Evernote has enjoyed its status as one of the most popular note-taking apps for a decade. However, with its unique style of note-taking, templates, and clean design, Notion quickly becomes choice for those looking for Evernote alternatives. In this post, I’ll make a detailed comparison of Evernote vs. Notion to see if Notion can be a possible candidate for note taking.

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1. Evernote vs Notion: Pros and Cons

Evernote Review: Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Scanner for mobile. You can use Evernote as a scanner to take photos of pages of books that when you don’t want to pay for photocopying. 
• Web clipper for browsers. Evernote Web Clipper is the best on the web.

Cons

• Limited Free Version + Costly Evernote Pricing Plans
• The Evernote client doesn’t support real-time collaboration on notes with other users.
• Unlike other productivity apps that come with built-in features that you can use for task-management features, Evernote can only create notes.

Notion Review: Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Flexible pages. Notion has a template engine that allows you to turn pretty much anything into an easily-duplicated template.
• Nested hierarchical organization. You can even turn a set of text into a dropdown so you can roll them up when you want non-immediate information out of the way.
• Hybrid editor. Notion lets you write in Markdown or use normal keyboard shortcuts and UI elements to format your text.

Cons:

• Free account is really just a demo. A free account gives you 1,000 free blocks but they go FAST.
• Quirks in the editor due to the block system. Unfortunately, Notion falters heavily in the formatting department, and it’s all thanks to their block system.

Winner – Both can be preferred, depending on the type of usage.

2. Evernote vs Notion: Taking Notes

Note-taking capabilities are the prime aspect of any Notes app.

Evernote has included every possible way to add new notes. You can write notes, add images, recordings, tag files, and even draw with the available options. In addition, you can use Evernote as a scanner to take photos of pages of books that when you don’t want to pay for photocopying. 

It also lets you choose from the available templates. The selection is undoubtedly rich, and I’m sure you will find the relevant template to start the note.

On Notion, you can add a list, plain text, videos, sound, code snippets – it’s up to you. To cut setup time, the Notion program also allows you to create templates for your notes. For example, you can easily create a standardized template for writing all your blog posts. The next time your content team needs to create a new article, they can use that template to get started. 

Winner – Both can be preferred, depending on the type of usage.

3. Evernote vs Notion: Cross-Platform Availability

Evernote is available on Android, iOS, Apple Watch, Mac and Windows.

Notion is also available on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.

In addition, Evernote extension is available on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and every other Chromium-based browser. Notion recently added extension support for Chrome browser.

Winner – Evernote

4. Evernote vs Notion: Pricing

Evernote offers three pricing tiers—a free Basic plan, a Premium plan for $7.99 a month, and a Business plan for $14.99 per user per month. Notion has four pricing tiers—a Free plan, a Personal plan for $4 a month, a Team plan at $8 per member per month, and an Enterprise plan at $20 per member per month.

Evernote’s free and premium subscription options

• Basic: Free. Access notes on only 2 devices.
• Premium: $7.99/month (for 10 GB of new storage monthly uploads)
• Business: $14.99/user per month. 20 GB of new uploads/month + 2 GB/user

Notion’s free and premium subscription options

• Free plan: Supports unlimited members and the first 1000 blocks.
• Personal ($4/month): For solo users with unlimited storage and file uploads.
• Team ($8/month per user): Supports unlimited members, unlimited storage and unlimited file uploads.
• Enterprise ($20/month per user): This pricing plan is aimed at enterprise teams with additional features.

Winner: Notion

5. Evernote vs Notion: Our Recommendation

Evernote is commonly used as the best filing cabinet tool. It’s a great way to store documents, handy notes, important files, project notes, and even tend to your daily reminders. Then, should you switch to Notion?

What Notion does better:

• Long-form, structured notes
• Tables. They can be even switched to “Trello” or calendar view. It’s literally a simple spreadsheet/database mixed with project management tool – all inbuilt inside the note-taking app
• Code highlighting for all major programming languages
• Limited markdown support
• Distraction-free UI
• Comments inside note

What Evernote does better:

• Quick notes
• Web clipper (Notion doesn’t have it, but authors claim that it’s on their to-do list)
• Document scanner (straightening, contrast, OCR)
• Can draw (Notion can’t)

Evernote vs Notion, which is better? It all depends on your needs.