The best Evernote alternatives in 2026
Evernote's free plan now stops at 50 notes. These six alternatives offer more for free or less money — with storage, price and platforms checked on each vendor's site.
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Notes, tasks, calendars and project tools — judged on where your data lives and what the free plan really allows.
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The best note-taking apps in 2026
Nine note apps compared on where your notes are stored, what the free plan allows, offline use and price — verified on each vendor's site.
Notion vs Obsidian: which note app fits how you work?
Notion and Obsidian compared on where your notes live, offline use, collaboration, sync and price — facts verified on both vendors' sites.
Apps we track in Productivity
- Apple Notes
Free, fast notes built into every iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Bear
Beautiful Markdown notes for Apple devices.
- Evernote
The original note app, now owned by Bending Spoons — with a very tight free plan.
- Google Keep
Quick sticky-note capture tied to your Google account.
- Joplin
Open-source Markdown notes with optional end-to-end encryption.
- Logseq
Open-source outliner for networked, privacy-first notes.
- Microsoft OneNote
Free digital notebook with the best handwriting and ink support.
- Notion
All-in-one workspace of pages and databases, with built-in AI on Business.
- Obsidian
Local-first Markdown notes with links, graph view and thousands of plugins.