# Alternatives to Firefox Notes

Encrypted notes experiment. Firefox Notes has been discontinued; the active alternatives listed here are maintained products you can switch to.

None of its 12 checklist rows are verified yet.

Source: https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/firefox-notes/
Category: Note-taking

## Overview

- **Who it's for**: Firefox users who wanted a lightweight way to jot down and save text notes directly in the browser, synced across their desktop and mobile devices.
- **What you get**: Notes was a simple text note-taking tool built as a browser sidebar panel, later also offered as a standalone Android app. Notes were encrypted and synced across devices via a Firefox Account/Firefox Sync. It supported basic text formatting but had no folders, tags, or rich media support. It was a Mozilla Test Pilot experiment rather than a permanent product.
- **How it works**: Users installed the Notes add-on (or opened the panel via the Firefox toolbar), typed notes into a single running text area, and signed into a Firefox Account to sync that content across their other Firefox installs. Mozilla shut down the service in November 2020, discontinuing both the desktop add-on and the Android app.

## Profile


## Ranked alternatives

| # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms |
|---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------|
| 1 | [Amplenote](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/amplenote.md) | building | ? | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 2 | [Apple Notes](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/apple-notes.md) | building | Proprietary | macOS, iOS, Web |
| 3 | [Bear](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/bear.md) | building | Proprietary | macOS, iOS, Web |
| 4 | [Evernote](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/evernote.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Web, iOS |
| 5 | [GoodNotes](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/goodnotes.md) | building | Proprietary | iOS, macOS, Windows, Android |
| 6 | [Google Keep](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/google-keep.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension |
| 7 | [Joplin](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/joplin.md) | building | AGPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 8 | [Notability](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/notability.md) | building | Proprietary | iOS, macOS, Web |
| 9 | [Notesnook](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/notesnook.md) | building | GPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 10 | [Simplenote](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/simplenote.md) | building | GPL-2.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 11 | [Standard Notes](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/standard-notes.md) | building | AGPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 12 | [UpNote](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/upnote.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 13 | [Zettlr](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/zettlr.md) | building | GPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux |

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