Evernote

Evernote is a note-taking and organization application for individuals and teams to capture, store, and search notes and web content.

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This page reflects aggregated public online discussion, not statements of fact or our own opinion. Scores summarize the tone of relevant public mentions and carry the limitations described in our methodology. See how this is calculated.

Updated June 8, 2026

Overall Pulse Score

Pulse Score

+6 over this period

A 0-100 index summarizing the tone of 14 relevant public mentions gathered from public online communities across 6 weeks in the selected period. It measures online sentiment, not a rating of the product's quality.

Weekly Sentiment Trend

Pulse Score by week over the selected period. Each point is one complete week of mentions.

This week in public discussion

Sentiment around Evernote remained notably negative over the recent period, with discussion dominated by complaints about pricing after the reported jump to $100 per year, prompting at least one commenter to describe building their own replacement. Several mentions pointed to UI frustrations and reliability concerns, while threads also touched on parent company Bending Spoons and its broader acquisition patterns. Overall community tone reflected frustration and a sense that the product no longer feels worth its cost to longtime users.

AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.

Sentiment mix by week

How the tone of public discussion splits each week.

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Most-discussed praise

No recurring praise themes in this period.

Most-discussed complaints

Missing features4

UI frustrations3

Bugs2

Pricing changes2

Performance1

Themes across the selected period, with mention counts.

Sample public mentions

Showing 5 of 14 analyzed public mentions in this period, with links to the original source. We do not reproduce full threads.

“Bending Spoons (owner of Evernote) recently hiked price of Evernote to $100 per year. I was not paying that amount for the honor of accessing my own notesHence I built a feature-identical (almost) EverNote replacement which does the main things I need – taking notes, syncing acro...”

Hacker NewsMay 29, 2026

“I really liked Evernote but they raised the price too much for me.I used it mostly as an archive for long term storage where I could find things easily and it was pleasant to use. When it was $36 / year it made sense for me. I probably only used it a dozen or two times every year...”

Hacker NewsJun 8, 2026

“The attack relies on social engineering to get the victim to disable protections and could just as easily have happened with a plugin for any code editor.Anyway, What I like about obsidian is that it can handle a truly huge amount of notes without slowing down, and the notes are ...”

Hacker NewsMay 11, 2026

“Re: Apple Notes. There is no way to adjust line spacing, so paragraphs look (according to reddit commentators) super crunched or smooshed.To make notes really readable, one must insert a blank line.I copy such notes into Pages and increase the line/paragraph spacing.I have not ex...”

Hacker NewsMay 10, 2026

“A few months ago, i took the bullet and migrated my notes from Notion to .md files. This was the second time i migrated my notes (last time from Evernote to Notion), and this time it was a lot easier. Kudos to the Notion team for making export so easy.Just downloaded the notes, t...”

Hacker NewsApr 14, 2026

Deeper analysis

Complaint themes dominated the window with zero praise themes recorded, signaling a heavily negative discussion environment.
Pricing changes tied to ownership drove the most emotionally loaded commentary, with commenters describing active efforts to replace the product.
The score climbed sharply in the final tracked week but this appears tied to a spike in mention volume rather than a change in tone.
Opinion divided between those treating Evernote as a cautionary acquisition story and those referencing it as a general symbol of note-taking app disappointment.

Complaint theme	Mentions
Missing features	4
UI frustrations	3
Bugs	2
Pricing changes	2
Performance	1

Discussion about Evernote over the past four weeks was dominated almost entirely by negative sentiment, with no praise themes surfacing in the aggregated data. Commenters showed little interest in defending the product on its own merits, and the tone across mentions leaned toward resignation or active departure rather than frustration aimed at prompting improvement. The overarching mood was one of a user base that has largely moved on, referencing Evernote more as a cautionary example or a historical benchmark than as a tool they currently rely on.

The most emotionally charged thread running through the discussion involved pricing. Several mentions pointed to a significant price increase under the current ownership, with one commenter describing having built their own replacement rather than accept the new cost. This framing, of a user going to considerable technical effort to escape the product, captured a tone of defiance that appeared more than once. Feature gaps and interface complaints added texture to the dissatisfaction, but pricing felt like the sharper grievance.

Ownership and corporate context generated notable discussion volume. Commenters situating Evernote within a broader portfolio of acquired apps expressed skepticism toward the acquiring company as a pattern rather than singling out Evernote alone. The tone here was analytical but pointed, with several mentions suggesting a recognized playbook of acquisition-driven decline.

The score trajectory showed meaningful choppiness across the window, dipping to its lowest point in mid-May before climbing sharply in the most recent week, which also carried the heaviest mention volume. That late surge likely reflects concentrated discussion rather than a genuine sentiment reversal, as the content of mentions remained critical. Opinion was divided mostly on framing: some commenters treated Evernote as a product failure, while others used it as a reference point when criticizing note-taking apps broadly, implying residual name recognition even without loyalty.

AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.