Evernote

Public discussion around Evernote over the past four weeks was dominated by frustration and distrust, with no praise themes surfacing in the aggregated data at all. The loudest complaints centered on pricing changes and what several commenters described as aggressive or even unauthorized billing practices. Multiple mentions recounted charges appearing after claimed cancellations, deleted accounts, or on old email addresses, and the tone in these posts ranged from exasperated to accusatory. The pricing shift attributed to Bending Spoons drew pointed commentary, with at least one commenter stating they built their own replacement rather than pay the new rate, framing the cost as an affront rather than a reasonable subscription.

Competitor comparisons threaded through the discussion as frequently as the pricing complaints. Commenters invoked tools like Obsidian and TiddlyWiki as alternatives, though the framing was mixed. One mention used app store ratings to push back on purely negative takes, while another framed a decades-long commitment to a rival tool as a deliberate philosophical choice about software longevity. This suggests the competitive conversation was not entirely one-sided, even if the overall lean was skeptical of Evernote.

The score trajectory over the window showed notable volatility rather than a clean trend. Sentiment dipped sharply in mid-May, recovered to its highest point in the dataset around early June when mention volume was also at its peak, then pulled back again by mid-July. The late recovery did not hold, and the most recent reading sat below the multi-week average, suggesting the brief positive uptick did not reflect a durable shift in tone.

A minority of commenters offered a contrary read, noting perceived improvements under Bending Spoons ownership and acknowledging their own experience with price increases had been less severe. This dissenting thread was present but clearly outnumbered, and even sympathetic mentions carried hedged language about what might come next.