Buy once instead of Evernote
- Ways out
- 4apps that do the same jobs
- Cheapest to buy
- $34.99Agenda
- Cost nothing
- 1freeware or open source
Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
 ObsidianLocal-first markdown vault, free with no feature gates | FreeFreeware | Multi-device sync is $48 a year unless you wire up iCloud or git yourself |
 AgendaDate-based notes where unlocked features stay unlocked | $34.99Lifetime tier | The one-time unlock covers today's features plus one year of new ones, not everything after that |
 EagleFilerArchive documents and mail into plain folders you can still read | $69.99This version | Major versions are a paid upgrade, and upgrade discounts apply only if you bought direct from C-Command |
 DEVONthink 4Research database for documents, mail and scans that stays yours | $99Paid upgrades | Updates stop after a year unless you pay to extend; the version you have keeps working forever |