Fed up with Evernote; what are your recommendations?

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Evernote used to be pretty good.Now, their web clipper doesn't work very well, and spams my console when doing development work (I guess I could use a different browser profile just for Evernote)...And their Android app has become useless. Sending me to a red screen every time.Does anyone have any recommendations for a suitable alternative?

Daeraxa · Accepted Answer

Joplin woud be my suggestion but then again I'm biased because I'm involved with the team... Markdown, mobile apps, multiple sync platforms.
Trilium has some really interesting features - very much powered by a single tree but no direct markdown, its a WYSIWYG editor (which is a bonus if you like that kind of thing).
Logseq is good if you prefer the "block based" type of notes - more like Notion.

k310 · Answer

People have mentioned Joplin, obsidian, logseq (a knowledge base) and even Apple Notes (there's a way to import enex, IIRC)
I am dumping the Evernote subscription in the fall, so this is a big deal, though I'm not in a rush because enex import is common.
I've been using Evernote as a "write only" database. The ability to email articles to it is the main feature I've used, though I actually did this with procmail many years ago. Never used the OCR.

thiago_fm · Answer

I have a good system:Use Folders on Google docs. I have files and folders about literally everything. And Google docs is pretty comprehensive in terms of being able to create TODO lists and everything.Everything I commit to doing in my life is worth writing about. For example, I've been learning German for a long time, and keep a log of what I do, and new action items or things I need to improve next.Docs is accessible everywhere and easy to use.I believe that for this, you don't want a tool that offers too much functionality, they take out the pleasure of writing things down.While writing things down, I learn a lot. My ideas are organised. I don't want a tool that gets in the way by showing me how many TODOS I have, stats or any pointless thing, or that it looks gorgeous. I want something functional, so my focus is to organize myself.I also keep my finances organized in Google sheets, as you can run scripts on it (even regular scripts, to create aggregate data).It is incredible how much one can do if they explore the full capabilities of those simple tools, instead of looking for a shiny thing that can do for themselves.

monroewalker · Answer

I've been using Notion.so for a couple years now and am mostly really happy with it. Easy to collaborate with others and access everything from any device. Have had annoying issues logging in on Android though.If I wanted more control over my data, the next thing I'd try is obsidian

goddessoflists · Answer

I keep a Google Doc where I copy the link of the article and any quotes underneath. I try to go through it regularly because I don't like accumulating a lot of stuff and nothing's more dreadful than the idea of scrolling through a long document. My goal right now is to reduce it to five pages (Arial, 12 pts, single-spaced) by summarising most of the stuff and using the quotable stuff in my blog posts (or writing them down in my commonplace notebook). It's too easy to accumulate things if I'm using a digital tool, so I try to take as much of it offline as possible.

dormento · Answer

I just dump everything into a bunch of .md files and open the folder on sublime text. Of course, I deal mostly in text content. The search is pretty good, so it works for me.As you can see, I'm not a sofisticated person.

thesimp · Answer

Most of the usual names will popup in the thread, like joplin and obsidian,etc.. But to my surprise Apple Notes has a very good enex import. It was the only program that kept the correct formatting of my notes, screenshots,etc.The only problem is the lock-in in the Apple ecosystem. And for work I have a Windows laptop. Maybe one day icloud.com will be good enough to be an &ldquo;iOS&rdquo; in the browser experience.

emersonrsantos · Answer

Anything that supports Markdown. I use just a repository hosted on GitHub that has a history and that I can access anywhere.If you need privacy, just use git-crypt.

imthesloth · Answer

I stopped using out of the box solutions and made my own system, perhaps you would want something similar? Made a blog post about it: https://thesloth.me/posts/6/

enescakir · Answer

UpNote is clean and well designed app https://getupnote.com

Zathu · Answer

Considering Evernote&rsquo;s audio recording features, the only decent substitute I could find was OneNote.

h0p3 · Answer

Tiddlywiki or plaintext with good file management has worked for me.

d--b · Answer

I use bear.app, it's good

Fed up with Evernote; what are your recommendations?

I've been using Notion.so for a couple years now and am mostly really happy with it. Easy to collaborate with others and access everything from any device. Have had annoying issues logging in on Android though.
If I wanted more control over my data, the next thing I'd try is obsidian

I just dump everything into a bunch of .md files and open the folder on sublime text. Of course, I deal mostly in text content. The search is pretty good, so it works for me.
As you can see, I'm not a sofisticated person.

Anything that supports Markdown. I use just a repository hosted on GitHub that has a history and that I can access anywhere.
If you need privacy, just use git-crypt.

I stopped using out of the box solutions and made my own system, perhaps you would want something similar? Made a blog post about it: https://thesloth.me/posts/6/

UpNote is clean and well designed app https://getupnote.com

Considering Evernote’s audio recording features, the only decent substitute I could find was OneNote.

Tiddlywiki or plaintext with good file management has worked for me.

I use bear.app, it's good