I used Evernote for over three years but, recently stopped using it
1. Because it quite bulky now. Takes too much time to load on Mac and Android. Its a note taking app. I should be able to load it in seconds
2. Lost lot of data (untitled bug..)
3. Bugs and Syncing issues... I often see 5 version of the same note.
Nowadays, I occasionally load the web version, just to load my old notes. That itself looks crazy with the latest confusing UI
Where companies develop a good product to solve a simple problem, and because they already have developers and are gaining market acceptance that they just keep adding features way beyond the point of reasonableness.
Then inevitably the company tries to recover money from all of the extra effort they put in the product that nobody wanted and end up making their userbase hate them.
I'm in a similar position. I've been using evernote for a while , and have a lot of notes in there but I find my usage tapering off recently.
Thing is, I'm not sure what to replace it with. There's lots of apps that try to tackle one piece of the puzzle each, but I really liked having on "bucket" to put almost everything into in a relatively unstructured way. I've even been thinking about building my own replacement, with the workflow tweaks and slimmed-down feature set I actually want/use.
I would suggest OneNote. They have an app for every platform (not sure about Mac, but the web version works nice on Chrome), and the sync is totally solid. It has everything Evernote has, and then some more. I use it like a scrapbook where I can keep my to-do lists, reference info that I want access to later, a few links, even a bunch of scripts that I need to run sometimes.
I'll second OneNote. I haven't used EverNote since 2011 due to a revamp if their UI which didn't sit well with me. OneNote is pretty simple and basic at it's core, but the ability to have multiple books gives separation between work/personal, multiple tabs allows separation between projects and multiple pages allows separation between tasks. It helps me structure things fairly well.
Thanks for the recommendation. I think I had tried OneNote on iPhone a few months ago and dismissed it because I didn't like how it was laid out or something.
I just installed the desktop version and wow, it's really nice.! I particularly like how the rich-text editor works. Seems to capture the spirit of Evernote quite well.
I don't know what that does in evernote. I just copy and paste stuff from the browser and it pulls all the formatting and the link too, in the note. Also, there is a built in screenshot tool. I use it sometimes to take snippets from the browser.
1. Because it quite bulky now. Takes too much time to load on Mac and Android. Its a note taking app. I should be able to load it in seconds 2. Lost lot of data (untitled bug..) 3. Bugs and Syncing issues... I often see 5 version of the same note.
Nowadays, I occasionally load the web version, just to load my old notes. That itself looks crazy with the latest confusing UI