Supernotes
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you want fast, card-style notes for yourself or a small group and the free tier covers you.
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Comparison
Supernotes vs Simplenote
Supernotes and Simplenote both land on Depends.
Simplenote
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Good free pick for plain-text notes, lists, and ideas synced across devices.
| Compare | Supernotes | Simplenote |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Students and researchers | Plain-text note takers |
| Who it's not for | Teams wanting an all-in-one wiki or workspace | Anyone storing passwords or sensitive notes |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁷ | No end-to-end encryption; a breach was reported on Simplenote's own forums in August 2024.16 |
| Support quality | No evidence in sources | Forums only; third-party sync officially unsupported |
| Public sentiment | Users praise Supernotes as fast, beautiful, and versatile, though a few find it less efficient than competing apps.11 | Users love the free, simple cross-device sync but complain about security gaps, stalled development, and occasional sync failures.12 |
| Biggest gotcha | Funding news stops at a £150K pre-seed (2021); verify company health before building workflows on it.³ | No security page; forum answers say don't store passwords or sensitive notes here |
Pick Supernotes when
- Students and researchers
- Zettelkasten and card-note fans
- Markdown/LaTeX users
- Small groups sharing notes
When Supernotes is not a fit
- Teams wanting an all-in-one wiki or workspace
- Enterprises needing SSO, admin, compliance
- Risk-averse buyers . tiny pre-seed vendor
- Project management or database-style workflows
Pick Simplenote when
- Plain-text note takers
- Cross-device lists and ideas
- Zero-budget users
- Quick capture and easy sharing
When Simplenote is not a fit
- Anyone storing passwords or sensitive notes
- Users wanting images, formatting, or attachments
- Teams needing a maintained, future-proof tool
- Long-term archive keepers facing migration risk
Sources
- Supernotes official sitesupernotes.appofficial
- Supernotes security pagesupernotes.appofficial
- Supernotes raises £150K pre-seeduktech.newsnews
- Google Play listing and reviewsplay.google.comreview
- Facebook note-taking app reviewfacebook.comreview
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- Gridinsoft trust check (70/100)gridinsoft.comsecurity
- The 7 Best Note Taking Apps . Zapierzapier.comreview
- MPU Talk . novel Zettelkasten tooltalk.macpowerusers.comreview
- Simplenote official sitesimplenote.comofficial
- Simplenote . Google Playplay.google.comreview
- Simplenote Reviews . G2g2.comreview
- Simplenote Review . PCMagpcmag.comreview
- Simplenote Review . Cloudwardscloudwards.netreview
- Simplenote is no longer in active development . Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comnews
- Simplenote security breach thread . official forumsforums.simplenote.comsecurity