21 Alternatives to Evernote

I compiled a list of Evernote alternatives posted by former users on the Evernote support forum. These are listed in no particular order and some have brief comments and helpful links.

Apple Notes  (of course this is for people in the Apple world only)

"To use Notes on iCloud.com, go to icloud.com/notes and sign in using your Apple ID (the one you use with iCloud). If you're using another iCloud app, you can switch to Notes by clicking the app's name at the top of the iCloud.com"

How-To: Migrate notes from Evernote to Apple Notes (9to5 Mac)

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Microsoft One Note  -  Note there is a free version with Windows 10, but it is very basic.  The version with Office is much more robust and likely to be appealing to Evernote customers.

Link with help on importing links from Evernote to OneNote (Microsoft)  


OneNote on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/msonenote


PC World Tutorial for OneNote (2015)

Training Resources from Microsoft  

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Thinkery - "Your brain organized.  Your notes, bookmarks, todo lists, thoughts and things.  Without the hassle."

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Cintanotes - Take notes from anywhere and organize them with CintaNotes, a simple notes app for Windows.

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Omni Outliner -- "OmniOutliner is a start-to-finish writing app. Perfect for collecting information, outlining Big Ideas, adding structure to any sort of writing, and much more. From grocery lists to email drafts to long-form composition."  Says it is powerful enough to write a novel with it.

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Google Keep -- This free Google services lets you add notes, photos, lists and audio.  Seems relatively simple compared to some of the offerings here.

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Scrivener -- "Scrivener is a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on composing and structuring long and difficult documents. While it gives you complete control of the formatting, its focus is on helping you get to the end of that awkward first draft."  For Windows and Mac.

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Simplenote  -- Claims to be light, clean and works across all your devices.  Available for many platforms.  It's all "completely free".

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Wunderlist -- Oriented toward to-do lists and getting things done.  Available for free and works on most platforms (but not Linux).  

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Turtl.it -- "It's a private place to keep your notes, research, passwords, bookmarks, dream logs, photos, documents and anything else you want kept safe. Turtl's easy tagging and filtering make it ideal for organization and research whether for personal or professional projects. "  The data on Turtle is encrypted, so that gets more points from the legal profession.  It's free now, but they are planning a paid premium service (pricing and further details not currently posted).

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Quiver  -- "It looks very similar to EN (too similar maybe) but it has support for markdown."  "The programmers notebook."  For Mac.

Quiver profiled by Lifehacker - "Quiver is a Notebook Built for Programmers"

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NixNote (with Linux Mint) -- an open source client for Evernote.  Available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

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Clipular  -- A screen capture app for Chrome.  "For chrome which works perfectly".  "Screen capture, reinvented. Organize, search & bookmark the web"  Now caps can be saved to Google Drive.  That's handy and inexpensive, even for large collections.

Chrome Store link for Clipular.

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Pocket -- "Is pretty good at saving those articles too".  Put articles, videos or pretty much anything into Pocket.  View it later when you are ready.

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Pinboard - "Social bookmarking for introverts"

Remember The Milk - oriented toward to-do lists, tasks and reminders.

DropBox with Agent Ransack -- I'm a fan of DropBox as a online file cloud storage service.  I have never used Agent Ransack.  "Agent Ransack is a free software program for finding files on your PC or network drives. It is a 'lite' version of FileLocator Pro and is a free for both personal and commercial use."  I might have to give this a whirl.  I looks useful in general

Quip (quip.com) -- lots of features for teams.  

Elephant (http://elephant.mine.nu/) - Elephant is a notetaker with a classic interface you already know.  For Windows, Mac and Linux.  Uses Dropbox (and others) to sync.  Free and open source.

Lima -- Hardware Device.  "I have built my own "solution" using Lima.  Just the cost of the drive and a Lima device (one-time cost), I have access to all my files and on any amount of authorized devices I want."  From their website:  "Your cloud sits in your home.  Get your content anywhere, straight from your Lima."  This keeps your date private and permits tons of storage space without the cost.  It's a small USB key that attaches to your router and then you plug in a portable hard drive. Since this keeps your data off the cloud (and prying eyes), Lima may hold special appeal to lawyers. No monthly fees!

You can buy Lima at Amazon for about $100.

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If you still want to stick with Evernote using the Free option, here's how to do it under the new two device limitation.  Log into your account on the web, go to your profile (your pic in the lower left) then settings, devices, and "revoke access" to old dead devices.  It is my understanding you can keep switching various devices on and off if you need to.  In other words, you don't have to delete devices if have more than two that you use on a regular basis.  Most of you probably have at least a desktop, laptop and/or tablet and mobile phone.

If anyone has made the switch, I'd be interested to hear about your experiences.  Also, if you found other solutions, please share with others in the comments!