Evernote — A note-taking and personal knowledge app for capturing, organizing, and finding notes across devices.
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Best for: Individuals who want to capture and search notes, scanned documents, and web clips across phone, desktop, and browser in one synced place
Pricing: Evernote offers a free tier capped at 50 notes and 1 device, with paid Starter and Advanced plans priced above $10 per month and a custom-quoted Enterprise tier.
- Evernote's free plan is limited to 50 notes total and syncing to 1 device.
- Evernote runs on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and the web with cross-device sync.
- Evernote's Starter plan raises the cap to 1,000 notes, 20 notebooks, and 3-device sync.
- The Advanced plan removes note, notebook, and device-sync limits.
- Evernote includes AI features such as meeting transcription, AI rewrite, and semantic search on paid plans.
- Evernote's Web Clipper browser extension saves web pages, screenshots, and PDFs directly into notebooks.
Limitations: Free tier is too restrictive (50 notes, 1 device) for regular daily use; Notebook count is still capped on the mid-tier Starter plan; Pricing increases over recent years have pushed some users to cheaper or free-forever competitors; No local-file storage model like Obsidian; notes live in Evernote's proprietary sync format
Top alternatives: Notion, Microsoft OneNote, Google Keep, Obsidian, Bear — full list
What is Evernote?
Evernote is a note-taking and personal knowledge management application that lets individuals and small teams capture notes, web clips, PDFs, and scanned documents, then organize them into notebooks and tags and search across all of it. It runs on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and the web, and syncs notes across devices. Recent versions add AI features such as an AI assistant for searching and enriching notes, meeting transcription, and AI-based rewriting.
Evernote is a cross-platform note-taking app used to capture text, web clips, scanned documents, and audio into searchable notebooks. It supports tagging, tasks, calendar integration, and AI-assisted search, transcription, and rewriting. Evernote's free plan is capped at 50 notes and 1 device sync, which pushes most regular users toward a paid Starter or Advanced plan.
Standout feature: Web Clipper plus advanced search (Boolean, geographic, and filtered queries) across notes, scanned documents, and attachments
Biggest weakness: The free tier limits users to 50 notes total and syncing to only 1 device, which is restrictive enough that most people who rely on Evernote daily end up needing a paid plan within weeks
Pros
- Strong OCR and document scanning for turning paper and PDFs into searchable notes
- Mature apps on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and web with reliable sync
- Web Clipper captures full articles, screenshots, and PDFs directly into notebooks
- AI features for meeting transcription, rewriting, and semantic search built into paid plans
Cons
- Free plan is capped at 50 notes and 1 device, far tighter than competitors like Google Keep or Notion's free tiers
- Notebook limits even on the paid Starter plan (20 notebooks) can feel restrictive for heavy users
- Pricing has risen substantially over the years, which has pushed some long-time users toward cheaper alternatives
- No fully offline-first, end-to-end encrypted note body by default outside of the in-note encryption feature on Mac and Windows
Evernote pricing
Free tier · paid from $14.99/mo
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Up to 50 notes, 1 notebook, 1 device sync, 1GB monthly upload, 20 tags. |
| Starter | $14.99/mo | Up to 1,000 notes, 20 notebooks, 3-device sync, 5GB monthly upload, 100 tags; billed annually at a lower effective rate on Evernote's site. |
| Advanced | $17.99/mo | Unlimited notes and notebooks, unlimited device sync, larger monthly upload allowance, unlimited tags. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom limits and admin controls for teams; priced via Evernote sales. |
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