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Evernote

App designed for cross-platform note-taking and organizing. Create notes with text, images, and audio, tag and search them. Features offline access, business card scanning, and presentation modes. Integrate with LinkedIn and secure with a passcode lock.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Proprietary

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Blackberry
  • Android Tablet
  • Windows Phone
  • iPad
  • Apple Watch
  • Kindle Fire
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  • Tim L reviewed Evernote  

    I had used Evernote for about a decade, was fine and did what I needed. BUT, with the continued and extreme subscription price increases, it's no longer an app I use.

    I was happy to find a wonderful alternative: UpNote

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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: Evernote receives mixed reviews from users. Many appreciate its features like cross-platform synchronization, effective search functions, and task management capabilities. However, criticisms focus on its decreasing performance over time, slow functionality, and high pricing plans for regular users. Privacy concerns and the lack of crucial features also draw critique, while some lament the transition from the Plus plan to more expensive tiers. Despite this, Evernote remains popular for its utility in organizing and syncing notes across devices.
Top Positive Comment
Patrick
1

My #1 Workspaceplace on Computer, Cloud, Online, Offline and Syncing with other Applications / Program(s) like Windows (11) and the Android Version. Note: I use the PayVersion !

Top Negative Comment
mateddy
6

Evernote will read all your notes and limit to two clients.

Danilo Venom
AlternativeTo.net
Replying to @mateddy

There's a news about this: Evernote will no longer change its privacy policy in January. Just added in our news archive ;) https://alternativeto.net/news/all

Replying to @mateddy

Evernote originally stated that its new privacy policy will give humans access to read your Evernote contents. Due to customer concerns, they have backtracked on this. However, it remains true that Evernote's contents are not end-to-end encrypted and therefore they are accessible by Evernote, three letter agencies and any hackers who gain access to Evernote's servers. More privacy-oriented options I suggest:

  1. For cross-platform file organization with tagging, searching, etc. try the excellent open source TagSpaces, which organizes files locally (no cloud upload). However, you can sync the organized files, tags and everything, using your favourite cloud service. Moreover, you can integrate that easily with Cryptomator if you want to have the benefit of easy end-to-end encryption. It's an excellent solution. TagSpaces also works on Linux, which Evernote does not and it also has a browser plugin.

  2. If you use Evernote primarily for syncing bookmarks, try the end-to-end encrypted Turtl, which stores and syncs simple notes, files and bookmarks. Also works on Linux, Mac and Windows.

mateddy

Stop Evernote. Period.

Tim L
0

I had used Evernote for about a decade, was fine and did what I needed. BUT, with the continued and extreme subscription price increases, it's no longer an app I use.

I was happy to find a wonderful alternative: UpNote

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L-M
0

Bad bad bad bad... do I need to continue???

Thomas
0
TechThatWorks

I used to use Evernote for years, but within the last couple of years the free version was getting very limited I ended up switching to an alternative.

huxaruga
2

Once an excellent free note taking app, ruined by greedy dev. The free plan is hardly usable right now in 2024, apps getting heavier and cluttered.

Here's genuinely good free alternatives: Upnote, Microsoft Loop, OneNote.

bishnusapkota
Replying to @huxaruga

you are right. i request all to remove their like buttons. it should be

Dietrich
1

Used to be a user of the plus plan at 25$ a year. 25$ per year matched my usage of Evernote's service. Unfortunately Evernote removed that plan and tried to force me to pay 99$ a year. I downgraded to the free plan instead. Now they are taking away feature by feature to force users to upgrade to a premium plan. The free plan used to be limited only by upload data, now you only get one notebook and 50 notes. I have 149 notebooks and 5026 notes which means I cannot use Evernote anymore without upgrading. This is unacceptable, Evernote. Not only have you lost my payments, now you a lost a customer completely. Bye Evernote.

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  • winget install -e --id Evernote.Evernote
  • brew install --cask evernote

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What is Evernote?

Evernote is a cross-platform, freemium app designed for note-taking, organizing, and archiving.

The app allows users to create a "note" which can be a piece of formatted text, a full webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten "ink" note.

Notes can also have file attachments. Notebooks can be added to a stack, while notes can be sorted into a notebook, tagged, annotated, edited, given comments, searched, and exported as part of a notebook.

Evernote Premium features:

Offline notes Your notes are available anywhere, anytime, even without an internet connection. Perfect for flights, international travel, and working on the go.

Passcode lock Make sure only you can access your notes. Add a layer of security on mobile devices to protect your valuable information, such as business plans, receipts, health information, and photographs.

Business card scanning Leave behind your stack of cards by scanning them using Evernote's camera. Capture and store all contact information, a photo of the card, and choose to automatically pull additional profile details from LinkedIn.

Presentation mode Present directly from your notes in a full-screen layout for more collaborative, efficient meetings.

PDF annotation When a picture is worth a thousand words, you can avoid lengthy email dialogue. There’s no quicker way to call attention to contract edits or design changes.

Context and Knowledge Discovery Context reveals notes with related content and documents, and Knowledge Discovery identifies co-workers who are experts on the topic or project you're working on.

Faster image recognition Find what you’re looking for, faster. We scan your images faster, so text within them is searchable sooner. Find text in handwritten notes, Post-it® Notes, whiteboard drawings, and more.

Search in PDFs and Office docs Your files are easily searchable within Evernote. Quickly locate your Office and work documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and PDFs.

AI Assistant Search, organize, and enrich your notes, all from a dedicated chat.

Semantic Search Easily find related notes and view the most relevant content at a glance.

AI Meeting Notes Instantly generate accurate summaries and transcripts of key conversations.

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Evernote information

  • Developed by

    IT flagBending Spoons S.p.A.
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription that costs up to $25 per month + free version with limited functionality.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.8 (52 ratings)
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  • Supported Languages

    • English
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    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
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    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Spanish
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    • Thai
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