Updated September 2026 · By the Dash team
Evernote defined the category, then spent a decade adding features people did not ask for while the price went up and the free plan shrank. The good news is that its core, notebooks, tags, attachments and search, is now table stakes, and several apps do it without a monthly bill.
We ranked the alternatives below on three things Evernote users tell us they want: no subscription, an easy import, and notes the provider cannot read. We make Dash, so it is listed first, with the same pros-and-cons treatment as everyone else.
