Evernote Reviews 1,592

This is the best note taking app I have used for 12 years now and it keeps improving but with some glitches now and then as everything else.
Will not live without it now.

I like the ease of use - apart from one thing. Maybe it exists and I haven't found it! I would like to see my notes in list view, not squares. Maybe Evernote has become a little feature heavy. I use it for noting, clipping, organising information that matters to me. New features seem to rain down, but I find it quite hard to follow the explanatory videos. Usually that ias because little time is spent on finding the way in!! I am paying for a multi-machone version and it seems like good value. Thanks for this app - one of my most used. It's hard to maintain a 'legacy' app like this as the pace accelerates in a hectic rush to some imagined future. I like physical notebooks too.

It's getting too expensive, too many added features and price increases. Now actively moving to something else at a better price. It's a pity because it used to be a great product at a reasonable price. It had basic bugs, but at the price they could be tolerated. Those bugs still exist, but at the price now they should have been addressed.

Constant improvements that are made are impressive and are shared each time and update is made. The ability to sync between all my PCs and iPhone and no longer having any conflicts is great.

The search is broken and I can't find anything like I used to be able to. Support is not responding to requests for assistance and this is very poor customer service. I have been a premium customer for 12 years but the product is currently unusable. The whole point is to be able to find what you need when you need it.

This product used to be amazing and provided great value. I just got my plan renewal notice and it's $300 a year now. See ya

I've been using it for a long time and I'm really glad that the project keeps getting better with every release. I switched to a paid subscription a few years ago and haven't regretted it once.
I recommend it to everyone.

The latest features (/mermaid, /callout, /toggle) are appearing very inconsistently in the current release. On my home laptop all three features are present. On my work laptop the /toggle feature was not present, though the other two were. Identical release builds, same Evernote account.

I tested adding a toggle to a note from my home laptop, then opened that note on the work laptop, and the toggle was not functional.

But after some time passed, the toggle started working. And /toggle was present, but /callout had disappeared. After some more time, all three features appeared. However at that time some notes had them, some notes had two, and some notes had NONE.

Finally it seems the features may be working universally. But it's hard to have any confidence.

I have been an avid Evernote user since 2009. I know many people are using different apps for their notes needs since then. However one thing for sure for Evernote, they will be improving and adding features that I would like. It has been a great app for my notes and personal lives archive for me to search at fingertips from all my devices.

generally great , techs are always there to repair glitches. I have asked tho to set font type and size which I like but constantly reverts to smaller font I do not like . Still no reponse
However, EN is not inexpensive, they just raised prices again.

Easy to keep track of past activities for reporting purposes. Login is simple, quick and secure.

With update Bending Spoons some time ago...
Works MUCH better. I Love Evernote!

Overall Rating: 4.5/5

I’ve been using Evernote for many years and currently maintain a large archive of notes and documents across dozens of notebooks. As someone who manages a large volume of professional, personal, travel, and reference information, I need a system that can store virtually everything—from meeting notes and project materials to travel plans and important documents.

What Evernote Does Well

Evernote remains one of the best tools available for capturing and organizing information from multiple sources. The ability to save emails, web pages, PDFs, photos, scanned documents, audio notes, and handwritten notes into a single searchable repository is extremely valuable.

The search function is where Evernote shines. Being able to search across years of notes and quickly locate information I vaguely remember saving is one of its greatest strengths. Recent AI-powered search features have further improved this by surfacing information that might not be found through simple keyword searches.

For people who think in categories and hierarchies, notebooks and nested tags provide powerful organizational options. I particularly appreciate the ability to create saved searches that function like dynamic folders, bringing related information together without duplicating content.

Cross-platform synchronization between desktop, mobile, and web access has generally been reliable, allowing me to access information wherever I happen to be.

Where Evernote Falls Short

The tagging system becomes cumbersome at scale. Once you have hundreds of tags, assigning tags can require typing long tag names, and navigating deep nested structures can be awkward.

Performance has improved from some of the slower periods in Evernote’s history, but large accounts can still occasionally feel sluggish.

The pricing has increased substantially over the years, making Evernote a significant subscription expense. Casual users may find less expensive alternatives that meet their needs.

The company has also undergone several ownership and strategic changes, which created uncertainty for long-time users.

Who Should Use Evernote

Evernote is ideal for professionals, researchers, consultants, project managers, travelers, writers, and anyone who accumulates large amounts of information over many years.

If your primary need is simple note-taking, there are less expensive alternatives. However, if you need a digital filing cabinet that can hold years of information and make it searchable when needed, Evernote remains one of the strongest options available.

Despite some frustrations, Evernote remains the central repository for my digital information. I’ve evaluated many alternatives over the years. Still, I continue to return to Evernote because no other platform combines capture, storage, search, and organization quite as effectively for large-scale information management.

evernote is a unique, wonderful tool. It is the basis to organize my whole life. It is not at all cheap, but there is constant progress not only in features but also in stability and security, mainly since Bendings Spoons is on the driver seat.
Unfortunately, the price policy to offer either "almost nothing" (free of charge) or everything is a very very high barrier for potentially new subscribers. Do not forget: 150 € per year is the double of what Microsoft charges for MS Office plus 1 TB cloud storage.

I have had so many problems using this app from my phone, Fold 5. I can create notes but accessing old ones never works. I have to shut the app and go straight to the folder. If I create a note and try to access a folder afterwards, the app freezes. Yes I have updated the app. Yes I have uninstalled and reinstalled it. Yes I have emailed tech support. Never a response and they raise the price on us. Been paying for the app since they forced us to start paying and it sucks. If I wasn't so lazy and found a quick way to export my notes to something better I would.

They have made so many improvements, it is amazing. I also use the transcribe and it is THE most accurate I have ever used. Wow.

I LOVE this productivity software and have been using it 2 yrs+. I use it for personal use, but im 20 yrs+ IT in professional life and I have tried ALOT of these types of software paid and unpaid. Honestly, the special part of this software for me, is that its designed perfectly for the neurodivergent mind w/ very little maintenance time. It doesn't force a construct or a metaphor, but is flexible enough that even the very most disorganized can create the clutter that the neurodivergent mind feels comfortable in.

I look at EN like a second brain. I set it up to fit my mind. This thing is flexible enough in its relationship connections to be able to map to any mind enough to operate like a second brain and never have an issue finding things. Can be highly personalized to the way the individual users brain works which makes this perfect for me in my personal life.

I have relied on Evernote for many years and still do. It's worth the cost. Unfortunately, it's become overly layered with features I don't prefer to use. I work harder than I want to bypassing them. A specific tutorial on streamlined use of this product would be helpful. In the meantime, it's good enough and much more satisfactory than MS Onenote.

Constant additions of features I don't use. If you're used to MS Word, forget it, their editor is unpredictable and buggy-seeming. Copying and pasting between it and the real world is often weird.

I used to love Evernote, the feature bloat, and AI additions, and +%50 price increase has me looking to jump ship. The AI features have completely ruined the ability to search my notes. They make UI changes that impact my usability without testing or asking for user imput.