The BEST Private Notetaking Apps Explained

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Let's cover private & secure note apps & services to keep you safe! Note-taking apps know everything about you, but it doesn't need to be that way.
Craft Data Treatment: www.craft.do/s/5EYqvXdOUIrNu5
00:00 Introduction to notes!
00:43 Very important E2EE explanation & why it matters
01:45 Note Service 5 - Craft
02:25 Note Services 4 - Offline Options
03:14 Note Service 3 - Joplin
03:56 Note Service 2 - Standard Notes
04:49 Honorable Mentions!
06:15 Note Service 1 - Obsidian
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@techlore 2 года назад

What's your favorite note-taking app?! Did we miss one? Let us know in the comments! 🗒

@firex.6273 2 года назад

Joplin and standard notes for me. Joplin's cross platform feature is horrendous, though.

@jonathanking4097 2 года назад

Obsidian for sure is the best

@user-cl5gv9ep6g 2 года назад

Vim with it syslinked to a mega synced directory ( or a nextcloud one )

@mrajax_0101 2 года назад

Mine is Notion

@duckmeat4674 2 года назад

@@mrajax_0101 we are talking about private. Closed source is bad enough, I don't know why closed source software was included in the list anyway, but notion and obsidian both closed source and online is just terrible

@vlmath314 2 года назад

joplin can be self-hosted, allowing the sync without paying

@im1random263 2 года назад

Good to know! For me cloud solutions aren't an option so I never used Joplin

@thiefinbluejeans 2 месяца назад

Try syncthing

@ismailariyan 2 года назад

Perfect timing i was just looking for privacy respective digital note taking app

@thomaseriksen6885 2 года назад

Google knew that already

@siddheshswami2565 2 года назад

@@thomaseriksen6885 😂😂😂😂😂

@luysv 2 года назад

Me too!!! Hahahahha

@asishreddy7729 2 года назад

Imagine hearing about these awesome apps for the first time, despite regularly looking at the App Store for cool stuff. Thank you so much. Great video.

@michelleadams5609 Год назад

Great video! For you office fans, remember when Michael asked Dwight why he kept a diary and Dwight said “to keep secrets from my computer “.

@CyberDocUSA 2 года назад

Henry and Team, I work so much now that I have to play catch up with your vids and it's worth every minute. Thanks as always for all that you all do!

@fshahariar323 Месяц назад

I was so excited to see Standard Notes on Top 2! I've switched from Google Keeps to Standard Notes yesterday. It was super easy to import my Google Keeps data on it. It has both Linux and Android version of it. It's Awesome 🙌

@alexwr 2 года назад

Obsidian is great! I do wish it was open source, but given it's completely offline, that is less of an issue for me. With Obsidian and Syncthing, I can still carry all my notes around on all devices.

@gbessone 2 года назад

But syncing is $8 per month, right? no way to do it free

@alexwr 2 года назад

@@gbessone You can use any way to sync to your devices that you choose, not just the built in one in Obsidian. Hence me saying that I use Syncthing to do it. It's a fantastically simple open source tool, totally free (in both senses of the word) and nice and quick, I just have to make sure it's always running on my devices, but that's a fine trade off when somebody is asking me for $8 per month to put my data on their server.

@gbessone 2 года назад

@@alexwr i will google that tool! thanks!

@Will_Moffett Год назад

I don't think it's completely offline. It is giving me unsolicited updates.

@Ultrajamz 6 месяцев назад

But since its open source how do you really* know the data stays “offline”?

@thelazyninja3381 2 года назад

Great video, informative and humor was on point with the little video clips and thought bubbles. 10/10

@Beho1der Год назад

Thanks a lot bro for making such videos. My thoughts are that signal is still the best for day to day tasks like making grocery lists etc or storing links. However, obsidian is all in one where you can do much more from making notes to trip itineraries, coding and anything in between. It may look complex at first but after some tutorials obsidian is really the king of all note making apps.

@robertmaxey5406 Год назад

To the new Obsidian user demanding simplicity and no frills, do this. Turn off almost every stock plugin. Some plugins are not required in your case. Second, use the stock template/theme. Works well in dark mode. Then get your ass to work 😄 Obsidian can be a simple notes app or a complex application with few limits. And it is offline and the free version is not at all crippled. By free, I mean you do not need to pay for things you might not need like Obsidian Sync. I just copy one folder to Dropbox and my backup is done. Great video, by the way. I am a fan,.

@w1t3k_88 2 года назад

I will stick to standard notes as I recently bought a 5 years plan. Obsidian would be too complicated for me. Thanks for the video!

@bennihtm 2 года назад

I also use Standard Notes with a self hosted server and really like it so far.

@Aaron-tk7vc 2 года назад

I gave up on Standard Notes. It's so buggy.

