Days after Evernote began testing a free plan with access to just one notebook and 50 notes with a limited number of users, the company has now made this its new default free plan. The note-taking app said this change will be applicable to all new and existing free users starting December 4.
in Post on her blogEvernote has specified that users can delete content from their notebooks to add other content within the limit.
“Since December 4, the free Evernote experience has changed. From now on, new and existing free users will have a maximum of fifty notes and one notebook per account. These limits refer to the number of notes and notebooks per account,” the company, owned by Milan-based Bending Spoons, said. Which the user can keep in his account at one time: You can always delete unwanted content to keep it below the minimum.
Users who have more than 50 notes in their current free account will be able to export additional notes and notebooks. Evernote mentioned in its blog that these restrictions will be reflected on its site Compare plans Page on Dec. 4, but did not specify whether limits or prices for other plans would also change.
Earlier this week, Evernote confirmed to TechCrunch on its website that the new Limited free plan was part of a test with “less than 1% of its free users.” The test was trying to get people to pay for the higher-end plans, which are priced at $14.99 and $17.99 per month.
The company said that most of the free users fall under the newly set limit. However, Evernote acknowledged that this change may prompt customers to “reconsider” their “relationship with Evernote.”
After Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in November 2022, the company laid off 129 people in February 2023. At the time, a spokesperson told TechCrunch that the note-taking app “had been unprofitable for years and the situation was unsustainable in the long term.”
While Ian Smalls, who was appointed CEO of Evernote in 2018, has managed to get the company to $100 million in recurring revenue, the app has lagged behind newer competitors like Notion.
For users who may want to look for alternatives, Notion, Microsoft OneOne, and Zoho Notebook offer generous free tiers.