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Quick Specs

Version: 5.0
File size: 12.24MB
Date added: November 08, 2012
Price: Free; iTunes account required.
Operating system:
iOS
Total downloads: 5,874
Downloads last week: 17
Product ranking: #38 in Calendar & Time Management Software
Additional Requirements Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later. iTunes account required
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CNET Editors' review

by: Paul Hughes on June 10, 2011

Evernote (Free) is just one part of an excellent, access-from-anywhere note-taking system. In addition to using Evernote on your iOS device, you can also create and get to your notes from a variety of mobile devices (including apps for both the iPhone and iPad) and any Web browser on any computer. A free Evernote account links all your notes together.

Evernote is a mature and popular app, with an impressively streamlined interface that shares similarities across its multiple platforms and gives you many ways to create notes and collections of notes called notebooks. Your notes can be text, images, or Web clippings, but a premium account will let you save other file types, too.

In addition to typing in notes via Evernote (using word-processor-style formatting tools), you can also add images and record audio or iSight notes to attach to your project. You can tag and search all your notes from anywhere (with fairly amazing character recognition in images) and export notes in a variety of ways (once synced to desktop). Plus Evernote syncs up your information as often as you want.

There's a lot to like in Evernote, and the fact that it's free makes this app easy to try out. If you're looking for a note-taking app that syncs across all platforms--or just an easy way to keep track of your digital odds and ends--Evernote is a worthwhile download.

Publisher's Description

From Evernote:

Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.

New York Times 'Top 10 Must-Have App', Winner: TechCrunch Crunchies, Mashable Awards and the Webbys.

Key Features:

Sync all of your notes across the computers and devices you use

Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists

Save, sync and share files

Record voice and audio notes

Search for text inside images

Organize notes by notebooks and tags

Email notes and save tweets to your Evernote account

Connect Evernote to other apps and products you use

Share notes with friends and colleagues via Facebook and Twitter

Premium feature: take notebooks offline to access them anytime

Premium feature: allow others to edit your notebooks

Premium feature: add a PIN lock to your Evernote app

Evernote is free to download and use. Evernote Premium adds the great features above and is available through an auto-renewing subscription.

Two subscription options:

Evernote Premium monthly for $5

Evernote Premium annually for $45

Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel a subscription during the active period. Manage your subscriptions in the Account Settings after purchase.

Here are some ways to use Evernote for your personal and professional life:

Research smarter: snap photos of whiteboards and books

Take meeting and class notes, draft agendas and research notes

Plan a trip: keep track of travel plans, plane tickets and passports

Organize and save recipes; search by ingredients later

Create a grocery list or task list and check things off as you go

View web pages saved in Evernote on your desktop

Capture ideas and inspiration on the go

Access files and notes you create on your phone from your desktop

Keep track of products and prices for comparison shopping purposes

Keep finances in order: save receipts, bills and contracts

Reduce paper clutter by taking snapshots of restaurant menus, business cards and labels