The new v11 got released yesterday.
Looks to be some great improvements for Evernote users.
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Thanks for sharing. Sad to see it’s $250/year for (basically) the plan I used to have and would need to return. I don’t mind paying for software (hello Claude at $100/mo) but $250/year for a searchable storage bin for my notes just feels excessive.
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It doesn’t “feel” excessive; in my estimation, it IS excessive. 
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Yeah, but you think my $100/mo on Claude is excessive too, and you’re wrong. So I’ll stick with feelings.
(Fully tongue in cheek. Partially, at least? 
)
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Excessive? I’li second that opinion. I’m a former paid EN user and, with the exception of Evernote’s web clipper, I use Google Drive for the same things I used to use Evernote.
I can search for text in photos and most kinds of other documents. Plus I get Gmail, Gemini AI, and 2TB of storage for $100 less than Evernote is charging.
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Well, I suppose there is a first time for everything! 
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Which google plan is this ?
I have the Business Standard Plan $16.80/month, but get a discount for paying a year in advance.
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The cost structure is crazy. They’ve lost their ever loving mind. AI should be an add-on option, not something you have to pay a ridiculous premium to just use the product.
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It does seem crazy to me. But apparently, there are enough willing to pay that price to make it profitable. At least, we don’t have evidence to the contrary.
If you’re an individual and don’t need business bells & whistles, you can also get Gemini One AI Pro Plan for $21 per month if you subscribe annually, which includes 5TB of drive storage (which you can share with 5 family members), the same Gemini access you’d get with a Workspace standard plan, including Gemini in Docs, Sheets, and Gmail.
I have a Google One account and I administer a Google Workspace account for a non-profit. There’s some administrative overhead with the Workspace account that you don’t have with the Google One account, although if it’s just you, it’s not much of a headache.
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Evernote is a joke now. With Obsidian, UpNote, Apple Notes, DEVONthink (one-time), Bear ($30/year), Notion, Google Keep…most of them high quality apps and free (or relatively low priced), I don’t know what Evernote execs were smoking when they decided they are gonna charge $250/year lol. Used to be a proponent of this app for years until it went downhill like that.
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The only improvement I would care about is a reasonably priced standard subscription plan. I tried several alternatives including Apple Notes, DevonThink, and Obsidian, but Joplin fit my needs the closest. it isn’t perfect, but so far none of the options that I tried are perfect for my needs.
I currently use Joplin for notes for a whopping $0/month.
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It is too expensive. They need to make a leap of faith. Quarter the price and have ten times more users.
Wow what a joke. I currently use Evernote after going back to it two years ago based on Tiago Forte’s recommendations. 6 months ago, somehow all of my carefully sorted notes and webclips disappeared. I was able to restore from a backup (thanks Backblaze) but it imported all 600+ notes into the Inbox. Total nightmare. I closed it and haven’t used it since, procratiinating on finding an alternative. Guess it’s time! Any suggestions for a potential alternative app for note taking, saving web clips that has a similar nested folder structure? Thinking maybe Devonthink.
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I recommend DT. It takes all kinds of files, has a great web clipper, has all the nesting you would want, Smart Groups and Smart Rules, file conversion, auto OCR, excellent search, and more.
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Mixed feelings here after spending time with v11. Performance looks better in some places, but the redesign still feels like it drifted away from heavy note-takers. Losing small power features hurts more than shiny UI helps. For simple notes it’s fine, yet long-time users probably need time to relearn workflows or start eyeing alternatives.
When I saw that v11 was released, I thought I might cover it on ScreenCastsONLINE as it’s been a long time since we entertained Evernote. I then saw the price, and removed it from my list of potential topics. I have no issue, whatsoever, with companies charging what they feel a product is worth - good luck to all honestly. However I don’t want to cover an app that is probably only going to be reachable, or wanted, by a limited percentage of my members.
As I write that, it’s quite sad. As Evernote was the first app of it’s genre I used, because it was free and even the first paid tier was more than reasonable. I used Evernote for years.
How times change.
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Indeed. I too used Evernote for years. I had purchased a couple of books on using EN, and it was my central hub for saving and searching for material and project management. I had built a stable, rather elaborate workflow upon EN. Things began to change when they started selling socks.
Like people, companies can lose their way.
As soon as Bending Spoons “acquires” an app, it is the same story over and over again: layoffs and massive price increases.
Evernote is one of the victims; others are WeTransfer, Komoot (quite popular over here), and just recently Vimeo. My 2 cents: when Bending Spoons acquires an app/service, I will get rid of it.
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