Safe Notes - Encrypted Notepad vs sNotz
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Safe Notes - Encrypted Notepad
★ Safe Notes is an open-source project that aims to provide an encrypted, private note manager. ★ Employs rigorously tested AES-256 encryption standards to encrypt your notes. ★ Incognito Keyboard ★ Brute-force protection ★ Protection against data snooping via adb ★ Android background snapshot protection ★ Inactivity guard ★ Automated encrypted backup ★ Arctic Nord style dark and light theme ★ Customization for colorful notes ★ Seamless migration to new device. Use the backup to move your data from one device to another device. ★ Safe Notes provides ultimate security - you don't have to trust us, or any other third party because everything is done locally on your phone. ★ Contrary to the ongoing frenzy of "move everything to cloud" we believe in "localization of user data" giving you the control of your data and not some third-party cloud service provider. ★ Completely anonymous, no inbound and outbound requests. --- How it works --- ★ Safe Notes encrypt each note with a unique AES-256 symmetric key derived from your passphrase and randomly generated salt. ★ If an attacker tries to brute-force your encrypted notes it will take "Trillions Upon Trillions years" in contrast, the universe has only existed for 15 billion years. (You must use strong and long passphrase). ★ AES-256 is symmetric key encryption that is quantum-resistant, i.e. it isn't vulnerable to quantum computers. ★ Everything is stored locally on the user's device. ★ Your passphrase is never stored on the device, it gets purged as soon as you exit the app. ★ We can't decrypt your notes even if we wanted to. That gives you the ultimate security, but it also means that a lost passphrase can never be recovered. ★ Safe Notes is an open-source, not-for-profit project.
sNotz
sNotz is an open-source, privacy-friendly, secure, and completely offline application, which will let you create, customize, and manage simple notes on your android device. Features - Easily create & manage simple notes & checklists. - Secure notes & checklists with biometric/PIN authentications. - Use custom colors (background and text) for individual notes. - Sort notes & checklists alphabetically, or by date or background color. - Creating secret notes & checklists that are hidden from the main UI by default. - Swipe (left or right) to delete a note or checklist. - Create beautiful home screen widgets of notes & checklists. - Create reminders (for individual notes). - Export and easily share notes or checklists via third-party apps. - No cloud storage or login requirements. sNotz works completely offline. - Offers a simple backup/restore functionality for those who want to get old notes on a new device. Privacy Policy The developer of sNotz doesn't collect any kind of user data from the app. Other than the official Auto Backup by google, sNotz doesn't use any third-party data backup systems. All the notes are stored locally in "json" format within the files directory (/data/data/com.sunilpaulmathew.snotz/files/) of sNotz. For more information, please read our privacy policy. Also, a very detailed FAQ can be found here. Translations Please help me to translate this application via POEditor. You may also translate after downloading the original language string available here.
| Feature | Safe Notes - Encrypted Notepad | sNotz |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | Password ManagerNotes | Password ManagerNotes |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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