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Should I use Amplenote?

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· 1 month ago

Buy it if you're an individual who wants notes, tasks, and calendar in one cheap app. Skip it if you need team collaboration or vendor stability from a bigger company.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~30 public sources: Reddit threads, app store ratings, review sites, and official docs. Many snippets truncated; some detail limited.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Paid plansfrom ~$5.84/mo

Best for

  • Individual note-takers
  • Personal task and calendar planning
  • Writers capturing ideas that become tasks
  • Obsidian-curious users wanting built-in sync

Not for

  • Teams needing real-time collaboration
  • Enterprises needing vendor stability or compliance
  • Buyers wanting zero learning curve
  • Anyone whose data must stay local-first

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Long-time users call paid plans overpriced; expect ~$6-7/mo, not the teaser price

medium

Full features effectively gated behind referrals or paid plans

medium

Small founder-led team; longevity pledge exists but revenue risk is real

medium

Sharing is manual note-by-note export; poor fit for collaborative work

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Notes, tasks, calendar, and AI agents in one workspace
  • Encrypted Vault Notes for sensitive content
  • Runs a public bug bounty program
  • Sync across unlimited devices; free usage possible via referrals
  • Publishes a longevity pledge and public feature-voting roadmap

Cons

  • Users report a learning curve
  • Limited real-time collaboration
  • Tiny company: only $232.4K funding on Crunchbase
  • Users complain pricing is too high

Sources & method

- 10 sources - Encrypted Vault Notes, security design docs, and a bug bounty; one unverified user concern, no breaches found.

official x2review x5security x2news x1
  • Unverified user security complaint, Reddit post titled 'Amplenote not so secure after all' claims cross-account file access; not confirmed by any official source.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Cheap list price, but users complain pricing is high
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Users report a real learning curve
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Notes, tasks, calendar, AI agents, plugins
  • Support quality: 3/5. Founder engages users; little formal support evidence
  • Security posture: 4/5. Encrypted Vault Notes, bug bounty, public security docs
  • 4.3/5 Google Play rating 909 ratings
  • 4.8/5 SoftwareAdvice rating 5 reviews
  • ~$5.84/mo Starting price listed on SoftwareAdvice
  • $232.4K Funding Crunchbase — tiny, founder-led

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Core notes and tasks
  • Sync across unlimited devices

Paid plans

from ~$5.84/mo

  • 3 plans per Capterra
  • Calendar and Vault features

Security

Encrypted Vault Notes, security design docs, and a bug bounty; one unverified user concern, no breaches found.

  • Unverified user security complaintReddit post titled 'Amplenote not so secure after all' claims cross-account file access; not confirmed by any official source.

What users say

Users love the notes-to-tasks workflow but flag a learning curve, pricing gripes, and questions about the app's growth.

“I use and am really loving Amplenote”
Reddit, r/Amplenote
“Amplenote has a learning curve.”
Reddit, r/Amplenote
Full analysis

Based on ~30 public sources: Reddit threads, app store ratings, review sites, and official docs. Many snippets truncated; some detail limited.

Cheap all-in-one notes+tasks+calendar for individuals; learning curve, weak collaboration, tiny company — not for teams.

Methodology

Based on ~30 public sources: Reddit threads, app store ratings, review sites, and official docs. Many snippets truncated; some detail limited.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Amplenote homepageamplenote.com
    official
  2. Amplenote on Google Playplay.google.com
    review
  3. Amplenote on SoftwareAdvicesoftwareadvice.ie
    review
  4. Pricing is too high — Redditreddit.com
    review
  5. Pros and cons of Amplenote — Redditreddit.com
    review
  6. Amplenote Security Bug Bounty Programamplenote.com
    security
  7. How are my Amplenote notes secured?amplenote.com
    security
  8. Amplenote longevity pledgeamplenote.com
    official
  9. Amplenote Crunchbase profilecrunchbase.com
    news
  10. Amplenote alternatives — ClickUpclickup.com
    review

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