9/10 Overall. Best collaborative platform-independent note-taking app out there!
November 11, 2019
9/10 Overall. Best collaborative platform-independent note-taking app out there!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Evernote
Multiple people in our organization use Evernote regularly. For me, the biggest use is meeting notes. Every time a meeting starts, I'm using a Meeting Notes template to take notes on action items/todos, outstanding questions, etc.
It's honestly an extension of my brain at this point. I'm not sure what I'd do without it. I like that I can create checklists of items to cover in a one on one, or simply a list of tasks.
If I'm working on a project with others, I can share the note and collaborate on it much like a Google doc, but it feels more private because it's not owned by Google.
It's honestly an extension of my brain at this point. I'm not sure what I'd do without it. I like that I can create checklists of items to cover in a one on one, or simply a list of tasks.
If I'm working on a project with others, I can share the note and collaborate on it much like a Google doc, but it feels more private because it's not owned by Google.
- Meeting notes - every meeting I'm a part of gets a note in Evernote. When I'm trying to remember what was said, who said it, or who committed to a specific task, I refer to my Evernote notes.
- Cross-platform - The real draw for our organization is that it doesn't matter if someone is on a Mac or PC, or prefers Firefox over Chrome. It just works and looks good doing it. There are some great platform-specific note-taking apps that are pretty enticing as a Mac user, but for an organization, we need the flexibility of it being platform-independent.
- Collaboration - you can share notes with others who can contribute and edit. This is good for working through a new piece of documentation. Collaborators can work on it privately before posting to our company Wiki.
- I'd like to see more flexibility around the collaboration aspect. I really like the "view only" and "comment only" features of Google docs. I think this would be a great addition to the collaboration tools.
- For individual users or people with small budgets, the "Upgrade" popups/reminders can be pretty invasive. I wish they were slightly less aggressive, but I understand they have a business to run as well. My wish would be to communicate the upgrade options via email vs. in-app. For my personal accounts, I'd be much more apt to purchase an upgrade if the pricing was closer to Bear's less-expensive option.
- This is probably more of a niche feature, but markdown support would help some more technical users IMO, and competitors like Bear offer this as an option.
- That is hard to measure objectively, but I can say it provides tons of peace of mind for our organization.
- It allows us to capture meeting notes (which we use for every meeting). We have pre-made templates depending on the meeting that is happening.
- If you are having a client meeting, and do not explain to them you are taking notes, they could interpret you typing away as not paying attention to the meeting. We always tell our clients we are taking notes about the content of the meeting. We like to record meetings for posterity's sake and capture the important pieces into an Evernote note for emphasis.
I've used Bear and Apple's default Notes app pretty extensively. Neither are as polished or have the feature set that Evernote does specific to teams and collaboration. I believe this is intentional on both sides, but a notable difference to be sure.
Do you think Evernote delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Evernote's feature set?
Yes
Did Evernote live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Evernote go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Evernote again?
Yes