@wildcard5 2 года назад

I just downloaded Obsidian and don't understand whats going on in the app.

@Busterblade20 2 года назад

@@wildcard5 check linking your thinking RU-vid channel. Obsidian is not the most intuitive note taking app so I highly recommend watching some videos to learn markdown and eventually learn all the obsidian features if you want but you could be perfectly fine just writing the basic stuff in obsidian. Good luck.

@codeartha 2 года назад

Same

@G4M3RSH311 2 года назад

Great video! One question though: What‘s your view on obsidian regarding the lack of open sourcing and also the obsidian sync feature in terms of security and privacy?

@nevoyu 2 года назад

Obsidian uses plain text files, so using something like sync thing works perfectly for note sync

@4thfugee 2 года назад

I needed this 😇THANK YOU!

@humansoul8173 2 года назад

Thank you! I really needed it! Can you also do a safest mind mapping apps too?

@d360ani 2 года назад

Thank you for the nice Video 👍 A similar video about calendar apps would be awesome! (Or is that topic already covered in one of your videos? Unfortunately I haven't watched all your videos yet)

@im1random263 2 года назад

Please make a video about privacy friendly hand writing apps for shool. Currently I'm using Xodo with all network access blocked, but it just doesn't feels right

@NemoHoes323 2 года назад

Henry, I have a suggestion for the follow up on this video, I think you should do 5 privacy productivity apps 🧐

@5555minimum 2 года назад

Yes please!

@arcoiris_sky Год назад

yesss! I am looking out for that video too!

@matthewhendricks396 11 месяцев назад

What are your thoughts on apple notes now that "advanced data protection" is a thing and end to end encrypts your notes? It seems like for most people, this is now a great option if you have that enabled.

@davidcrawford6631 2 года назад

Signal note to self is all that is needed in my simple life.

@KeyPeele1 2 года назад

Thanks for the video! Can you do something similar with calendar apps?

@tcideh4929 2 года назад

love the American Dad references, great show!

@yoshidah12 2 года назад

Was just looking for something! thanks!

@cheery-hex Год назад

glad to see Joplin is here... I like it!

@shreyanshumaheshwari150 2 года назад

Obsidian vs Standard Notes. Which one is best for privacy?

@crix_h3eadshotgg992 2 года назад

Just checked if Obsidian was on the list, but the others are actually better for me. Thank you.

@CrptcHpp 2 года назад

iCloud Notes likely are not E2EE by default but what about notes that you’ve individually locked with a password?

@linuxdragon57 2 года назад

Etesync supports note syncing, but I haven't found a suitable desktop version for it.

@redeyesdrogon786 2 года назад

this is a cool video. I will look into these apps since they will be useful for me

@bsaednnmgointuvtjstairhvrqujnb 2 года назад

Make a video about the bests 2FA off-line apps (LOCAL BACKUP CODES)

@onjalbabiii 2 года назад

What is your opinion on Hypernotes? It’s similar like obsidian but is it safe ?

@cowwy3130 2 года назад

Do you think a password managers “secure notes” work?

@kanakshilledar9788 2 года назад

I was just searching for a note taking app :)

@skybox-101 Год назад

In my 60's need to get 350 folder w 3000 files off noteverything into a differnt note keeper. It works fine perfect for me but no longer supported. What is good option to 1. Get my 3000 files out of that app 2. To continue simply taking notes and organized by title and folders. It would be nice to be able to put them onto my pc. I use android and pc.

@LeeHarrison89 2 года назад

Hey Henry, have you seen SmarterEveryDay's latest video about big tech/privacy? Would love to hear your thoughts.

@JM.TheComposer Год назад

Thanks, I never knew about Signal's notes.

@wawi_08 2 года назад

Joplin, one of the best markdown notes apps. But not for to-do notes, because the alarm feature sucks

@2M4NU 2 года назад

Man i love your videos

@teamrabbitalec 2 года назад

Tomboy notes is nice, only complaint is that it doesn't have images. Self wikis are neat for organizing things (tomboy ng is the next gen one)

@Slugbunny 2 года назад

Noticed my NAS can actually host the Synology Note Station app. Will need to investigate how the encryption works, but they do promise "AES 256-bit encryption for notes".

@tec4303 2 года назад

6:42 If the notes will be stored on my phone without being encrypted, can't all apps with the permission to read storage access my notes and do with them whatever they want?

@Mikein203 2 года назад

Good question 🤔. . I hope someone answer's this.

@sammydepresso 2 года назад

I would like to see a productivity tools that are privacy respecting video.

@timtaylor8305 2 года назад

I'm still all about my nextcloud notes!

