Hi there, I've subscribed to and paid for Evernote since October 2008. The primary reasons are:
The ability to geotag notes and find notes on a map.
The ability to scan documents and crop from the outside of the full picture when necessary to focus on what I want to keep.
Knowing that my data was mine and I could get to it from any device.
Over the years, the team have changed these functions and added a ton more that I do not use (calendar integration, tasks/reminders, note sharing). I had thought that the viewing notes by geography function was no longer part of the product until I happened to see the differences between the Personal and Professional subscription levels today. I was surprised to see that geographic search was available in the Professional version and I would have to pay $2/more to simply restore functionality that I had in 2011! There is nothing else in the Professional subscription that I find valuable.
I would happily trade these features: Connect primary Google Calendar account, Add due dates, reminders, and notifications to your task, and Manage tasks in one place for these: Find content by location with geographic search and the ability to pin more than one note to my home screen.
I would much rather the distinction between personal and professional be focused on task and team features. Anyone who pays for a Personal subscription should be able to find their notes however they want - by searching for text, text in pictures, or by where the note was made. Those who want functionality beyond basic note/document storage (e.g., tasks/reminders, calendar integration, team sharing) should be able to subscribe to higher tiers to obtain that functionality. I would much rather have a streamlined, well-performing product solely focused on storing notes, pictures, manuals, and documents and helping me find them. This is what Evernote used to be the best at.
The other key function - document scanning - is also less useful than it has been. When I scan a document/photo, Evernote determines where to crop an image and I cannot expand that selection beyond what Evernote automatically selects - even if it is only a fraction of the picture.
Please, please, restore search by geography to the Personal subscription plan and fix the document scanning cropped by default behavior.
Regards,
David