Best alternatives to Note It - Notes & OCR (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Note It, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Note It alternatives, compared
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Chrome Notes
A simple notepad extension for Google Chrome
≈100K users4.4★ from 305 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago4 permissions- About 100× more users than Note It
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 8)
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My Notes
Simple and fast note-taking.
≈20K users4.7★ from 114 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 20× more users than Note It
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 8)
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Genio Notes
The Chrome extension for Genio Notes
≈90K users5.0★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago7 permissions- About 90× more users than Note It
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 8)
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Notes Online
The in-page notepad for taking notes online directly on any web page. No login, autosave, 1-click install, and full privacy
≈5K users4.4★ from 45 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago8 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Note It
- Updated more recently
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Simple Quick Note
Simple quick note extension with a character counting feature
≈1K users4.9★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Note It
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 8)
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Tab Notes
New note in every new tab. Capture thoughts faster.
≈5K users4.2★ from 73 ratingsUpdated 19 months agoNo special permissions- About 5.0× more users than Note It
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 8)
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Web Sticky Notes
Quick notes that stick on web-pages to ease future reference
≈6K users3.7★ from 23 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years3 permissions- About 6.0× more users than Note It
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 8)
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My-Notes
My-Notes - Put your story into notes...
≈2K users4.6★ from 25 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Note It
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 8)
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Notepad
A simple yet powerful notepad with HTML5 support and more
≈9K users3.4★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- About 9.0× more users than Note It
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 8)
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Note Board - Sticky Notes App
Note Board - Sticky Notes App
≈200K users4.8★ from 8K ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago8 permissions- About 200× more users than Note It
- Updated more recently
Note It alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Note It?
By users, the most popular alternative is Note Board - Sticky Notes App with ≈200K users and a 4.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Chrome Notes.
Which Note It alternative has the best rating?
Note Board - Sticky Notes App has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 8K ratings.
Is there a Note It alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Tab Notes asks for 0 permissions, against 8 for Note It.
How many alternatives to Note It are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Note It on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.