Best Joplin Alternatives in 2026 (Free & Paid)

Signal: Value; Weight
Community votes: 100%; 30%
Feature overlap: 20%; 20%
Platform compatibility: 57%; 10%
Category relevance: 100%; 10%
Review rating: 63%; 15%
Data freshness: 100%; 5%
Editorial score: 82%; 10%

Standard Notes

Editor curated

End-to-end encrypted notes app focused on privacy and longevity.

Free plan availableOpen source Self-hostable Privacy-focused Offline

Platforms: Windows · macOS · Linux · Android · iOS · Web · +2

Also available on Web
Covers 4 of 5 Joplin features

Shared features: Cross-device sync, End-to-end encryption, Markdown support, Offline mode

Match score 57

Signal: Value; Weight
Community votes: 0%; 30%
Feature overlap: 80%; 20%
Platform compatibility: 100%; 10%
Category relevance: 100%; 10%
Review rating: 63%; 15%
Data freshness: 100%; 5%
Editorial score: 62%; 10%

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Obsidian

Editor curated

Local-first Markdown knowledge base with backlinks and a large plugin ecosystem.

Free plan availableProprietary Privacy-focused Offline

Platforms: Windows · macOS · Linux · Android · iOS

Covers 4 of 5 Joplin features

Shared features: Cross-device sync, Markdown support, Offline mode, Plugins and extensions

Match score 56

Signal: Value; Weight
Community votes: 0%; 30%
Feature overlap: 80%; 20%
Platform compatibility: 71%; 10%
Category relevance: 100%; 10%
Review rating: 63%; 15%
Data freshness: 100%; 5%
Editorial score: 80%; 10%

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Logseq

Editor curated

Open-source outliner for networked notes and journals stored as local files.

FreeOpen source Privacy-focused Offline

Platforms: Windows · macOS · Linux · Android · iOS

Covers 3 of 5 Joplin features

Shared features: Markdown support, Offline mode, Plugins and extensions

Match score 50

Signal: Value; Weight
Community votes: 0%; 30%
Feature overlap: 60%; 20%
Platform compatibility: 71%; 10%
Category relevance: 100%; 10%
Review rating: 63%; 15%
Data freshness: 100%; 5%
Editorial score: 66%; 10%

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AppFlowy

Editor curated

Open-source, self-hostable workspace for docs, wikis and databases.

FreeOpen source Self-hostable Privacy-focused Offline

Platforms: Windows · macOS · Linux · Android · iOS · Self-hosted · +1

Covers 1 of 5 Joplin features

Shared features: Offline mode

Match score 45

Signal: Value; Weight
Community votes: 0%; 30%
Feature overlap: 20%; 20%
Platform compatibility: 100%; 10%
Category relevance: 100%; 10%
Review rating: 63%; 15%
Data freshness: 100%; 5%
Editorial score: 64%; 10%

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Evernote

Editor curated

Long-running note-taking app with web clipping, notebooks and search.

Free plan availableProprietary

Platforms: Windows · macOS · Android · iOS · Web

Also available on Web
Covers 1 of 5 Joplin features

Shared features: Cross-device sync

Match score 40

Signal: Value; Weight
Community votes: 0%; 30%
Feature overlap: 20%; 20%
Platform compatibility: 57%; 10%
Category relevance: 100%; 10%
Review rating: 63%; 15%
Data freshness: 100%; 5%
Editorial score: 55%; 10%

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How ranking works: each alternative gets a transparent match score from community votes, feature overlap, platform compatibility, category relevance, review ratings, data freshness and an editorial score. Sponsored placements never affect this order.

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