Evernote Corporation · Productivity · reviews 2026-02-27 → 2026-10-17
Top complaints about Evernote
Share of the 247 negative reviews that mention each theme.
★ 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
★ Used to live it, now hate it …Later they started to limit the amount of notes you could have on the free version. Soon after they started to force an ad up to try to get you to buy the paid version of the app. You had to select no and then they made you verify you really meant no. Now they have… v11.34.3 · 2026-09-20
★ Try a better option …an aforementioned new performance issue. I didn’t mind the price increase alone, but Evernote’s service is now full of AI slop and unacceptable software development practices. For a replacement, I considered Joplin, Notesnook, and Obsidian. Notesnook is user friendly,… v11.31.7 · 2026-08-31
What Evernote users are asking for
- I should have switched to Apple Notes years ago 1★
- It would be nice to download, install, and start in less than 2 minutes. 1★
- Lol I get that a Monthly Fee for the app is neccessary but I wish it wasn't such an arm & a leg. 1★
12 feature requests found in total.
Rating by recent version
- v11.37.4: 1.60★ from 5 reviews
- v11.36.3: 1.14★ from 14 reviews
- v11.35.4: 1.80★ from 5 reviews
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FAQ
What do users complain about most in Evernote?
In 500 recent US App Store reviews, the biggest complaint themes among the 247 negative (1–2★) reviews are price & subscription (137, 55%), ads (44, 18%), ai features (35, 14%).
Is Evernote getting worse?
Its all-time rating is 4.41★ from 77,936 ratings, while the last 500 written reviews average 2.89★. Written reviews skew negative on most apps, so compare the trend between versions rather than the absolute number.
How was this analysed?
Reviews dated 2026-02-27 to 2026-10-17 were read from Apple's public review feed and matched against complaint patterns (crashes, login, sync, pricing, ads, UI, updates, support and more). One review can count toward several themes.
