Why pay for Evernote Personal when Obsidian
What you get free
Local Markdown notes with backlinks, graph view and community plugins, stored as plain files.
What you miss
Evernote's web clipper, OCR search of images and attachments, and built-in cross-device sync.
All free options for Evernote Personal, best first
- Obsidian Local Markdown notes with backlinks, graph view and community plugins, stored as plain files.
- Joplin Open source notes with Markdown, end-to-end encryption and sync to your own storage.
- Simplenote Fast, simple plain-text notes synced across devices with version history.