You hear about Evernote often online presented on many sites as a very used tool with important features that can attract the attention of anyone. Many people today use Evernote, but many have even admitted not to find it easy to use; for this, in today’s post we thought big to propose a post with the possible alternative programs to take notes on fixed and mobile.
We’ll see which are the best apps that allow you to do the same things as Evernote and maybe even attract more. A guide with 5 interesting alternatives to try.
Google Keep
A colossus that is enjoying great success in the field of notes, a field that is attracting more and more the attention of users seen the proliferation of phones and tablets that special applications of this kind seem desperately need. Google has in fact launched its Keep where you can take any possible note, based on an easy and intuitive web interface for everyone. A very valid app that allows not only to keep track of notes, but also images and audio recordings, which are directly saved on Google Drive.
In addition you can find all the excellent features common to the various services offered by Mountain View. Ability to transcribe voice memos, ability to create to-do lists and much more. Perfect app for Android devices, but being available via the Internet you can use it on any device, PC or iPhone. Everything is free.
Milanote
Milanote is a tool for organizing creative projects into beautiful visual boards.
By design, it feels a lot like working on the wall in a creative studio – visual, tactile and sometimes a bit messy – Milanote is a great fit for designers who work in teams remotely.
Key Features:
– Write notes & to-do lists, upload images & files and save things you find on the web
– Organize visually using the flexible drag and drop interface.
– Boards by default are a private place to think, but with a single click you can create a shared workspace for collaboration with your team
– Milanote is filled with hundreds of built-in templates to help you get started with a variety of different projects, from creating a mood board to writing that perfect creative brief.
Simplenote
One of the best solutions and at the same time light present in circulation. A very valid application very intriguing, easy and intuitive for everyone. Simplenote is known for being one of the first to insert a cloud service that allows synchronization of notes between different devices and, in particular, also allows third-party apps to access its archive. All this means that there is no official desktop app, but there are many on Mac and Windows that are authorized to synchronize with the service.
In short, you can freely search for the interface and style that best meets your needs, the one where you feel more comfortable to manage your notes. It is only possible to create textual notes, but better than nothing; on the other hand we are faced with a free service, without any problem, and offers an app that can be downloaded for the major mobile devices, including Kindle.
Awesome Note
Another good application to make notes is Awesome Note 5, a very valid app that today has enjoyed a good success for iOS devices and Galaxy Note (the only Android that is granted exclusively).
The application to be used is very easy to synchronize with Google Drive or Evernote and allows you to customize the notes to your liking with high quality graphics, assigning symbols to the notebooks, assigning colors etc.. The various Awesome Note themes make the app unique. It costs a few Dollars. Recommended.
Dropbox Paper
Many of us have certainly already heard of Dropbox. Let’s talk about a sort of virtual hard disk that lives on the cloud, where you can save your files so you can find them again on any smartphone or PC. From several months ago, it also offers something else.
The company has decided to launch the Paper6 app. Perfect for anyone. We are talking about a kind of Google Docs, however with the main purpose of creating documents, when to share ideas and collaborate with their colleagues. Every time we proceed with the creation of a document, in fact, we can write on it, it is possible to comment on every action of a colleague and much more. In conclusion, the possibility of inserting many links and multimedia contents, such as videos, songs, images, etc., is really excellent.
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote is considered the number one rival of Evernote. We talk about an excellent digital notebook that is part of Microsoft Office, which allows you to track in a single suite of all your data, integrating when you want the notes with text documents, spreadsheets and so on.
The news is not over here, even on the desktop version of OneNote you can also draw. Everything you write can be synchronized through the dedicated web space of OneDrive (the Microsoft cloud), on various PCs, desktops and laptops, smartphones and tablets (the app is available for Windows Phone, Android and iOS operating system). Many other functions await you.