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Agreed; Google Keep has become my preference for immediate note taking. I think a major factor in Evernote's long-term survival is the friction of switching to

by everly 11y ago

Agreed; Google Keep has become my preference for immediate note taking. I think a major factor in Evernote's long-term survival is the friction of switching to a competitor (in conjunction with getting a lot of early traction with power-users).

fwn 11y ago
I'll use Keep for everything the moment they add attachments, rich text and a clipper. It's already pretty close to what I need..
- mintplant 11y ago
  That plus folders or some sort of hierarchical organization would meet all my needs perfectly.
  - tedmiston 11y ago
    That'd be great. I'm using tags as a poor man's hierarchy for now. I do this on Pinboard too. Ex. #travel #travel-nyc #travel-nyc-Brooklyn.
    - cpach 11y ago
      FYI, in Pinboard it's possible to combine tags for filtering, like this: https://pinboard.in/u:kr4d/t:chicken/t:soup/t:recipe/ https://pinboard.in/u:kr4d/t:chicken/t:soup/t:recipe/
      - tedmiston 11y ago
        I really like that feature in the web app. Do you use a mobile app that supports multi-tag filtering too?
        cpach 11y ago
        I'm not sure TBH. I tried in Pinner for iPhone, but the app is quite buggy so I'm not sure if it's supposed to work or not.
mgkimsal 11y ago
i don't trust them with my notes after google notebook went away.
- hmsimha 11y ago
  Google notebook was amazing! But at the very least, they did export all notebook notes to Google docs, so it wasn't like they completely binned all user data.
  - mgkimsal 11y ago
    agreed, it wasn't the worst outcome
greyman 11y ago
What I find missing is a native Windows client. For me, "immediate" note taking means that I just hit ctrl-alt-N (or click Evernote icon in a tray), and I am immediately writing. In Google Keep, you basically need to visit a webpage, which is just not immediate. Or you use it only on mobile device?
- balac 11y ago
  You can install keep as a native looking desktop app by using the google app launcher, then you can open it like any other app.
- smrtinsert 11y ago
  Click to open a browser vs click to open a thick client... Is this really a problem? I love Google Keep as is.
gglitch 11y ago
I recently switched from Android to iOS, and I deeply miss Keep.
timrichard 11y ago
I've gone the other way (Keep to Evernote). I need a cross platform solution, and with any significant amount of data the Keep webapp is practically unusable on my iPad. If they had released a native iOS version, I probably wouldn't have switched.
- Styrke 11y ago
  > If they had released a native iOS version, I probably wouldn't have switched. You mean like this? https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1029207872?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1029207872?mt=8

by everly 11y ago

fwn 11y ago

I'll use Keep for everything the moment they add attachments, rich text and a clipper. It's already pretty close to what I need..

mintplant 11y ago
That plus folders or some sort of hierarchical organization would meet all my needs perfectly.
- tedmiston 11y ago
  That'd be great. I'm using tags as a poor man's hierarchy for now. I do this on Pinboard too. Ex. #travel #travel-nyc #travel-nyc-Brooklyn.
  - cpach 11y ago
    FYI, in Pinboard it's possible to combine tags for filtering, like this: https://pinboard.in/u:kr4d/t:chicken/t:soup/t:recipe/ https://pinboard.in/u:kr4d/t:chicken/t:soup/t:recipe/
    - tedmiston 11y ago
      I really like that feature in the web app. Do you use a mobile app that supports multi-tag filtering too?
      - cpach 11y ago
        I'm not sure TBH. I tried in Pinner for iPhone, but the app is quite buggy so I'm not sure if it's supposed to work or not.

mgkimsal 11y ago

i don't trust them with my notes after google notebook went away.

hmsimha 11y ago
Google notebook was amazing! But at the very least, they did export all notebook notes to Google docs, so it wasn't like they completely binned all user data.
- mgkimsal 11y ago
  agreed, it wasn't the worst outcome

greyman 11y ago

What I find missing is a native Windows client. For me, "immediate" note taking means that I just hit ctrl-alt-N (or click Evernote icon in a tray), and I am immediately writing. In Google Keep, you basically need to visit a webpage, which is just not immediate. Or you use it only on mobile device?

balac 11y ago
You can install keep as a native looking desktop app by using the google app launcher, then you can open it like any other app.
smrtinsert 11y ago
Click to open a browser vs click to open a thick client... Is this really a problem? I love Google Keep as is.

gglitch 11y ago

I recently switched from Android to iOS, and I deeply miss Keep.

timrichard 11y ago

I've gone the other way (Keep to Evernote). I need a cross platform solution, and with any significant amount of data the Keep webapp is practically unusable on my iPad. If they had released a native iOS version, I probably wouldn't have switched.

Styrke 11y ago
> If they had released a native iOS version, I probably wouldn't have switched. You mean like this? https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1029207872?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1029207872?mt=8