# PrivacyNotes.app

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/privacynotes-app/39479
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Created:** 2026-07-30T15:39:24Z
**Posts:** 8

## Post 1 by @Sue — 2026-07-30T15:39:24Z

It is seems a product from [PrivacyTools.io](http://PrivacyTools.io)

PrivacyNotes is a Swiss-based, zero-knowledge productivity app that combines notes, tasks, file storage, password vault, and wellness journaling in a single application. It uses E2EE with XChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption and BIP-39 key derivation, ensuring the service provider cannot access user data.

Anyone try Pro plan?

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## Post 2 by @Kris — 2026-07-30T16:03:00Z

Not really Open Source

> **[GitHub - LifetimeLabsDev/privacynotes.app: The parts of PrivacyNotes that need to be trusted:...](https://github.com/LifetimeLabsDev/PrivacyNotes.app)**
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> The parts of PrivacyNotes that need to be trusted: client-side encryption, key derivation, and the database schema. This repo exists so privacy claims are falsifiable.

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## Post 3 by @Sue — 2026-07-30T16:11:24Z

Oh. Thank you for your reply @Kris . This is a key point for consider.

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## Post 4 by @Kris — 2026-07-30T17:18:52Z

Why not use something recommended in [Notebooks - Privacy Guides](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/notebooks/) ?

I like Joplin very much. I use it with git sync.

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## Post 5 by @Sue — 2026-07-30T17:23:51Z

Thank you for your support. It is a good idea. I just consider for some others. I think I will try Joplin and Standardnotes.

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## Post 6 by @azure_raven — 2026-08-23T08:12:51Z

I stumbled on privacyntoes the other day. Played around with the free version and committed to early Pro. USD $48 for lifetime access is not bad, and the seed-phrase aspect is a lot like a cryptocurrency wallet which I like.

Some quick notes:

[History of PrivacyTools.io](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/privacytools/) and Privacyguides (from the PG Team)

However, Lifetime Labs LLC (incorporated in California, USA I think) now has a part (majority?) [ownership stake in PrivacyTools](https://lifetimelabs.dev/privacytools/) - this definitely seems to be an inflection point for the historic PrivacyTools

On LifetimeLabs

- They list on NoSubcription
- Their new app is still in Beta
- Roadmap plans for full open-source client
- Current cryptographic core is already open-source

To be fair, it is still in Beta…the licencing aligns with a FOSS model, I can understand that when commencing a commercial enterprise not everything starts as FOSS. If they deliver on their client-side open-sourcing around they full-launch, I think that will be a good signal.

I will give an update after some time spent using the app in Pro.

By the way, inside the app, there are a bunch of default example items (notes, links, passwords) - and one of them is a URL directly to PrivacyGuides itself :slight_smile: I think there is potentially some real goodwill from this new team.

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## Post 7 by @Valter — 2026-08-23T08:53:15Z

Tested Task on their demo site and noticed there was no _ **reminder** _ functionality, which is critical for any task management software.

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## Post 8 by @No_Name — 2026-08-23T10:07:19Z

It seems as though they have plans for it unless I’m misunderstanding something. This is on the page you linked as well.

“We have committed to open-sourcing the client apps once the native apps have all shipped. The sync backend stays closed, so that will not make PrivacyNotes an open-source project in the unqualified sense, and we would rather say so than let the phrase do work it has not earned. Until then: open-source clients are the plan, an open core is the present tense.”