Notesnook, an encrypted alternative to Evernote, has released version v3

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There was a big update recently to Notesnook, one of the most interesting alternatives to Evernote, Google Keep and in general to applications used to keep your notes in order. Notesnook is an application with End-to-end encryption and is recommended, together with Standard Notes (Proton time) And Joplin, which we have seen as a safe alternative for a long time.

This update which brings the applications to the v3 version was awaited for a long time and brought many changes, including structural ones, to Notesnook. It is therefore a real milestone for the developer who has sponsored its innovations as much as possible.

Notesnook version v3: what's new?

First of all there was a graphic update: the logo was totally changed and went from being Like this to what it currently is Like this. It is certainly also a question of personal taste but we really like the new logo and it is better than the previous one which, especially in small terms, was decidedly unclear.

In addition to this, however, there are important structural changes: the platform has switched to using SQLite and also thanks to this transition Notesnook is now also encrypted on the device and not just in the cloud. An important step and absolutely worthy of note.

Notesnook was always end-to-end encrypted i.e. your notes always got encrypted on your device before being sent to the cloud. However, those notes weren't stored encrypted on your device. For some users, this was a big no-no. With v3, we are fixing this short coming of Notesnook. Thanks to SQLite (and sqlite-multiple-ciphers), at rest encryption is now a thing on all platforms. When you first open the app, it will automatically generate an encryption key and store it securely in the KeyStore/KeyChain platform. This encryption key is then used to encrypt/decrypt the SQLite database.

Introducing Notesnook v3

This means that now your notes are always safe, especially if you use the very useful application lock (also with biometric unlocking).

Then there was a General fix on synchronization so if you have tried Notesnook in the past and were disappointed due to some problems during sync, give it a new chance because, as the developer says, now it should “just go”.

In addition to local encryption also many new features

The most interesting innovation is certainly local encryption, however several new interesting features have been introduced: the possibility of linking multiple notes within a note as if it were any external link, an improvement in the use of tabs and really many others .

If you are interested in this application or if we have just intrigued you, you can read the blog at the address below. 👇

Get Notesnook at a discount

For the occasion, the Notesnook developer has created a strong discount of 75% using this code: 20V3NN24 to be used by May 2nd. Alternatively, if you want to have more time to think about it, excellent discounts are offered from time to time so if you don't want to buy it straight away we recommend you try it in the free version and then buy it later. We know, for example, that the developer is Muslim and often celebrates the end of Ramadan with ad hoc discounts.

We end the article by reminding you that Notesnook has all the applications Open source. You can download it either directly from GitHub or from F-Droid for those with Android. It is also available for iOS, for macOS, for Linux and for Linux as well as for the web.

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