Inkdrop vs Standard Notes

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Inkdrop

Markdown note app for developers with encrypted sync

Free trial · from $8.31/mo

Standard Notes

End-to-end encrypted notes app with open source clients

Free plan · from $90/yr

Where they differ

Inkdrop starts at $8.31 per month, billed annually ($99.80 per year). Standard Notes starts at $90 per year (Productivity).
Standard Notes has a free plan. Inkdrop does not, though it has a free trial.
Only Standard Notes lists a web app.
Standard Notes is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.

In commonmacOSWindowsLinuxiOSAndroidBrowser extensionWorks offlineEnd-to-end encryptedNotesMarkdownWeb clipper

	Inkdrop	Standard Notes
Pricing	Free trial	Free plan
Starts at	$8.31 per month, billed annually ($99.80 per year)	$90 per year (Productivity)
Free plan	None	Standard plan: end-to-end encrypted plain-text notes, unlimited device sync, offline access, tags, password-protected notes, two-factor authentication and daily encrypted email backups.
Free trial	30-day free trial; charging starts once the trial has ended	None listed
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Made by	Takuya Matsuyama	Standard Notes
Price read from	inkdrop.app	standardnotes.com
Checked	Oct 9, 2026	Oct 5, 2026

Inkdrop

Standard Notes

Inkdrop

There is no free plan; when the 30-day trial ends without payment the account is deactivated and local notes become read-only.
Cancelling means deleting the account, which permanently removes the notes and images stored on Inkdrop's server.
The built-in AI features need your own API key for Anthropic or an OpenAI-compatible provider.
The editor is plain-text Markdown with no rich-text mode, and only images can be attached to notes.

Standard Notes

The free plan is limited to plain-text notes; Markdown, rich text, spreadsheets and folders need Productivity at $90 per year.
The pricing page lists yearly prices only, and there is no free trial; refunds are offered within 14 days (Productivity) or 90 days (Professional).
Encrypted file storage comes only with Professional, and files cannot be viewed or downloaded after a subscription expires.
When a subscription lapses, notes in the paid editors become read-only until switched back to plain text.

Inkdrop

Markdown editor: Plain-text Markdown editing with slash commands, a floating format toolbar, code-block autocompletion and link pasting that fetches the page title.
Rendering for technical notes: The preview renders syntax-highlighted code blocks, Mermaid diagrams and KaTeX math for inline and block equations.
Notebooks, statuses and tags: Notebooks nest inside one another, and each note can carry tags and a status of active, on hold, completed or dropped that the note list filters by.
End-to-end encrypted sync: Sync between devices is end-to-end encrypted and notes stay available offline. A self-run CouchDB-compatible server can be used instead of Inkdrop's.
MCP server and AI assistant: An MCP server lets agents such as Claude Code search and read notes. The inline assistant and next edit suggestions run on an API key you supply.
Keyboard control and plugins: A command palette, per-context keymaps and a Vim plugin cover keyboard use, and plugins are written against a TypeScript API.

Standard Notes

End-to-end encryption: Notes, tags and other data are encrypted on the device with XChaCha20-Poly1305 before syncing, so the server stores only data it cannot read.
Note types: A note is plain text on the free plan. A subscription adds Super notes for Markdown, rich text, checklists and code, plus spreadsheets and an authenticator for 2FA codes.
Sync and offline access: Notes sync across unlimited devices on the web, desktop and mobile, and an offline copy stays available without an internet connection.
Revision history and backups: Daily encrypted email backups come with every plan. Note history covers the current session on the free plan, 1 year on Productivity and is unlimited on Professional.
Encrypted file storage: Professional includes 100 GB of encrypted storage for photos, videos and documents, with no file size limit (tested up to 2 GB) and offline file access.
Web Clipper and folders: Paid plans add a Chrome and Firefox extension that clips a full page, an article or a selection into a note, and nested folders built from tags.

Inkdrop

Basic$8.31
per month, billed annually ($99.80); $9.98 billed monthly
The only plan, with everything included: cloud sync, an unlimited number of notes and 30 GB of storage.

Standard Notes

StandardFree
Plain-text notes with end-to-end encryption, unlimited device sync, offline access, tags and daily encrypted email backups.
Productivity$90
per year
Adds the Super note type for Markdown and rich text, spreadsheets, Daily Notebooks, folders, the Web Clipper, an authenticator and 1-year revision history.
Professional$120
per year
Adds 100 GB of encrypted file storage, subscription sharing with up to 5 accounts, maximum revision history and hardware security key support.

Inkdrop

Annual discount
About 17% less with annual billing
Annual billing is $99.80 a year, shown as $8.31 a month, against $9.98 a month on monthly billing, which totals $119.76 over a year.

Standard Notes

Education
30% student discount
Students get 30% off any plan, except offline subscriptions, by emailing the support team from a student email address.
Other savings
Help for people who cannot afford a plan
Standard Notes invites anyone facing economic difficulty to email support with their circumstances so a plan that works for them can be arranged.
Other savings
Discounted offline subscription for self-hosting
Offline subscriptions, which unlock the paid features on a self-hosted server, are sold at what the vendor calls a steep discount from the hosted plans.