Evernote review: price, free version and privacy

Our verdict

Evernote suits students who collect a lot of sources and need to find them again across devices. If you mainly handwrite class notes or want a cheap, simple app, other picks cost less.

What Evernote is

Evernote is built to capture material from many places and find it later. You can type notes, write by hand, save photos, PDFs and emails, clip web articles and record voice memos. The description says search reaches text inside images and PDFs, Semantic Search answers plain-language questions, and AI tools transcribe and summarize recordings. Notes sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and the web, and work offline.

Who it suits

• Saving and searching research
• Collecting web clips, PDFs and recordings in one place
• Students working across several devices

Strengths

• Search inside images and PDFs, plus a plain-language Semantic Search, according to the description.
• AI transcription and summaries of recordings, audio, images and video.
• Sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and the web, with offline access.
• Due dates, reminders and to-dos inside notes, and 26 app languages.

Limits

• Paid plans cost more than most note apps, with Premium listed at up to $169.00.
• The listing does not say what the free version includes.
• Its 4.4 rating is lower than OneNote's 4.7.
• Location, contact info, identifiers and usage data are linked to your account.

What the free version does

Evernote is free to download with subscriptions, but the listing does not say which features or limits apply without a plan.

Price

On the US App Store in November 2026, Evernote Personal is listed at $17.49 (including an item named "Evernote Personal Monthly"), Evernote Plus at $13.95 and $15.00, and Evernote Premium at $17.49 and $169.00.

Privacy

The privacy label declares no tracking. Location, contact info, identifiers and usage data are linked to your identity, and diagnostics are collected without being linked.

What the screenshots show

The screenshots show a meeting note with a table, an action-item checklist, an audio file and a PDF attachment, and a task list with due dates and reminders.