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4 Free Evernote Alternatives to Organize Your Life
Evernote is the most well-known solution for managing notes, tasks, reminders, and more across all devices. In addition to the free version, Evernote offers a Premium upgrade, but many users find the free version sufficient. However, it may not be suitable for everyone.
Users have faced syncing issues and bugs over the years, and other services can provide similar or better features for organizing your life. If you are dissatisfied with Evernote or want to explore other options, here are four free alternatives to consider.
Microsoft OneNote
Previously a part of Microsoft’s Office suite, OneNote is now a standalone app that competes with Evernote. You can write notes or manage task lists, but it also offers more advanced features like clipping web pages, adding photos, and scanning printed text.
If you’re creative, you can create a well-designed notebook page with photos, a checklist, notes, music, and more for planning a road trip.
OneNote elevates note-taking and planning by providing users with complete creative control. Unlike Evernote, OneNote allows users to drag and drop boxes anywhere on the page, with various content types offering predefined fields or placeholders for easy organization. Additionally, OneNote enables collaboration in shared notebooks.
Evernote supports different types of media such as audio recordings, photos, and scans. It resembles a traditional word processor for note-taking, but with added features. Evernote surpasses OneNote with its extensive third-party app support, allowing for data export and expanding your collection.
Google Keep
Google Keep is a unique note-taking and task management platform. Its design resembles a virtual office board for interactive sticky notes. It is simpler to use compared to Evernote and Microsoft OneNote, but it lacks advanced features for power users.
Google Keep is a customizable note-taking app that allows you to create various types of notes. You can add photos, create task lists with checkboxes, and choose different colors for your notes. Additionally, you can use labels to organize your notes and easily filter them. Furthermore, you can share your notes with others who also use Google Keep.
Using Google Keep has a charming simplicity that helps you focus on your goals. Google Keep can be accessed through the website, Chrome app, or Android app for phones and tablets. While there is no official iOS app, there are third-party alternatives available in the App Store.
Simplenote
Simplenote is a note-taking app that lives up to its name. It offers a straightforward and minimalist approach to note taking, unlike Apple’s Notes app in iOS. Despite its basic appearance, Simplenote is more than just a basic text editor.
Simplenote’s features are hidden in the note’s menu. It includes a word count, options to send or invite others to collaborate, browse revision history, revert to a previous version, or publish for sharing. You can also add tags for organization at the bottom of notes.
Simplenote is a minimalist note-taking app that allows you to create and sync plain text notes across mobile and desktop devices. While it lacks advanced features like checkboxes, photo integration, and text formatting, it serves its purpose efficiently. By utilizing the mobile and desktop apps, you can easily keep your notes in sync.
ToodleDo
ToodleDo stands apart due to its unique approach in keeping tasks and notes completely separate. Upon logging in to the web app, you will find that these two components have their own tabs and are stored in a similar manner, yet they barely coexist. This might appeal to certain users, but could be a deal-breaker for others.
ToodleDo is unique because it’s ugly. Evernote, OneNote, Keep, and Simplenote are all pleasing and easy to use. ToodleDo looks like a knockoff of Gmail.
Despite the appearance, ToodleDo is powerful. It acts as a note taker, task manager, and supports hierarchical outlines, lists, and a section for creating good habits and warding off bad ones. The tools for sorting tasks and notes are plentiful.
ToodleDo is different from other pricing methods and its competitors because it charges for using the iOS apps. The app is free for Android users in Google Play, but iOS users need to pay $3.99 to download the universal iPhone and iPad app. However, iOS users can still access the free mobile version of the website.
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