There are a few things I do miss, like tables, but those seem to be on the road map so hopefully, the wait won’t be too terribly long. This is in part to the simplification of my organizational needs from when I last tried it. I’m still getting used to the tag-based structure, but overall, I’ve been liking it a lot more than I expected. No thank you.Īt this point, I’ve settled with Bear. I also tried OneNote, but, my gosh, the interface is “oh-so-Microsoft Office” and seemed way too fiddly for my needs. The highly-praised Notion was next on my list, but quite honestly I don’t have the patience to set up a database from scratch. You pretty much have to pretend to share the note with someone to get a note link. Unfortunately, while it does meet most of my needs, it doesn’t have any sort of integration with my email app. My obvious first choice would have been Apple Notes, which I’m already using for sharing notes with my other half. I need to be able to link to notes both within and outside of the system.I need to be able to add multiple file types.
I need to be able to save important emails easily for reference.It’s hard to say there are no better alternatives anymore, especially now that my needs have simplified, which is why I started thinking about what I truly needed out of a personal knowledge management system. One thing that has changed, however, is the world of Evernote competitors.
Sure, Evernote keeps saying that they’ll bring these features back in the future, but this is also the same Evernote who said the new versions would be better than ever. Suffice to say, the tides haven’t turned, and their recent app updates removed several of my most used features. For years, I’ve been increasingly less and less confident in the Evernote’s future or the company’s values, but in the absence of no better alternative, I stuck around hoping the tides would turn. The reason for my dabbling was due to a feeling of uneasiness when using Evernote. Time after time, though, I always seem to Evernote. Long time readers may know I’ve dabbled here and there with other platforms for my personal knowledge management such as Apple Notes, Agenda, and DevonThink.