It supports different note types (including sketches), and note sharing.
I can’t remember how I came across Zoho Notebook, and I was equally surprised by how much it met my requirements. The macOS application is pretty much a straight copy of the iOS version (that’s Catalyst for you) and thus lacks many of the reasons to use GoodNotes on an iPad, such as handwriting. GoodNotes seems to only support sharing PDFs into it, and does have Shortcut support, but it’s poorly implemented. As far as I can tell, they are Catalyst apps, but unlike some other Catalyst apps, have minimal integrations with the operating system. The same applies for getting information in. They both have some nice features, but your notes end up somewhat stuck in the app(s). I tried both, and a few others like them, and despite paying for GoodNotes and Notability, I settled on GoodNotes as the pricing model was cleaner. I admit that while I now use it, I am not certain why people like GoodNotes (and Notability) so much. It costs around $70 (my App store is still in Australian dollars, so I am not very sure), but I have access to it thanks to Setapp, so haven’t had to pay for it. A few database wobbles aside, it has never let me down, and it’s one of those applications that I continually find useful new aspects of.Įverything syncs via iCloud, which explains the Apple only support, but frankly, these are not the kind of tasks I want to do on my phone anyway. The interface is esoteric in places, and the entire application and ecosystem around it is mostly translated from Chinese, which shows in a few places. I have found it a fantastic tool for gathering longer form research and ideas. It’s Apple operating systems only, and is more of a research gathering tool, but with powerful features for annotating PDFs and web pages (that it converts to PDFs first) that you can then turn into complex interconnected mind maps. MarginNote is a curious beast, and an application I was actually already using, but I have stepped up my use of it since dropping Evernote. Here’s what I moved to, why, what I use them for, their positives and negatives, and the compromises I had to make.
Sort of… And I am still not completely satisfied. So, did I find a drop-in replacement for Evernote (7)? I was happy to pay, but not a crazy amount, and ideally a one off fee if possible. Shared notes with others would be useful, my Wife and I frequently shared notes with each other.Annotation, ideally with an Apple Pencil on iOS or doodling on the screen with Android, and thus shared OCR on other platforms.Support for different file types such as plain text, images, PDFs, web links, etc.In short, a way to interact with data in the application via other means. Good support for web hooks, API access, or tools like Zapier.Bearing in mind the above, I wasn’t expecting an exceptional macOS version, but would generally avoid anything based on Electron, or that didn’t have some reasonable OS-level integration options such as a share extension, shortcuts support, etc.It needed to work on macOS, iPadOS, and Android (yes I am one of these odd Apple people who uses an Android phone 🤷♀️).I realised it was time to cancel my subscription and move on. But as it slowly ceased to work, and Evernote also broke other (previously excellent) functionality such as API and web hook integration (useful for tools like Zapier). I kept the older version 7 around for some time, regularly seeing if version 10 improved (not, last time I looked). Sadly, i kind of expect poorly implemented “desktop app” experiences like this on macOS, but it was also terrible on Android and iPadOS. It lost features the old (curiously titled version 7) app had, and worst of all, barely accomplished its basic tasks of creating notes, without timing out or crashing. It was bloated, slow, and barely fit into any operating system paradigms. I have not made a secret of my dislike of poorly implemented cross-platform applications that serve business interests far more than customer interests, and Evernote 10 was a perfect example of why I hold this opinion. It did everything I needed in a note-taking application, and more besides, such as basic task management and a dumping ground for miscellaneous ideas.Īnd then came version 10. I loved the integrated toolchain it provided, with the ability to draw, annotate, tag, OCR, and much, much more. I was a happy, loyal, and paying Evernote customer for ten years.
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