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It's official: note taking app with 0 advantages over just plain ass notes synced via cloud signs death warrant.

For real, FOSS software that saves to a file folder and does all of this exists. They are just chasing us into their arms.

Evernote still exists?

I can strongly reccommend logseq its a foss alrernative to obsidian. Its getting betger eveey day and i can definatly say the new database version is going to be awsome.

Lol, tried them about 10 years ago, wasn't impressed.

They're still around, and think this is a good move? So many other, WAY better notebook apps.

MS OneNote works well on all platforms (except Linux!) for several years now, and blows Evernote away (it's my Achilles heel).

And now apps like Joplin, Obsidian, etc, are closing fast on OneNote (and even better in some ways), and can sync with tools like Syncthing.

Joplin is a solid alternative. It even supports latex through a plugin. You can edit your notes in an external editor which is awesome for an Emacs fanatic like me. Combine that with a great Android app + syncthing, I don't know what more one can need.

I’ve never understood why anyone uses Evernote. Just use a folder with Markdown files. Or Obsidian. Or VS Code with plugins. Or EMacs org mode. So many good FOSS options out there (yes, I know VS Code isn’t FOSS but VSCodium is) that don’t lock you in. Hypocritical of me to say as an Apple user, but I hate when companies’ business models are to lock in consumers. Just make a better product that’s worth paying for.

I hit the 50 cap, then deleted about 30 unnecessary notes, and STILL couldn't create more notes.

I replaced it with Draft Notes.

I haven’t used Evernote since I discovered Obsidian. Combine it with the Git plugin, and my notes are backed up to a private repository and synced to all my devices. There isn’t a lot that Obsidian can’t do, with one plugin or another.

Evernote used “Subscription model”. It hurt itself in its confusion.

I was a paying customer and would not have been affected by this. But it seemed like a crappy move and I didn’t support it, so I ended my subscription. I’ve switched to Obsidian, which is significantly better.

Best thing about Evernote was its web clipping extensions... anyone use one that's as good or better..?

adding Quillpad, as another alternative

The only advantage of Evernote over everything else is it's scanning of the contents of PDFs. I scan all my paper documents and stored them in Evernote for easy searching. Since I moved away from Evernote (to Joplin) that's the only thing I missed. If anyone has a suggestion for replacing this I'd be very happy.

And here I was a sucker for using Simplemote this whole time. I missed out on my opportunity to get charged

Old news, they already have implemented it around 2 weeks ago. I moved to LogSeq, it's a bit more complicated than Evernote but it's a really good alternative. Open source too.

Don't forget to delete your account on your way out.

Standard Notes for secure note taking.

Standard Notes is a encrypted service alternative to Evernote. It's a mature product with more than six year in the market.

Notesnook.

Since no one has recommended, I would recommend Notesnook. Open Source app with Encryption. They are also planning to open source the Sync (afaik) part too.

Another option is AnyType.

Another option is Notion (not open Source/encrypted).

The article is from November 29 and the change is to take effect on December 4, which is a bit late for this post.

Dumb question, evernote has a feature to embed audio recordings within the notes, and, synced across devices

How could this be replicated with something like obsidian/rome/typora/notepad++/notion/something/joplin? any suggestions?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The notetaking app said that this change will be applicable for all new and existing free users starting December 4.

Going forward, new and existing Free users will have a maximum of fifty notes and one notebook per account.

These limits refer to the number of notes and notebooks a user can have in their account at one time: you can always delete unwanted content to remain below the threshold,” the company, owned by Milan-based Bending Spoons, said.

At that time, a spokesperson told TechCrunch that the notetaking app has “been unprofitable for years and the situation was unsustainable in the long term.”

While Ian Smalls, who was appointed Evernote CEO in 2018, managed to get the company to $100 million in recurring revenue, the app has fallen behind newer competitors like Notion.

For users who might want to look for alternatives, Notion, Microsoft OneNote and Zoho Notebook offer generous free tiers.

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Hey everyone. I own a Synology and run evernote on it. Can someone recommend a good note app that isn't Synology Note station that I can run on my Synology? I don't really want my notes on the internet so OneDrive is not an option. Thank you for your recommendations.