Strawberry Notes vs Evernote
Evernote is a long-running app for saving everything: web clips, scanned documents, meeting recordings, and typed notes, with tasks, a calendar, and great search on top. Strawberry Notes is for studying: handwriting on infinite pages, flashcards, and AI quizzes made from your notes, in one simple, private app.
Go with Evernote if…
- You want to search text inside scans and attachments today
- You record meetings and want transcripts
- You want tasks and a calendar that sync with Google or Outlook today
- You need Windows, Mac, Android, or the web right now
Go with Strawberry Notes if…
- You take notes by hand with an Apple Pencil, on infinite pages with infinite zoom
- You want flashcards with spaced repetition and image occlusion
- You want to nest subnotes and see how everything connects on a map
- You'd rather pay $4.99 a year or $9.99 once than $99 or more a year
- You want your notes on your device, not on a company's servers
Side by side
Checked against Evernote’s own website in October 2026.
| Feature | Strawberry Notes | Evernote |
|---|---|---|
| Works on | ||
| Works on | iPad and iPhone. Android, Windows, and Mac coming soon | Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, and web |
| Price | ||
| Price | $0.99 a month, $4.99 a year (7 days free), or $9.99 once | Free for 50 notes on 1 device. Starter $14.99 a month or $99 a year, Advanced $24.99 a month or $249.99 a year |
| Handwriting | ||
| Handwriting | Yes:Smooth, realistic-looking ink with pens, pencil, felt-tip marker, highlighter, study tape, shape recognition, and Scribble Erase | Partly:Only when marking up PDFs and images |
| Page style | ||
| Page style | Yes:Infinite whiteboard, or a notebook that scrolls down or across, with covers, margins you can write in, infinite zoom, and templates | Typed notes in notebooks, with templates |
| Write on PDFs | ||
| Write on PDFs | Yes:Write on PDFs and scans, or read side by side | Yes:Pen, highlighter, and shapes |
| Typed notes | ||
| Typed notes | Yes:Text documents with headings, lists, tables, and pictures, plus text boxes right in your handwriting | Yes:Yes |
| Record audio | ||
| Record audio | No:Not yet | Yes:Meeting recorder with transcripts |
| Flashcards | ||
| Flashcards | Yes:Built in, with FSRS spaced repetition, image occlusion, and Anki import | No:No |
| AI study tools | ||
| AI study tools | Yes:Chat, summaries, study guides, games, and quizzes with matching, fill-in-the-blank, and ordering questions. Free starter credits, then pay only for what you use | Yes:Chat with your notes, smart search, and transcription |
| Tasks | ||
| Tasks | Yes:Tasks and reminders for every class, plus a calendar with your events, tasks, and flashcard reviews | Yes:Tasks and a calendar, even on the free plan |
| Organize and link | ||
| Organize and link | Yes:Subjects, folders, subnotes, tags, links, backlinks, and Sky View, a map of your notes | Yes:Notebooks, tags, links, and backlinks. No map view |
| Works offline | ||
| Works offline | Yes:Yes. Everything saves on your device first, then syncs to your other devices through iCloud | Partly:On desktop, or notebooks you download on mobile |
| Where your notes live | ||
| Where your notes live | Yes:Your device, plus your own iCloud if you want it. Back up your whole library as one file anytime. We can't read your notes | Evernote's servers. AI uses OpenAI |
| Share and work together | ||
| Share and work together | Partly:Publish a note or a whole folder, or export it as a file, to share it. Live editing isn't here yet | Share notes and notebooks |
Why Strawberry Notes
Everything for school, in one simple app
Notes, flashcards, tasks, docs, and a calendar live together. Every subject, folder, and subnote gets its own notes, flashcards, and tasks, so nothing gets lost between apps.
- Notes
- Flashcards
- Tasks
- Docs
- Calendar
Notes that connect like your brain does
Link any note to any other, nest subnotes as deep as you like, and zoom in forever. Sky View shows it all as a map. You're free to think your way instead of going page by page.
Private by design
Your library lives on your devices, and we can't read it. iCloud sync is optional: keep everything on one device if you like, and export your whole library as one file anytime to back it up or bring it back in. Handwriting recognition runs on your device. AI only sees what you choose to share, and we don't store your chats.
Coming from Evernote?
Your Evernote notes can stay put. Evernote is great for saving things, and Strawberry Notes is where you study them. Export anything you need as a PDF, then bring it in to write on and make flashcards from.
DownloadQuestions people ask
For studying, yes. Strawberry Notes is built for handwritten notes, PDFs, flashcards with FSRS spaced repetition, and AI quizzes made from your notes. For clipping the web, scanning documents, and searching a big archive, Evernote is still great.
Evernote's free plan keeps up to 50 notes in 1 notebook on 1 device. Starter is $14.99 a month or $99 a year, and Advanced is $24.99 a month or $249.99 a year. Strawberry Notes is $0.99 a month, $4.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $9.99 once, with every feature included.
No. Evernote doesn't have flashcards or spaced repetition. Strawberry Notes has flashcards, image occlusion cards, and Anki import built in, all scheduled with FSRS.
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Sources: Evernote plans, Evernote plan FAQ, Evernote note links, Evernote templates. Prices are in US dollars and can change, so check before you buy.
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