Evernote review

Best for

Long-time Evernote users who want AI added to a mature capture-everything app

Price

Freemium · from $15/month
Free: 50 notes, 1 notebook and 1 device, with no AI features

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows

Made by

Evernote Corporation (Bending Spoons)

App store ratings

iOS 4.4★ (78K) · Android 3.5★ (1.85M)

What it is

Evernote captures notes, documents, photos and tasks in one searchable place and now adds an AI Assistant that answers questions, AI Transcribe for audio, images and video, and AI Edit to clean up or reshape drafts. The AI tools come with the Advanced plan and above.

What the AI does

• AI Assistant that answers questions about your notes
• AI Transcribe for audio, images and video
• Meeting recording with AI summaries
• AI Edit for rewriting and changing tone
• Semantic search

Pros and cons

How it scores

Capable AI on a mature app, but the price for AI access is the highest here.

Feature checklist · 5 of 9

• ✓Ask AI questions about your own notes (yes)
• ✓AI writing help (draft, rewrite or summarise) (yes)
• ✓Records and transcribes audio or meetings (yes)
• –Handwritten notes with a pen or stylus (no)
• –AI organises notes or surfaces related notes automatically (no)
• –Web clipper or quick capture from other apps (no)
• ✓Works offline (yes)
• –Useful free plan (no)
• ✓Apps for iPhone, Android and desktop (yes)

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Alternatives

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• Microsoft OneNote 8.2/10Students and Microsoft 365 users who want free notes with optional Copilot
• Notion 8.1/10People and teams who want notes, docs and projects in one AI-powered workspace
• Craft 8.1/10Apple users who want polished, well-structured notes and docs with AI
• Goodnotes 8.0/10Students and tablet users who take notes by hand

Microsoft OneNote vs Evernote

Sources

• Evernote compare plans
• The best note-taking apps (Zapier)
• The best AI productivity tools (Zapier)
• Evernote on the App Store
• Evernote on Google Play