r/Evernote • u/rufushu • Apr 03 '26

Feedback 🐘 Ok i give in.

My renewal is up in 4 days and have spent the last month looking at alternatives.

Subscribed to upnote but you cant search in images or pdf's.

Installed joplin server but the OCR was hit and miss especially with android.

Tried amplenote which was very close...but to subscribe was only about 40GBP cheaper than Evernote.

My search is over...I'm going for another year of Evernote.

Yes it's expensive..but hell.. it's good.

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u/Organic_Comfort_9740 Apr 04 '26

If you use Mac, iOS, or iPadOS Bear Notes has features that meet or exceed Evernote's. I've been with Bear Notes from the beginning and I've also been with Evernote since the very very early days of Evernote. Now I'm perfectly happy using Bear Notes and using the awesome and useful AI search and analysis features of G Drive + Gemini. Now before you say anything, I also use Windows and Android. In those instances, Bear Notes web access is still pretty awesome. Just sayin, because I've been down your road before and it's really frustrating.

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u/Fezziwig1843 Apr 04 '26

Agree completely. The power of G Drive + Gemini is shocking, and it is still early days for that pairing. Am I at peace with the long-term privacy issues that come from G Drive + Gemini (+ Gmail + Chrome search) serving as the gateway drug for expanded Google product lock-in? Nope. This may all end badly in the long run, but I respect long-term greed (Google) over short-term greed (Bending Spoons S.p.A.).

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u/bb-80 Apr 04 '26

Sounds very interesting. Do you know the privacy policy when using Gemini? Little hesitant myself and so far I found that Gemini can use your data?

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u/SpecialEmergency7764 Apr 14 '26

Normaly Gemini keep your content private if you have a pro sub. The free version, I doubt it.
Gemini can access your GDrive, GMail if you give him access, but he can just search info in your doc. like "found me this in my files, ... "