Productivity
- All-time
- 4.78★
- Last 500 reviews
- 3.14★
- Negative
- 42%
- Top complaint
- AI features
Productivity
- All-time
- 4.41★
- Last 500 reviews
- 2.89★
- Negative
- 49%
- Top complaint
- Price & subscription
- Notion has fewer unhappy reviewers: 42% of its recent reviews are 1–2★, against 49% for Evernote.
- Notion users complain most about ai features; Evernote users about price & subscription.
- The biggest difference is price & subscription: 3% of Notion reviews vs 27% of Evernote reviews are negative and mention it.
- Recent written reviews average 3.14★ for Notion and 2.89★ for Evernote (all-time: 4.78★ vs 4.41★).
Complaints theme by theme
Share of all recent reviews that are 1–2★ and mention the theme. ■ Notion ■ Evernote
What the top complaint sounds like
Notion: ai features
★ AI might be good for some, but for me it was the end. …between devices as I needed was a big plus for my writing, and I loved the stacking folders and clean ui. I had no need for ai when it launched. It was unobtrusive, however, so I carried on. Then, a badly implemented update caused a piece of writing I had worked on for… v1.7.285 · 2026-03-08
Evernote: price & subscription
★ Was a favorite app, $250 a year now? LOL Price jump from $99 to $250 a year. After 12+ years of using Evernote, I'm done. A ridiculous price increase of 250%. Move my hundreds of notes into… v11.33.4 · 2026-09-14
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FAQ
Do users complain more about Notion or Evernote?
Notion has fewer unhappy reviewers: 42% of its recent reviews are 1–2★, against 49% for Evernote. Both samples are the latest US App Store written reviews, which skew more negative than star-only ratings.
What is the main complaint about Notion compared with Evernote?
Notion users complain most about ai features; Evernote users about price & subscription. The biggest difference is price & subscription: 3% of Notion reviews vs 27% of Evernote reviews are negative and mention it.
How was this comparison made?
We read up to 500 of the newest US App Store reviews for each app (Notion: 2026-02-10 to 2026-10-16; Evernote: 2026-02-27 to 2026-10-17) and matched 1–2★ reviews against the same complaint patterns. Percentages are of all recent reviews, so the two apps are on the same scale.