@robertmaxey5406 Год назад

I think a big issue some people have with these types of apps is how difficult the mobile version is to use compared to the desktop version. I am on a Android tablet and some features of some apps are not available to me but they are to the desktop user. For example, the "/" slash is useless to the Mobile Notion user. Simply not available. What some find easy can be impossible for me and my situation.

@Murasaki29 Год назад

Yeah that the thing I have with all of these. I really like their Desktop version but the app version just lagged or accidently delete things...

@eurimontero1883 2 года назад

"Anytype" release will be so exciting...

@Angel-yq8jd 2 года назад

You're the best Techlore

@alirubaii4839 2 года назад

Techlore community! How would I replace Google Sheets for my personal finances? (1) I like to do my budget and tracking on a spreadsheet, (2) I need it to be a web-app at least, and (3) needs to be E2E encrypted.

@peenweinerstein9968 Год назад

Standard notes paid version has a spreadsheeting function

@videofrat3115 9 месяцев назад

Why do you mention Craft for example if its not E2EE? would be good to do a video like this but only including E2EE as there are very few options to choose from

@RoryVanucchi 2 года назад

Good post as always

@Rayzur99 2 года назад

which is the most secure?

@mpxz999 2 года назад

Does Obsidian accept stylus “hand-written” notes? If not, would you have any suggestions that work with stylus created notes?

@eurimontero1883 2 года назад

Obsidian is so good, unfortunately it is proprietary...

@shakenigiri8596 2 года назад

Here are some open source apps that support handwritten notes: Xournal Xournal++ Rnote OpenBoard Jarnal NoteLab MrWriter

@misoompa88 2 года назад

hi you're still looking for that "hand-written" notes? well Obsidian doesn't have a native drawing feature but there's a community plugin called "Excalidraw" that lets you draw and write

@deniswolf5215 2 года назад

Is community plug-ins safe for Obsidian? Anybody please an answer I'll appreciate. 🙏

@robertmaxey5406 Год назад

I use Obsidian but I never sync. I simply copy one Vault folder to my Dropbox. Takes a minute or so. Notion was nice, but no offline access means it is not a true productivity app. I want to decide when to be productive, not my access to a net connection.

@creytax9802 2 года назад

Whats about Synology Note if you have a own Synology?

@FruityHachi 8 месяцев назад

I tried cryptee but it asked me to disable adblocker, I thought they were privacy app? and I want to highlight and color my notes, does Joplin and Obsidian offer that?

@blackpolygon9306 2 года назад

Is it just me or are the Links in Description missing?

@hyleenpognaire8134 2 года назад

I'm using simple notes pro, from fdroid in phone, It's seemed more feature rich, like lock notes, resize etc, only that it's uo design is little messy than notally fory taste, but I'll keep using that

@chapps80 2 года назад

Why a note taking app is offering E2EE? who is the other end?

@jayvr. 2 года назад

Where does simplenotes stand...?

@literaryrenegade7972 2 года назад

Keep up the good work

@JanMyler 2 года назад

On a 5 year Standard Notes plan myself as well. What I didn't like about it so far: the UI is not intuitive and cumbersome to use at times, lack of keyboard shortcuts. Also the prioritization of their roadmap is a bit of a pain given there are long term issues that are not being addressed.

@domoel Год назад

Could you elaborate on those issues eventually?

@JanMyler Год назад

The offline experience on mobile seems to be working now, so I edited my original comment to remove it. The UI not being intuitive was mostly a matter of the previous versions and has improved greatly in the latest builds. The lack of keyboard shortcuts is still a big issue imho but admittedly hard to fix given the app architecture. Roadmap prioritization: there were certain issues open for months-years (offline mobile experience for an example) but the focus was put on building new features and new customer acquisition. Again, not judging just mentioning.

@porkslam2041 2 года назад

FINALLY!!! SOMETHING FOR ME!!

@destructodisk9074 5 месяцев назад

As a Mac user I really like the way Craft looks, but when I went to the App Store on my Mac to check it out, it seems like they collect a lot of data. They state on their website they don't sell your data. So why do they need to collect so much of it? What does my purchase history have to do with taking notes? Seems like a scenario where they might not be using my data now, but they have plans to when their user base is big enough.

@kucnilaptop1624 2 года назад

what can it be used on de googled phones ?

@john75RRC 2 года назад

Yaassss finally something I can send to not nerdy people

@TILR 2 года назад

Maybe do a video on news apps? I would like an FOSS version of Google/Apple/Microsoft News

@Bizarro69 2 года назад

need my always-visible word count. paragh alignment options. and instant upload! alas I'm a pipe dreamer

@Funkfreed Год назад

Was trying to replace google keep. Unfortunately, both joplin and obsidian don't have a web UI which means I can't use it on my work laptop. Standard notes has but the android app is too simple not even a checkbox list.

