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Evernote

The original everything-notebook, with web clipping and search in scans.

Free planiPhoneAndroidMacWindowsWeb

Our verdict

Still capable, especially for web clipping, but the free plan is now very limited and prices have risen. Most people are better served elsewhere.

Good

Excellent web clipper
Search inside PDFs and images

Not so good

Free plan is very restrictive
Repeated price rises

Best for

every device

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