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Joplin vs Orgzly Revived

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

Joplin

Open source Markdown notes with sync through a service you choose

Free plan · from €2.40/mo

Orgzly Revived

Org mode outliner for notes and to-do lists on Android

Free

Where they differ

  • Joplin starts at 2.40€ per month, billed yearly at 28.69€ (Joplin Cloud Basic). Orgzly Revived is free.
  • Only Joplin lists a web app.
  • Only Joplin lists Windows, macOS, Linux and iOS apps.
  • Only Joplin lists a browser extension.
  • Joplin is self-hostable and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
  • Joplin also covers Markdown and web clipper.
  • Orgzly Revived also covers tasks.
In commonFree planAndroidOpen sourceNotes

At a glance

JoplinOrgzly Revived
PricingFree planFree
Starts at2.40€ per month, billed yearly at 28.69€ (Joplin Cloud Basic)Free
Free planThe Joplin apps are free and open source, and can sync through your own Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, WebDAV or S3 storage. Joplin Cloud is an optional paid service.The whole app is free. Its source code is on GitHub under the GNU General Public License version 3 or newer.
Free trial14-day free trial of the paid plans; cancel during the trial and you are not charged.None listed
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Browser extension
Made byLaurent CozicOrgzly Community
Price read fromjoplinapp.orgorgzlyrevived.com
CheckedOct 5, 2026Oct 9, 2026

Who each one suits

Joplin

  • People who want open source notes synced through their own storage
  • Privacy-minded users who want end-to-end encrypted sync
  • Leaving Evernote: its export files import with formatting and attachments
  • Markdown writers who work across Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile

Orgzly Revived

  • Emacs Org mode users who want their files on an Android phone
  • People who keep notes and tasks as plain text they control
  • Syncing notebooks through Dropbox, Nextcloud or a local folder

Worth knowing

Joplin

  • End-to-end encryption is not on by default, and a forgotten encryption password cannot be recovered.
  • Joplin Cloud and Joplin Server Business prices are listed in euros.
  • On Joplin Cloud Basic you can join a shared notebook but not share your own; that and Email to Note need Pro.
  • The browser-based web app and Joplin Cloud AI (beta) are available only with a Joplin Cloud subscription.

Orgzly Revived

  • Android only: the FAQ says there is no iOS version, and no desktop or web app is offered.
  • Synchronization is manual, and a notebook changed on both sides can only be resolved by forcing a load or a save.
  • Dropbox sync is missing from the F-Droid build; it is only in the Google Play version.
  • Git sync is labelled experimental.

Key features

Joplin

Markdown notes and to-dos
Notes and to-dos are written in Markdown or a rich text editor, organized into notebooks with tags, and found through full-text search on every platform.
Multimedia, math and diagrams
Notes can hold images, videos, PDFs and audio files, and math expressions and diagrams are created inside the app.
Sync through a service you choose
Notes synchronize through Joplin Cloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, WebDAV, S3 or the local file system, and switching from one service to another is supported.
End-to-end encryption
Synchronized notes can be end-to-end encrypted so that the sync service cannot read them. It is off by default and has to be enabled on one device first.
Web clipper
Browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox save web pages and screenshots as notes.
Plugins, themes and publishing
Plugins, custom themes and an extension API change how the app works. With Joplin Cloud, a note can be published to a URL and notebooks shared for collaboration.

Orgzly Revived

Outliner for notes and to-dos
Notes sit in an outline inside notebooks and can carry states such as TODO and DONE, tags, priorities, and scheduled, deadline and event times.
Plain-text Org mode files
Notebooks are written as plain-text files in Org mode's file format, so the same files can be read and edited in Emacs or another text editor.
Sync repositories
Notebooks sync with a directory on the device, Dropbox, any WebDAV service such as Nextcloud or, experimentally, Git. Sync is started by hand with the Sync button.
Search expressions
A query language finds notes by state, notebook, tag, priority and scheduled, deadline, event, closed or created period, joined with AND, OR and NOT and sorted by chosen properties.
Agenda view
Adding ad.DAYS to any query groups the results by day for that many days, in the manner of org-agenda, sorted chronologically within each day.
Repeated tasks and links
Org-mode repeater syntax moves a task's date forward when it is marked done. Notes can link to web pages, files, other notes and whole notebooks.

Plans

Joplin

  • Joplin appFree

    The open source desktop, mobile and terminal apps, with sync through third-party storage and optional end-to-end encryption.

  • Joplin Cloud Basic2.99€

    per month, or 28.69€ per year (2.40€ / month)

    2 GB of storage and 10 MB per note or attachment, with note publishing, the web app and Joplin Cloud AI (beta). Can join shared notebooks only.

  • Joplin Cloud Pro5.99€

    per month, or 57.48€ per year (4.79€ / month)

    30 GB of storage and 200 MB per note or attachment, plus sharing notebooks, Email to Note and a custom publishing banner.

  • Joplin Cloud Pro 100 GB9.99€

    per month, or 95.88€ per year (7.99€ / month)

    Everything in Pro with 100 GB of storage space.

  • Joplin Cloud Teams7.99€

    per user / month, or 80.28€ per user / year; minimum 2 users

    50 GB of storage, with multi-user management, consolidated billing, share permissions and priority support.

  • Joplin Server Business3.33€

    per user / month for 2-10 users, billed annually (40.00€)

    Self-hosted server with source code available and no storage or attachment limits. 2.92€ per user for 11-50 users, 2.50€ beyond that.

Orgzly Revived

  • Orgzly Revived$0

    The full app from Google Play, F-Droid or the GitHub releases page. Dropbox sync is only in the Google Play version.

Ways to pay less

Joplin

  • Annual discount

    Roughly 16% to 20% lower price when paying yearly

    Basic works out to 2.40€ a month on yearly billing against 2.99€ monthly, Pro to 4.79€ against 5.99€, and Teams to 6.69€ per user against 7.99€.

  • Education

    50% Education Discount for students and teachers

    Students and teachers who write in from a school or university email address get 50% off Joplin Cloud for a year, renewable for as long as they remain in education.

Orgzly Revived

No public discounts listed.

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