# Joplin

> Open source Markdown notes with sync through a service you choose

Joplin is a free, open source note-taking and to-do app for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Notes are written in Markdown or a rich text editor, kept on the device first, and synchronized through a service of your choice such as Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud or the paid Joplin Cloud, with optional end-to-end encryption. Joplin Cloud adds note publishing, shared notebooks and a browser-based web app.

- **Category:** Note-Taking Apps
- **Made by:** Laurent Cozic
- **Website:** https://joplinapp.org
- **Runs on:** Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Joplin has a free plan. Paid plans start at 2.40€ per month, billed yearly at 28.69€ (Joplin Cloud Basic).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** The 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.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of the paid plans; cancel during the trial and you are not charged.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joplin app | Free | The open source desktop, mobile and terminal apps, with sync through third-party storage and optional end-to-end encryption. |
| Joplin Cloud Basic | 2.99€ 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 Pro | 5.99€ 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 GB | 9.99€ per month, or 95.88€ per year (7.99€ / month) | Everything in Pro with 100 GB of storage space. |
| Joplin Cloud Teams | 7.99€ 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 Business | 3.33€ 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. |

Read from https://joplinapp.org/plans/ on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Joplin before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Roughly 16% to 20% lower price when paying yearly** (Annual discount): 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€. Source: https://joplinapp.org/plans/
- **50% Education Discount for students and teachers** (Education): 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. Source: https://joplinapp.org/plans/

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- 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

## Worth knowing

- 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.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.1 out of 5 from 478 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1315599797

## Works with

Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, WebDAV, S3, Evernote

**Tags:** Notes, Markdown, Open source, End-to-end encrypted, Works offline, Web clipper, Self-hostable

## Alternatives

- [Obsidian](https://toolgpa.com/tools/obsidian): Markdown note-taking app that keeps your files on your device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/joplin-vs-obsidian)
- [Standard Notes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/standard-notes): End-to-end encrypted notes app with open source clients. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/joplin-vs-standard-notes)
- [Notesnook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/notesnook): Open source, end-to-end encrypted notes on every platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/joplin-vs-notesnook)
- [Logseq](https://toolgpa.com/tools/logseq): Open-source outliner for linked notes stored as local files. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/joplin-vs-logseq)
- [Evernote](https://toolgpa.com/tools/evernote): Note-taking app with web clipping, tasks, calendar and AI search. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/evernote-vs-joplin)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://joplinapp.org
- https://joplinapp.org/plans/
- https://joplinapp.org/help/
- https://joplinapp.org/help/install/
- https://joplinapp.org/help/apps/sync/
- https://joplinapp.org/help/apps/sync/e2ee/
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin

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