PRODUCTIVITY & NOTES
Evernote
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Pricing
We do not reprint prices. They change too often for that to be honest, and a number on our page with no date is worse than sending you to the source.
How we rated it
What it is
Note-taking with web clipping, document scanning and search across everything, including text inside images.
Who it is for
People with a long-standing Evernote archive, mainly.
Where it is strongest
Search across years of clipped material. The search, including inside scanned documents, remains genuinely good.
Where it falls short
Repeated price rises and ownership changes have damaged trust, and the free tier has been cut back severely. Development slowed for years. And the alternatives are now better on almost every axis.
Our verdict
Hard to recommend for a new user. Notion, Obsidian or Apple Notes are better starting points; stay only if your archive makes leaving expensive.
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