[Drybones]

While I'm happy enough with using Standard Notes for free, $15/mo for the first paid version is way too much for the extra features. I get that it adds a simple spreadsheet function and 2FA stuff, but some of that is not what I want a notes app for. If they want to make a productivity suite, go ahead, but I can't justify that jump to make my notes for checklists and markdown when all I wanted was a good notes app.

On top of that the macOS app doesn't work right for like over a year now and it's still not fixed despite updates every few days.

I'm already paying for Bitwarden Enterprise for personal/SMB use and I could just use that for my Encrypted notes instead. But while I use macOS and iPhone mostly, I still use a Linux workstation daily and I can't use iCloud Notes on that, so I may just use Nextcloud for my non-sensitive notes. I already use it for To-Dos and Calendars.

[appsubdotme]

The price point is not ideal for what Standard Notes offers on top of their free tier. They can price their offering however they want to simply because they have positioned themselved as the only game in town when it comes to private synced notes that you don't need to geek out to use daily.

Don't have anything to comment on the macOS app as I am not an Apple user, but they have vastly improved the PC and Android versions of the app not too long ago. My thousands of notes load almost instantly compared to what was a slow boot up a couple years ago.

If you are in for an upgrade to the paid version you probably can get a deal with them if you ask them directly. That may bring down the monthly cost to roughly $7 for the top tier plan or you can go even cheaper if you use my username.