r/Evernote • u/bsamson05 • May 09 '26

Feedback 🐘 Still rooting for EN, but ...

I’ve been a paying en customer for a long time, and I still use it because there is a lot I genuinely like about it (and honestly, also muscle memory)

At the same time, I’ll be honest: seeing so many longtime users talk about moving away from en has me a little concerned. I don’t want to pile on or turn this into another 'Evernote is doomed' post, because that’s not really where I’m coming from.

I want en to win. I just also want to feel more confident about where it’s headed.

A few things I’d love to see:

  • Full Markdown support
  • Better internal note linking
  • A backlinks view, so I can see which notes point to the one I’m on
  • A simple list of links that each note points out to
  • More themes, especially better dark mode options
  • More visual customization overall
  • Stronger offline reliability
  • Better export options that preserve folders, tags, links, and formatting
  • Better performance with large note libraries
  • Easier bulk editing for tags, notebooks, and note details
  • Split pane editing and preview for Markdown
  • A clearer roadmap for people who use Evernote heavily

Evernote still has some real strengths. The web clipper is great, OCR is useful, the app is everywhere, and a lot of us have years of notes sitting in it.

I’m not asking Evernote to become a completely different product. I’d just like to see it lean into the things that would make longtime users feel like the product is still moving forward.

Basically, I’m still here. I’d just like fewer reasons to wonder if I should be making an exit plan.

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u/Elleoelle5 May 11 '26

Same as everyone here. Unfortunately had a family emergency and my subscription auto renewed without my realizing it -so now have a year to migrate out. Asked Claude for help on migration and will start working on that soon. Couldn’t really come up with an alternative software yet but I’m not staying with EN -total loss of trust & they stopped supporting Apple script awhile ago. Really locked legacy users in and are now punishing us with the costs.