Productivity tools / Joplin
Joplin
Joplin, the open source note-taking application
Where it stands
3.4 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 3 of 3 signals
- Website health4 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated2.6 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
- Community3.4 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Joplin yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.
Should you use Joplin?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- Your files must stay on your own device. Its own pages say they do.
Check first
- Its pages do not state: signup, watermark. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Note taking
Measured signals
4 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Joplin's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 117 ms.
- Security2.8 / 51 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security).
- Privacy3 / 52 third-party tracking services found: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
3.4 / 5 · 23 commenters65% of the 23 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Joplin; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“I've been using Joplin for the last 5 months. My primary use cases are: 1. location, mood, weather, etc) from iOS Shortcuts app followed by free text I enter into Joplin direct 2. Archiving website content using the…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“I am of the opinion that there isn’t really a good editor for Android, but Joplin is probably as good as we’re getting. (I love iA Writer, but it’s not as good as it could be on Android.) I think the sync server is…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“Joplin released an ARM build a few months back -- so if you were using the pre-arm build it was bad, so just throwing this out there for folks who maybe had similar experiences -- make sure you are using the arm build…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“My problem with Joplin is that on my M1 Macbook pro it really shows how much of an Electron app it really is, in the worst ways. Extreme memory use and UI lag for an application which displays text”
Read in the thread
Threads: Joplin is an open source note-taking app (2024, 107 comments) · Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization (2021, 74 comments) · Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with sync (2020, 36 comments)
- Free tier
- Not stated.
- Paid plan
- Prices shown in euros, country not stated: Basic 2.99/month (2.40/month yearly), 2 GB; Pro 5.99/month (4.79 yearly), 30 GB; Pro 100 GB 9.99/month (7.99 yearly); Teams 7.99/user/month (6.69 yearly), minimum 2 users. 14-day free trial. Joplin Server Business is per user.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Privacy page says data such as notes or images is saved to your own device and the apps do not send data to any service without your authorisation. Sync is off by default; if enabled, notes go to the service you choose. Handwriting recognition (off by default) can send images to Joplin Server/Cloud. Retention periods not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Plans, Privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Tasks and scores
- Note takingNot tested yet
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