StephenRStone

No arguing. I was in love with Evernote... The experience became more disapointing until the sudden huge fee. -OneNote for free is doing good for me now. (Since January) It is probably hard to run a business without charging money... but it is hard to justify paying for a product that others offer for free. Especially when most people probably only want something slightly more than they get from taking notes with pen and paper.

After Evernote switched to a $150/year plan where previously free, I finally started looking around (after using it for 11 years... free). ... while I might use Notion for other purposes (projects etc), I'm finding I like Microsoft OneNote for the reasons I liked Evernote. It actually looks like the best parts of Evernote and Google Keep combined. While it hadn't been "cloud" quite as long as Evernote, the whole program is actually one of the oldest Notetaking programs and it has always been free. Also runs on any platform. When I look at most competitor programs to Evernote, I actually can't confidently answer why they wouldn't start jacking up prices in the future the way Evernote has. Whereas with a company like Microsoft (not that I'm necessarily a fan), they have a larger business scheme that extends much outside of the notetaking app, where maybe the note app is just a gateway... After a couple weeks, my feeling right nkw is that OneNote just acts completely in the way I imagine Evernote would, if it were improved...

... after 11 years of using Evernote, this is why I am migrating to OneNote. It's hard to justify $150/year for a service that others offer for free.

I had been toying with the idea of moving to Google Keep or Notion... the new note limit on the free version of Evernote might be just the push I need... It has been nice using Evernote since 2012, but it's not as fast as it used to be either... To me, it's just not worth $150 a year for something others offer for free.