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Evernote vs Standard Notes

On what the policies say, Standard Notes is the better choice for your data: graded A against Evernote's B.

Grades read the plan most people are on. Each company's full entry has every plan, every clause and the archived copy it was read from.

Evernote

Evernote says it doesn't use what you put into or get out of its AI features to train AI models, either its own or those of the AI providers it works with.

Verdict

By default: Does not train on you by default
The way out: No opt-out in the policy
What B means: Off by default. Training happens only if you opt in, or not at all.
Last checked: 5 Oct 2026

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Standard Notes

Standard Notes says its server holds your notes' metadata but cannot read their content, and states three separate times that it cannot decrypt what you write.

Verdict

By default: Does not train on you by default
The way out: Cannot train on you: the content is not readable to them
What A means: Cannot train on you. Your content is not available to the company in usable form.
Last checked: 5 Oct 2026

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Evernote: every plan

Evernote · what each plan can refuse · checked 5 Oct 2026

1 PLAN

Plan

Exposure

Trains

Opt-out path

Retention

De-identified

Human review

All plans

20 / 100

Nothing to switch off

Not stated

Unknown

How the score is made20 / 100 · the rubric

Default14 / 50

Off by default

Way out0 / 33

Nothing is on, so nothing needs refusing

Paywall0 / 4

No paywall on the control

Scope2 / 4

3 kinds of data are in scope

Human review2 / 4

The policy does not say whether people read it

De-identified2 / 2

Nothing is said about de-identification

EVERY CELL ABOVE IS SOURCED FROM A QUOTED CLAUSE OR A DOCUMENTED SEARCH · SEE THE EVIDENCE ABOVE

EXPOSURE IS SCORED 0–100 ON ONE AXIS, HOW HARD IT IS TO STOP THIS PLAN TRAINING ON YOU. THE GRADE IS THE BAND IT FALLS IN: A 0–10 · B 11–25 · C 26–45 · D 46–60 · E 61–80 · F 81–100. HOW THE SCORE IS SET

All plansTRAINS: NO

OPT-OUT: Nothing to switch off
RETENTION: Not stated
EXPOSURE: 20 / 100
DE-IDENTIFIED: Not stated
HUMAN REVIEW: Unknown

Standard Notes: every plan

Standard Notes · what each plan can refuse · checked 5 Oct 2026

1 PLAN

Plan

Exposure

Trains

Opt-out path

Retention

De-identified

Human review

All plans

5 / 100

CANNOT

Nothing to opt out of

Not stated

How the score is made5 / 100 · the rubric

Default3 / 50

The company states it cannot reach your content

Way out0 / 33

Nothing is on, so nothing needs refusing

Paywall0 / 4

No paywall on the control

Scope0 / 4

One kind of data is in scope

Human review0 / 4

The policy says people do not read it

De-identified2 / 2

Nothing is said about de-identification

EVERY CELL ABOVE IS SOURCED FROM A QUOTED CLAUSE OR A DOCUMENTED SEARCH · SEE THE EVIDENCE ABOVE

All plansTRAINS: CANNOT

OPT-OUT: Nothing to opt out of
RETENTION: Not stated
EXPOSURE: 5 / 100
DE-IDENTIFIED: Not stated
HUMAN REVIEW: No

Every grade on this page is the one on the company's own entry, read from a dated, archived copy of its policy. Nothing here is computed separately. How grades are set · All comparisons