Evernote Review 2025
The veteran note app with web clipping and document scanning
Quick Facts
Key Features
What Evernote Does
Evernote was the dominant note-taking app for years, known for its powerful web clipper and the ability to search text within images. While newer tools have captured mindshare, Evernote remains capable for certain workflows, especially capturing and organizing web research.
The app stores notes in notebooks with tags for organization, syncing across all devices.
Key Features
Web Clipper: Still one of the best. Save articles, simplified text, screenshots, or full pages with good formatting preservation.
Document Scanning: Mobile apps can scan documents, business cards, and handwritten notes. OCR makes everything searchable.
Search: Evernote's search is powerful, including text recognition in images and PDFs (paid feature).
Organization: Traditional notebooks and tags structure. Less flexible than modern tools but familiar to many.
Pricing
The free tier is quite limited now—60MB monthly uploads and only 2 devices. Paid plans (Personal at $15/month, Professional at $18/month) unlock more devices, features, and upload limits.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- • Excellent web clipper
- • Good document scanning
- • Powerful search with OCR
- • Cross-platform
- • Mature, reliable
Cons
- • Free tier is very limited
- • Expensive for what it offers
- • Feels dated compared to newer tools
- • No bidirectional links
- • Company has had struggles
Who It's Best For
Evernote works for people who heavily use web clipping, users needing document scanning and OCR search, existing Evernote users with years of notes, and those who prefer traditional folder/tag organization.
Alternatives to Consider
- Notion - More features, better value
- Apple Notes - Free, simpler, Apple ecosystem
- Obsidian - Free, local files, more modern