Evernote is a note-taking and organizational app that helps users capture ideas, manage tasks, and store information across devices. Founded in 2004 by Stepan Pachikov and launched publicly in 2008, Evernote has served over 250 million users. The app supports rich text notes, web clipping, document scanning, handwriting recognition, and audio recording. Evernote's powerful search can find text within images, PDFs, and handwritten notes. Users can organize content with notebooks, tags, and shortcuts. The app features templates for meeting notes, project plans, and habit tracking. Evernote integrates with Google Calendar, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and other productivity tools. Evernote Personal and Professional plans offer increased storage, offline access, and advanced features like notebook linking and search within attachments.
Note Taking Apps
Evernote is a powerful note-taking app with web clipping, document scanning, OCR search within images, rich text editing, and cross-device synchronization.
Evernote was once the undisputed king of note-taking apps, but years of strategic missteps and the 2023 acquisition by Bending Spoons have left it in a diminished position. The core note-taking experience remains capable -- rich text editing, web clipping, and the ability to search text within images and PDFs are still strong features. The organizational system of notebooks and tags is flexible if somewhat dated. However, the free tier has been gutted to near-uselessness, and pricing is now premium without matching premium innovation. As a scanner app, the document capture works adequately but is no longer distinctive. The task management features are basic -- simple checklists that lack the workflow capabilities of dedicated tools like Todoist or Asana. App store ratings (4.4 iOS, 4.1 Android) reflect growing user dissatisfaction. Evernote's legacy user base keeps it relevant, but Notion, Obsidian, and Apple Notes have each taken pieces of its former dominance. It is hard to recommend for new users when alternatives offer more for less.