@sedanchair2 4 месяца назад

... I keep two note keeping apps due to the sneak attack of Evernote on it's customers,Google Keep being one of them,Zoho notebook being the other.

@pacifico4999 2 года назад

What about Simple Mobile Tools' Simple Notes?

@xenstarnetwork5333 2 года назад

Many of us are using devices with stylus pen. It would be great if you make a video with the apps that supports stylus support too.

@amirahaidary4187 Год назад

Yes! - and what have you learned about apps that support a stylus

@amirahaidary4187 Год назад

Also what devices for using stylus are good options?

@frogger2513 2 года назад

Kids wearing a monero shirt. Sold and subbed!!!

@BendyLemmy 2 года назад

Problem: notes in Joplin, a clipped web page etc, are available on your phone when u go shopping. Not Obsidian!

@c-LAW 2 года назад

Why do all these modern apps (post 2015) insist on using icons instead of menus? I don't speak icon.

@moto-rambler 2 года назад

Thoughts on Zoho Notebook?

@JohnSmith-mq2uy 2 года назад

Henry, how do you use spotify privately? Is there a way to raise the level of privacy when using the service?

@recklessroges 2 года назад

There's nothing private about spotify - it's a proprietary platform. (And I'm starting to hear from friends that their playlists can vanish without warning.)

@JohnSmith-mq2uy 2 года назад

@@recklessroges I know that. I just heard Henry saying in a video or a surveillance report(cant recall which one) that he still can't give up on Spotify, basically the only controversial (in privacy terms) service in his 'arsenal'. Well, he said that probably more than a year ago though

@milkgrapes6420 Год назад

Use a fake temporary email service for one

@pradap2298 2 года назад

Nailed it !

@bild96 2 года назад

What about simplenote

@TheCârtiță 2 года назад

I mostly use the default note app on the oneplus 7t, i have the most trust in that, someone if needed, contradict me

@Tylasian 2 года назад

Can you self host obsidian

@wildflower2166 2 года назад

Thanks, AGAIN ❣️ ✌🏻❤️😎

@Mike09017 2 года назад

This is why I don’t even trust the offline notes apps for my most intimate notes.

@Ahmad-cj4ef 2 года назад

been using stranded notes and signal note to self

@YossefMichel 2 года назад

I will love to get advice about Data Asset Management. Something?

@priscilacanaanoliver683 2 года назад

What about Trello ?

@TheHandsomeOne 2 года назад

Obsidian's not opensource?

@nedludd7622 2 года назад

Isn't "to zuck" a new verb?

@Cyberjin 2 года назад

can you do one for grammer & translate?

@tinakopson8501 2 года назад

Is protectedtext good?

@nikkireynolds9514 7 месяцев назад

iCloud is also E2E encrypted, so what is your beef about that service? Just asking, really. What do you know that I’ve missed?

@xcodemodex1733 2 года назад

Can TYPORA be considered???

@gbessone 2 года назад

is craft end to end encrypted?

@algorithmalchemist736 5 месяцев назад

but the obsidian requires a file folder in order to use their notetaking app. If someone uses your PC and browse your folders, they will see the information you wrote in your Obsidian

@ServantStatusMinistries Год назад

There is also FSnotes and upnote as well

@zainalu 2 года назад

Please make a video on privacy friendly word processors 'unlike' Microsoft Word.

@duckmeat4674 2 года назад

Libreoffice Onlyoffice Any latex processes

@zainalu 2 года назад

@@duckmeat4674 Thanks!

@beachbumnz Год назад

@Duck Meat - quack quack 🦆

@zweiwing4435 Месяц назад

How about software Engineer on Linux side?

@joshfromsmosh3352d 2 года назад

Make a vid about productivity apps like trello and zenkit and what not

@yohanesliong4818 6 месяцев назад

Thank you

@hyperblackhole2105 Год назад

Is there any note taking app that allow us to set password for different notes

@darkcarolineriddle Год назад

Premium standard Notes does this. I have it so I can confirm.

@buzzlightweight 2 года назад

Why don’t you like iCloud?

@DonaldWyman 2 года назад

I had never heard of obsidian and just tried it and was not all that impressed with it after playing with it just now. Standard notes are where it is at. I love that one. The great thing about it is there are plugins for it, so if you don't like the editor, for example, you can change it with plugins that other people have made. I just recently went to the paid version so that I could have 2fa, but the free version is awesome too. I tried Joplin before, but for me its downside was the mobile apps are a mess and not very good. The desktop apps though are really nice, and I really liked those.

@hydronicrocker Год назад

Your comment really helps someone like me who was about to check out joplin, had also tried obsidian and found it wasnt quite what I was after. I have also used Notion but find it slow.. and very easy to overcomplicate. I just want something simple that has the functionality for different things without obstructing my experience.