Best alternatives to Notes: Keep Sticky Thoughts in Google Drive (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Notes, 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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Notes alternatives, compared
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Page Notes – Sticky Notes for Web Pages
Sticky notes for any web page or whole website. Tag, search, and encrypt your notes. Sync privately to your own Google Drive.
≈10K users4.6★ from 246 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago9 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Notes
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
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Simple Sticky Notes
Boost your productivity with simple sticky notes app. Make handy floating notes! Online sticky notes in Chrome on Mac & Windows
≈10K users4.8★ from 71 ratingsUpdated 6 days ago12 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Notes
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Asks for more permissions (12 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Sticky Notes Tab
Simply use sticky notes on every new tab
≈5K users5.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 10× fewer users than Notes
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Sticky Notes
Extension sticky notes is an online notes for Chrome. Use this notes board to jot down your sticky ideas and tasks in the browser.
≈1K users5.0★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago2 permissions- About 50× fewer users than Notes
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Sticky Notes App
Use Sticky Notes App for simple notes online, check list, digital planner: post it notes, to do list app and task manager combined.
≈1K users5.0★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago5 permissions- About 50× fewer users than Notes
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Sticky Notes New Tab
Sticky Notes New Tab adds sticky notes to your new tab page.
≈1K users4.7★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 50× fewer users than Notes
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 3)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Sticky Notes
Sticky Notes
≈10K users1.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Notes
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Sticky Notes Plus
Place and share sticky notes on webpages
≈2K users2.5★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago5 permissions- About 25× fewer users than Notes
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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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 8.3× fewer users than Notes
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Stickr - Sticky notes for Web
Sticky notes for websites. Stick anywhere on the page!
≈3K users4.0★ from 34 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago8 permissions- About 17× fewer users than Notes
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
Notes alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Notes?
By users, the most popular alternative is Page Notes – Sticky Notes for Web Pages with ≈10K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Page Notes – Sticky Notes for Web Pages.
Which Notes alternative has the best rating?
Simple Sticky Notes has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 71 ratings.
Is there a Notes alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Sticky Notes Tab asks for 0 permissions, against 3 for Notes.
How many alternatives to Notes are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Notes on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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