4 Best Evernote Alternatives According to Lifehacker Readers

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

We recently published the price-up Evernote. In the comments to it, such a heated discussion arose that we decided to take its results into a separate article and talk about the alternatives that you, our readers, prefer.

Over the past few years, Evernote has grown from being a lightweight, convenient, and beloved service into a bulky monster. And if earlier it did not make sense to switch to other services, now everything has changed. All these years, competitors have not sat still, but have developed, and ambitious newcomers have appeared. In 2017, if you're not happy with Evernote, the choice is pretty wide. Here's what Lifehacker's readers advise.

Google keep

• Price: is free.
• Platforms: Android, iOS, Chrome, web.
• Web clipper: yes, via the extension.
• The main disadvantage: it seems too simple to some.

A very simple and fast service from Google, available on mobile platforms and on the web. Google Keep attracts by the clear display of records. Each note is a sticker on a virtual board, which can contain not only text, but also lists, photos, sketches, reminders, including geolocation. There's also real-time change tracking sharing and Google Now integration that Android owners will appreciate.

Microsoft OneNote

• Price: is free.
• Platforms: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, web.
• Web clipper: there is.
• The main disadvantage: it seems too complicated to some.

Microsoft's proprietary note-keeping tool, well integrated with the company's ecosystem, including Office support, keyboard shortcuts, and more. OneNote supports sharing notes and notebooks, exporting to PDF, and has a convenient tiered storage structure. All notes are stored in the Microsoft cloud, so active users may have to fork out for extra space.

Nimbus note

• Price: free up to 100 MB per month, subscription - 1,000 rubles per year.
• Platforms: Windows, Android, iOS, web.
• Web clipper: there is.
• The main disadvantage: no Mac version.

Domestic analogue of Evernote, which allows you to save your ideas, notes and articles from the Internet and keep to-do lists. Nimbus Note is quick to create new notes with support for formatting, a web clipper for saving entire pages, and the ability to publish notes for sharing with other users. Free quotas are small, but the cost of an extended subscription is, in principle, the same.

Simplenote

• Price: is free.
• Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, web.
• Web clipper: No.
• The main disadvantage: only text notes.

A service for lovers of minimalism that fully justifies its name. Although available on all platforms, Simplenote is very simple and similar in functionality to Notes in iOS 8. Essentially, it is a Markdown-enabled text editor that lets you create simple notes, share with others, and publish on the web. There is support for tags, search and backups, thanks to which you can return to previous revisions of notes.