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Craft Review

Name: Craft Review: A Deep Dive on the Free Tier vs Paid
Item: Craft
Rating: 4.5
Author: Alex Quinn

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4.5

Score

★★★★★

949K

Active users

99.16%

Uptime (90d)

3.5★

App store

Craft arrives with a refined design language and stays focused on the fundamentals that define the Note Taking category.

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Alex Quinn · April 2026 · 1 min read

Quick Verdict

"A clear improvement over the previous release."

Medium Note Taking Privacy approved

Score Breakdown

4.1

Security model

Encryption, hardware-key support, and breach record assessed against industry baselines.

4.0

Sharing flow

Per-folder roles, expiring links, and audit trail tested end-to-end.

4.6

Performance

Cold-start, search latency, and sync turnaround measured across mobile and desktop.

3.0

Migration

Imports from competing tools and round-tripping legacy formats.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Strong defaults

You get a useful product within ten minutes of signup.
Consistent UX

Patterns repeat from list view to detail view to mobile.
Reasonable pricing

Free tier covers most solo cases; paid tiers add real value.
Active development

Public changelog with measurable cadence over the last year.

Cons

Rough imports

Migration from competing tools sometimes drops attachments.
No CLI yet

Power users automating workflows still have to wait.
Aggressive resync

Offline mode pulls more than necessary on reconnect.

Content Library

58K

Saved items

168+

Templates

Integrations

24/7

Support SLA

Content breakdown by category

Type A

50%

Type B

20%

Type C

11%

Type D

Other

Site Experience

Home — search-first layout

Sharing dialog

Audit dashboard

Search anywhere

Cmd-Shift-V global shortcut surfaces fuzzy matches across every folder.

Smart folders

Saved searches act like dynamic groupings.

Built-in audit

Reuse, weak credentials, and breach exposure surfaced as trend lines.

Pricing & Plans

Free

$0 /mo

Up to 200 items

End-to-end encryption
1 device
Email support
Family sharing
Audit dashboard

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Mobile Experience

4.3

Mobile Score

★★★★★

Mobile feels like a first-class citizen, with both apps shipping a near-feature-parity build alongside desktop.

iOS

4.8 / 10

Android

4.0 / 10

Feature checklist

Biometric unlock

Offline access

Autofill (system)

Apple Watch unlock

Wear OS unlock

TV / console clients

Privacy & Safety

End-to-end encryption

XChaCha20-Poly1305 with per-item keys.

Verified

Independent audit

Cure53 review completed in the last year with no critical findings.

Public report

No tracking

No third-party analytics or advertising trackers.

On by default

Compliance

SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA. EU/US hosting selectable.

Audited

How It Compares

Feature	Craft	LastPass	Element
Per-folder roles	Yes	Limited	No
SSO	No	Yes	Add-on
Audit dashboard	Yes	No	Yes
Hardware key support	Yes	Yes	Yes
CLI tooling	Coming Q3	Yes	No

Who It's For

Solo professionals

You manage hundreds of credentials and live in two browsers all day.

Small teams (5–25)

You need shared folders with real roles and audit trails.

Families

You want one safe place for the household.

Privacy-first users

You read the threat model before the price page.

Not the right fit if…

Heavy CLI users today. Engineers needing scripted access should wait for the upcoming release.

Final Verdict

4.5

★★★★★

Medium

Craft

craft.do

Reviewed by Alex Quinn · April 2026

Craft earns its score through consistent execution on the basics: search is fast, sharing works, the privacy story is plausible. The few remaining issues are well-known and on the public roadmap.

For solo professionals, this is a fallback rather than a first choice.

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Quick Scores

Security 4.7

Speed 4.4

Sharing 4.1

Onboarding 4.5

Mobile 3.5

Overall 4.5

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