Best Evernote Alternatives
Long-standing cloud notebook and web clipper. Steep subscription price increases and strict free-tier note caps drive millions of users toward encrypted open-source notebooks.
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- Joplin — Open-source Markdown note-taking and web clipper with E2EE sync (Score: 93.9, Free & Open Source, AGPL-3.0)
- Notesnook — Zero-knowledge XChaCha20-encrypted private notebook with effortless UX (Score: 68.3, Freemium, GPL-3.0)
- Standard Notes — Independently audited end-to-end encrypted notes built for 100-year longevity (Score: 63.7, Freemium, AGPL-3.0)
- UpNote — Clean, lightning-fast native cross-platform notes with a $39.99 lifetime option (Score: 53.3, Commercial, Proprietary (Low-Cost Lifetime))
- Bear — Crafted Apple-native Markdown notes with instant OCR search inside PDFs and images (Score: 48.1, Freemium, Proprietary)