Evernote does what it says: helps you remember everything.
Overall Satisfaction with Evernote
Pros
- It gives me quick access to my notes from all of my many devices.
- It loads fast, gets the job done, then gets out of the way.
- I has an ecosystem of plugins and other applications, of which I use several.
- The free version is more than sufficient for everything that I use it for. But the paid version has some obvious advantages.
Cons
- I would like to be able to do more markup, maybe html or markdown, there are ways to get this done, but they are a pain to use.
- The tables are weak, it would be very handy to have a spreadsheet note type.
- I use the desktop client a lot on my Windows machines, I would love to see a Linux version too.
- It would be helpful to have 2 step authentication and encrypted storage. Then I would feel more comfortable storing things like passwords or personal information on their systems.
- Evernote enables me to access my process notes from everywhere, so I am more efficient when I need to get access to information.
- With the paid version, you can share notebooks which better enables collaboration.
When it comes to ubiquity, Evernote beats every other note taking application I have found. I have a version on my Windows PC's, my Android phones and tablets, and in my browser. I use clearly and skitch, both plugins which make Evernote even more useful. Evernote even plugs into Outlooks to help me remember things from emails. The rest are either really rudimentary offering only a small number of the features, are not easily synced across devices, or else are specific to a platform limiting how I can use it. Diigo is the only one that has features that Evernote can not offer, but it's basic note taking leaves a lot to be hoped for.
Evaluating Evernote and Competitors
- Price
- Product Features
The single most important reason that I use Evernote is that I can take and read notes no matter where I go or what I am doing. It integrates with my browser, my phone, my email client, so it is everywhere. Whenever I find an alternative that looks interesting, I am always burnt when I need to recall something from a note that is on a different computer or a service I can't access.
Evernote was the second product I tried, ever other product I have uses has simply not stacked up. There is nothing different that I could do that would improve this process other than stop looking.
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