# DeepNotes

> End-to-end encrypted infinite canvas for nested notes

DeepNotes is an open-source note-taking tool built around infinite canvases. Notes float freely on a page, can hold other notes inside containers, and are joined by arrows, while pages link to one another instead of sitting in a folder tree. Everything stored in a page is end-to-end encrypted, and the Pro plan adds shared groups for collaborating in real time.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** Gustavo Toyota (since 2022)
- **Website:** https://deepnotes.app
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

DeepNotes has a free plan. Paid plans start at $3.99 per month, billed yearly ($47.88).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Basic plan: up to 50 pages for personal use, with end-to-end encryption, use across your own devices and two-factor authentication. Groups need Pro.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $0 | Up to 50 pages for personal use, with end-to-end encryption, graph-based navigation, use across your own devices and two-factor authentication. |
| Pro | $3.99 per month, billed yearly ($47.88) | Unlimited pages, private, public and password-protected groups, user roles and 14-day page history. $4.99 if billed monthly; full refund within 7 days. |

Read from https://deepnotes.app/pricing on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with DeepNotes before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page labels yearly billing as saving 20%: Pro comes to $3.99 per month ($47.88 per year) against $4.99 when billed monthly. Source: https://deepnotes.app/pricing

## Key features

- **Infinite canvas pages:** Each page is an unbounded canvas. Double-clicking creates a note, and notes can be moved, expanded, colored and connected with arrows.
- **Nested notes and linked pages:** Containers hold notes inside other notes, and pages link to one another, so navigation follows the links you make and not a fixed page hierarchy.
- **End-to-end encryption:** Notes and arrows are encrypted under a key hierarchy that starts from the user's password, set out in a public whitepaper. Email addresses and metadata are not end-to-end encrypted.
- **Real-time collaboration in groups:** Pro subscribers can create private, public or password-protected groups, invite other subscribed members and manage their roles. Public groups can be viewed by anyone with a page link.
- **Page history:** The Pro plan keeps 14 days of history for each page. Page history is not in the Basic plan's feature list.
- **Web and desktop apps:** DeepNotes runs in the browser, with a Windows app in the Microsoft Store and Mac and Linux builds published on GitHub.

## Good for

- Visual thinkers who map ideas as notes and arrows on a canvas
- People who want encrypted notes with the source code published
- Small groups editing canvases together, each on a Pro subscription

## Worth knowing

- There is no offline mode: the help center says DeepNotes does not support offline usage.
- Text cannot be searched across pages; the vendor gave that up as a trade-off of encrypting each page separately.
- The Basic plan stops at 50 pages and is for personal use; pages created on Pro become read-only when the subscription expires.
- The download page shows App Store and Google Play badges, but both store listings returned a not-found page on 2026-10-09.

**Tags:** Notes, Whiteboard, Mind mapping, Open source, End-to-end encrypted, Real-time collaboration

## Alternatives

- [Heptabase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/heptabase): Visual notes app that arranges linked cards on whiteboards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deepnotes-vs-heptabase)
- [Scrintal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scrintal): Visual note-taking on an infinite canvas of linked docs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deepnotes-vs-scrintal)
- [Kinopio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kinopio): Freeform canvas for notes, mind maps and moodboards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deepnotes-vs-kinopio)
- [AFFiNE](https://toolgpa.com/tools/affine): Open-source workspace that merges docs, whiteboards and databases. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/affine-vs-deepnotes)
- [Noteey](https://toolgpa.com/tools/noteey): Offline infinite-canvas app for visual notes, PDFs and video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/deepnotes-vs-noteey)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://deepnotes.app/pricing
- https://deepnotes.app/assets/Pricing.03d78857.js
- https://deepnotes.app/
- https://deepnotes.app/download
- https://deepnotes.app/help/what-is-deepnotes
- https://deepnotes.app/help/offline-usage
- https://deepnotes.app/help/multi-page-text-search
- https://deepnotes.app/help/subscription-expiration
- https://deepnotes.app/help/refund-policy
- https://deepnotes.app/help/creating-group
- https://deepnotes.app/whitepaper
- https://deepnotes.app/terms-of-service
- https://deepnotes.app/privacy-policy
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DeepNotesApp/DeepNotes/main/README.md
- https://api.github.com/repos/DeepNotesApp/DeepNotes
- https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ph76w3hpqzj

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