In have 12k notes (stuck) in Evernote. Every now and then I look for alternatives and come across products like Notion [0], Bear, Apple Notes, Emacs+Org, Notability, and many more.
All of these tools have their strengths and use-cases. But none of them has the power of Evernote (API that lets me access my notes via Python, boolean search, ocr search, saved searches, folders and tags that I can jump to, local copy of my notes on my Mac). But Evernote is old. I would love to use markdown in my notes (see BearApp!), more flexible and nested folders (see Bear or Notion). Also my gut feeling tells me that this company won’t exist in a few years from now. So I need to move on someday.
There are a few companies that shouldn’t have pitched VCs that expect billion dollar valuations. Evernote is one of those companies. Soundcloud is another.
[0] Notion: too slow, does not keep a local copy of my notes, search is not comparable to Evernote‘s search capabilities)
All of these tools have their strengths and use-cases. But none of them has the power of Evernote (API that lets me access my notes via Python, boolean search, ocr search, saved searches, folders and tags that I can jump to, local copy of my notes on my Mac). But Evernote is old. I would love to use markdown in my notes (see BearApp!), more flexible and nested folders (see Bear or Notion). Also my gut feeling tells me that this company won’t exist in a few years from now. So I need to move on someday.
There are a few companies that shouldn’t have pitched VCs that expect billion dollar valuations. Evernote is one of those companies. Soundcloud is another.
[0] Notion: too slow, does not keep a local copy of my notes, search is not comparable to Evernote‘s search capabilities)