Best alternatives to Side Note (2026)
8 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Side Note, 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 Sidebar
Simple note sidebar which can be used to write a note, record thoughts, to-do list, meeting notes, etc.
≈60K users4.4★ from 117 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago6 permissions- About 60× more users than Side Note
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
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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 Side Note
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
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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 Side Note
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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Simple Gmail Notes
Add notes to email threads in Gmail.
≈80K users4.6★ from 802 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago4 permissions- About 80× more users than Side Note
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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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 Side Note
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 1)
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Note Everywhere
This is intuitive note application.
≈30K users4.4★ from 69 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago6 permissions- About 30× more users than Side Note
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
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Simple Notepad
Make notes and sync them. What could be more simple?
≈9K users4.0★ from 211 ratingsUpdated 14 months ago1 permissions- About 9.0× more users than Side Note
- Updated more recently
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Video Note & Screenshot
Go to take YouTube notes or screenshot YouTube.
≈6K users2.3★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years8 permissions- About 6.0× more users than Side Note
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 1)
Side Note alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Side Note?
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 Note Sidebar.
Which Side Note 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.
How many alternatives to Side Note are there?
We list 8 close alternatives to Side Note 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.