BearOfaTime,

Great list! I’ve tested almost all of these.

Some questions I think need addressing: How are notes/notebooks stored/synchronized with these apps? Are the files encrypted? Do they have Android/Windows/Linux/iOS versions? Do they have self-hostable versions?

OneNote is really hard to beat. It is in fact my “killer app” that is keeping me from moving to Linux for my personal computer. So I tend to use it as a comparison for note apps. It’s major downside is your data isn’t encrypted, and I really don’t trust Microsoft. If you keep your notebooks local and don’t use Onedrive, you can sync between PCs, but not Android or iOS.

After several years of testing, Joplin is the best candidate/competitor to OneNote in the open-source, self-host category for me, since it does pretty much everything OneNote does, including having an iOS client, and (IIRC) a web-enabled interface.

Looking at your list, Wenote seems to be Google Keep-like, but all data is local (that’s good! Your data isn’t on someone else’s server). Any idea how to keep that data backed up/synchronized somewhere?

Standard Notes is probably the best of the web-hosted note apps. It has a lot of features/capability, your notes are E2E encrypted, it’s an open-source app (meaning the code is auditable), and IIRC, they have multiple clients. My only concern is sync is dependent on their infrastructure, so what happens if they shut down (as often happens)? I don’t remember them offering a self-host option, though they may have it today.

Bundled is another Keep-like app. With these types of apps, organization is really challenging (and using tagging/search doesn’t really fix that). It has a lot of interesting features that some people may find useful (like a Kanban board, neat!). I don’t believe your data is encrypted (it’s been a bit since I tested it), so I’d tend to shy away. Data security is important.

Notally is also a keep-type app. All data is device-only (👍), no sync available that I know of, so your data is at risk if you lose/break your phone.

Obsidian is another open-source notebook app that is fully encrypted and self-hostable. It supports markdown (great for people who are familiar with it, and easy to learn). There are clients for Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS. You can use their servers if you want, or self-host. It and Joplin are being actively developed.

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