

I've been testing and researching alternatives to Evernote since at least 2011, and as far as I've seen, there is no clone. It's not a perfect alternative, but it meets my needs well enough.


It finally came to a head, and I've permanently switched to a different note-taking app. In my personal experience, I put up with a lot of frustration for too long, turning to legacy versions of the Evernote desk app and largely giving up on the mobile apps. Over the last few years, Evernote users have felt burned by a once high-value, reliable app after the company hiked its prices (2016) and a few years later released new versions of its apps that were painfully buggy and missing features. If you're an Evernote user, you might go through a similar adjustment period when switching to another note-taking app. So you have to rethink the purpose of the space and all your assumptions about organizing your things into it. Whoever built all these drawers and shelves designed them for you to put your belongings. That's how it feels when you get used to a productivity app and then switch to an alternative. Imagine taking all your clothes out of your closet and trying to rearrange them into your kitchen cupboards.
