the main caveats are that some metadata (sender/recipient addresses, timestamps) is stored unencrypted, and campaign tracking via hashed connection data is present.
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