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What happened to Evernote? Where to go next?

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Re: What happened to Evernote? Where to go next?

#31

I moved from Evernote to Notion and it's a right decision.

Notion doesn't have a native mobile app; it's so slow it's unusable.

It feels plenty fast for me, what have you found to be slow? I wouldn't have thought it was non-native. Is it React Native or something?

Re: What happened to Evernote? Where to go next?

#33
I switched to simply using clear text notes, synchronized with standard cloud sync. You can then pile emacs, VS Code or even Obsidian on top of that, but the actual notes are in a directory structure consisting of clear text.

I already pay for cloud services, so no reason to add another subscription to the pile, with yet another login/password that may expose my information.

Re: What happened to Evernote? Where to go next?

#35
post #5

https://standardnotes.com/ - I use it for the past few years and am quite happy with it. Text-only, but I view this as more of a feature…

Yup, I use Standard Notes for its privacy features. Got the 5 year plan some time ago, looks like they discontinued it.

Re: What happened to Evernote? Where to go next?

#36
All these notes people take - what percentage of them do you ever go back to reference? I suspect some peoples notes are like my bookmarks/favorites - long lists of things that "I might need" at some point and then just end up cleaning up years later.

I'm most always in front of a computer so I don't need mobile. I use sublime for code and whatever minimal notes I do take end up using the PlainTasks plugin. It lets you do todo's and has other features.

If its work related and needs sharing and isn't code (that belongs as comments) then I use whatever work doc sharing tool is there, typically a wiki. These suffer from same issue above - docs, notes, diagrams end up there and theres a ton of stuff, some useful, some severely outdated. I wish you could put a time bound self destruct (like mission impossible) on notes and they clean themselves up - move to an Archive folder or something.

Re: What happened to Evernote? Where to go next?

#37

All these notes people take - what percentage of them do you ever go back to reference? I suspect some peoples notes are like my bookmarks/favorites - long lists of things that "I might need" at some point and then just end up cleaning up years later. I'm most always in front of a computer so I don't need mobile. I use sublime for code and whatever minimal notes I do take end up using the PlainTasks plugin. It lets y…

Lets just proceed with the premise that note taking is useful and answer the question.

Re: What happened to Evernote? Where to go next?

#38
post #9

Joplin note app works on ownCloud/nextCloud/DropBox/iCloud or Joplin cloud. The app is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. A terminal app is also available! E2EE and fast client app. Using it across five different platforms using my ownCloud, I am. https://joplinapp.org/ Oh, yeah; front-end PIN too for mobile apps.

i have problems with Joplin on ios ( most recent release).

Re: What happened to Evernote? Where to go next?

#40

I was looking for a note-taking application that is cross- platform, does not cost an arm and a leg, has sleek and minimal interface, with offline capabilities. After checking all the options, I ended up opting for UpNote. STRONGLY recommended!

Do they have version history. I cant see it on their site.
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