RJameson

So, let me get this straight. You really didn’t need the premium version all these years but decided out of the good of your heart to send money to Evernote, and now you’re shaming legitimate free users for not doing the same? Give me a break. I simply came to this board to give a positive data point to others who might be considering an alternative to EN. It's quite amusing that some of you fanboys took it personally. Although it's of no consequence, I can assure you there is no chip on my shoulder. I'm actually grateful this all came to a head as I've got a better note-taking system now than I did 3 months ago. And after all, according to your assertion, I successfully stole services from Evernote over the past decade without having to spend a dime. I should be laughing myself out the door. On the other hand, if someone unnecessarily paid $2.50 a week for the past decade for an outlay of $1,300 bucks, and was now having donator’s remorse due to the new management and direction the app is taking, that person might certainly have a sense of “aggrieved injury,” and feel the need to lash out at more nimble “free-loaders” who are jumping ship. And if Evernote got its hooks so deep into said user that they were at the mercy of any pricing plan the new management might impose, that might be further cause for feelings of resentment and betrayal… In which case, I would tell that user that there are options, and Joplin’s a very good one. Now let me go cry in my pillow because Dave-in-Decatur isn’t going to be throwing me an Evernote going away party.

And the fanboys have awoken… Yes, you understood me clearly. I was using the free version that Evernote offered and it worked well for me for several years. You apparently had needs that exceeded the functionality of the free version and chose to get a subscription. Great. I hope that’s worked well for you (although it sounds like you’ve got some warped sense of resentment towards those of us who were doing fine using the free version in accordance with EN’s terms). No “sense of aggrieved injury” here. Evernote essentially dropped the free version; I dropped Evernote. Simple as that. With regards to Joplin “figuring out my game,” you might Google “FOSS”.

Wow. Thanks. Was not aware of that... And how timely. Assuming it proves to be functional, it will likely be the last needed incentive for many to make the move.

The slow deterioration of this once invaluable app has been a real beat down over the past several years. With their latest hack-job on the free accounts, and no reasonable paid subscription options, bailing on the service was a no-brainer. 3,000+ notes in 3 dozen notebooks, acquired over the past decade finally have a new home. I found that Joplin was just what I needed for my notes and checklists. Joplin's import function worked better than expected (although I found that some notes imported better as markdown instead of html, so I'll keep my Evernote account as an archive in the event I need re-export/import specific notes in a different format). The lion's share of my Evernotes were images that I was using with Evernote's OCR function, which Joplin doesn't have, unfortunately. So, for my notes requiring OCR, I transferred them to one of my Googe Drive accounts using the CloudHQ service, which again was pretty painless, but took more than a day to complete... And no longer will I have to endure the incessant Evernote pop-ups telling me it is my "last chance" to get a X% discount.