Evernote - Notes Organizer 4+

This used to be the best app on the market but recent updates have ruined it. Has become really buggy now can’t easily export photos or documents from a note without it copying a whole load of hyperlink file path details. Now have to save a photo back to my iPhone image library and export from there so way less efficient for the tasks I use it for. Still no barcode recognition which would be very useful and I’ve asked for it many times. Would also be nice to be able to encrypt an entire note from within the phone or pc app. Still an amazing database but was better before the updates.
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I’ve used this to collate teaching notes for at least 10 years now. It’s so intuitive and easy to use. I upgraded to a pro account when I started incorporating a lot of HD photos into my notes. The “scanning function” on the phone app is just amazing it will recognised a document or sketch when you hover your phone camera over it and remove all the shadows. Searching notes even recognises words within handwriting and scanned documents. It’s the best app on earth, end of story and I haven’t even scratched the surface of what Evernote can do!

For me, Evernote works like a Remembrall (you know, from Harry Potter - Dumbledore takes memories and drops them into a pan of water so he can look at them later and share them with other people). I can jot down ideas on my phone - voice notes, photos, lists, etc - then play around with the ideas informally on my tablet whether I’m at home or not. Then, when I’m in serious work mode, write them up in a proper format for presentation. There are other cloud services available but, once you’ve got a work one and a special interest one, it can get confusing and it runs out of space. And it then asks you to sign away all rights to your content so AI can learn (please don’t do that, Evernote, because I’ll have to leave). Evernote’s functionality has increased over the last few years so I probably haven’t kept up but being able to organise in notebooks, make notes on the dashboard, search, etc is brilliant. Oh yes, and clipping off websites is brilliant too - instead of trying to manage bookmarks in your browser, just clip the whole thing or save the link. I should make more use of the timer/reminder and look at more detailed functions. Any way (this feels like a letter to my aunt) I love Evernote and it’s revolutionised my efficiency from remembering what I wanted to say at book group to making a quick screenshot of what’s on at the cinema to preparing for a work presentation. Try it.

I purchased this app (it was offered for free as a special offer at the time) a few years ago and loved it — storage, folders, functionality, making notes on the go and and using my notes across all my devices (3) devices. I haven’t been attracted by the premium version because I haven’t needed the extra functionality. However, today, I went to use it on my iPad and had to log into my account, which I don’t remember having to do for a while. Ok, fine. Then up came a prompt that I needed to sync my devices. Curious, I thought, last time I looked they were syncing ok. Stupidly, I clicked and hey presto I now have to unsync one of my three devices to continue to use the app, in the basic plan. I get that there’s a huge cost to running an app, but to reduce functionality for existing customers, shame on you Evernote. Looks like I’ll either have reduced syncing or move to one note which is included in my 365 subscription. Which will take time and which of course you’re relying on. Not a happy long term customer.