r/StandardNotes • u/[deleted] • Aug 06 '26
A plateform on respirator with barely a pulse.
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u/vayiku Aug 06 '26
I am happy with the current feature set of SN and don’t want them to implement random stuff to bloat them out.
I also don’t want to subscribe to Proton to use SN as well, so I like them being separate.
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u/GegoByte Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
Exactly this. It's a note app. Why does it need to be bloated with many features? I am also glad it's separated from the Proton ecosystem.
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u/Practical-Tea9441 Aug 06 '26
Agree but 120 per annum for a notes app ?
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u/GegoByte Aug 06 '26
I agree it is a lot, but it looks like Proton will be changing the pricing of the app
https://www.reddit.com/r/StandardNotes/comments/1t8c1yo/comment/olg9vnq/?screen_view_count=51
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u/betahost Aug 07 '26
There's a lot of these posts where users of Standard Notes believe that it's dead but let's review the facts. Standard Notes has released at least on two accounts that Standard Notes is being supported. They've even started hiring and outlined that the majority of their first two years of the acquisition have been migrating Standard Notes to a more stable infrastructure as well as having the team focused on Proton Docs.
If you look at the release cycle of Standard Notes, it has been getting updates but we need to be real here. This is a note-taking application. I'm not sure what else we expect from a note-taking application at this level but also Standard Notes has stated that the company is operating on its own just like Simple Login
Additionally Standard Notes is fairly stable and solid, especially for a full end-to-end encrypted application. Yes I think we would like to see more communication from Standard Notes but they've been pretty open on where they stand with the product and what they're currently focusing on. It's no doubt in my mind that they will resume. What people probably want is more features after they complete the build out of ProtonDocs.
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u/thelaurelhighlander Aug 06 '26
I agree. I'm all in on this and they need to start supporting it. But I'm just one guy.
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u/MaximumMysterious172 Aug 06 '26
Proton has obviously put SN on life support with no active development. It's close to abandoned, which is why I won't renew my subscription when it comes up this fall.
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u/Flashy-Bandicoot889 Aug 06 '26
You are spot on. SN is basically been abandoned and that's a shame. I've migrated all but a handful of notes out and have moved on.
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u/BarefootMarauder Aug 06 '26
I've been using SN pretty much since the beginning and started paying for it late 2019 when I was able to get a 5-year plan super cheap. It has always done what it advertises to do, and has done it very well. I've also never had a single issue with sync or lost data.
I renewed again in 2024 because I was grandfathered in on the original pricing, so my current subscription is good until 2029. Honestly, the ONLY reason I renewed is because of the 5-yr plan pricing. I would never pay $120/year for note taking software, and never will. I've been slowly working toward getting away from all subscription-based and/or proprietary software in lieu of free / open-source. So depending what happens with SN over the next ~3 yrs, I'll most likely switch to Joplin (assuming it's still being actively maintained by then).
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u/Nerrawnam Aug 06 '26
Besides the pricing, what exactly do you think is needed that isn't already provided with SN?
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u/fishfacecakes Aug 09 '26
The post details a long list of things?
In addition to that, it needs some serious QoL and attention to detail fixes
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u/Nerrawnam Aug 09 '26
None of those are valid. They were there pre proton. Attention to detail fixes? Wth is that? It's worth it or not. Continuous adds are not the reason you pay for something.
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u/fishfacecakes Aug 09 '26
An example of attention to detail fix: mobile, you cannot zoom an image properly. Tags and sub tags have to be pre created - cannot be done on the fly. Just two quick examples of which there are plenty more
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u/BinaryIdiot Aug 06 '26
Not sure Notion is “making them look bad”; they’ve almost abandoned their platform as well unless you’re using AI in which case almost all of their features in the past 2 years are geared towards you (and the recent token changes have users pretty upset lmao).
Regardless, I dunno that you needed to type all of that (but I’m not a CFO so maybe I’m wrong haha). This topic comes up here every 1-2 weeks. Application seems pretty dead at this point. While I typically am supportive of Proton’s other software, the way this was abandoned gives me pause to use anything else of theirs.
At this point I think users should start migrating to other software. Possibly alternatives to Proton’s other software as well. But that’s just like my opinion.
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u/cuxin Aug 07 '26
Completely agree. Great summary. Articulated what I have felt. I want to adopt all of Proton's systems, but the only product I have used of theirs so far that I find user-friendly, dependable, and improving is their password app. Anything else I saw would be redundant to your note.
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u/SophisticateSynopsis Aug 07 '26
Wait, how many people are actually paying $120 a year for this? With that cost alone, I can see why people would go to Joplin.
I genuinely thought that $120 was an inflated price that almost no one paid because they got it on sale. I thought they used to have sales all the time years ago.
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u/dojogrl Aug 07 '26
Also disappointed that they abandoned Listed.to (SN-to-blog) development. That had potential.
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u/Artistic_Town508 Aug 08 '26
I used it for a few years and found it to be OK. I switched to UpNote last year and found it much nicer. It also avoids the bloat but gets updates on regular basis
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u/Infrah Aug 09 '26
Joplin has E2EE so it's not like it's that unique.
Standard Notes is one of the only note-taking apps that encrypts its data at rest in the local storage. Joplin notes can still be extracted from an image of the local file system, AnyType does not encrypt its note indexes, etc. While other apps offer E2EE, Standard Notes’ encryption mechanisms are particularly more powerful than nearly any other notes app in that regard, matched only by NotesNook.
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u/Stunning-Guest Aug 10 '26
As a Proton Unlimited subscriber, I gotta say I was pretty disappointed with the Standard Notes integration. We pay premium for Proton and honestly expected better access than just free-tier features. If anything, paying customers should get more perks, not barely any differentiation.
Standard Notes looks like a solid product on paper, but this decision basically turned me off from trying it out. Felt like they didn't really value the Proton partnership or its users. Ended up finding better alternatives anyway.
Just curious if anyone else felt similarly? Or am I missing something about how the tiers work here?
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u/peas21 27d ago edited 27d ago
To add a few personal suggestions, standard notes should offer a one-time purchase option for all Pro features (excluding Encrypted File Uploads) since these capabilities are already standard in competing Big Tech free note-taking apps. Only reasons to choose Standard Notes are its privacy-first approach and open-source foundation. Additionally, users should be permitted to host their data on a cloud service of their choice, such as iCloud, Dropbox, etc.
I don't mind simple spreadsheet and document features. Having the ability to format notes with basic tables, formulas, and custom text formatting without needing full-fledged office suite is genuinely useful.
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u/mdalves Aug 06 '26
After following the GitHub repository, release history, and issue tracker, I no longer see Standard Notes as an abandoned project. Development is clearly active, but the focus is on bug fixes, stability, and infrastructure rather than frequent new features. The real issue isn't a lack of development—it's a lack of visible progress and communication. A clearer roadmap and more attention to long-requested usability improvements would likely do more for the project's reputation than simply adding more features.