With a free Evernote account, everything you create and save syncs across all of your devices.

In addition to using Evernote on your phone or tablet, you can also create and view notes from the free PC and Mac apps, and from Evernote's redesigned website, which has a super-simple design for a distraction-free writing environment. It's a great tool that's especially helpful for saving recipes, how-to guides and anything you want to reference. You use Evernote's Web Clipper tool, which is available for all major browsers to capture entire Web pages, or just portions of text and photos. The only kinds of notes you cannot create directly from the Evernote apps are Web clippings, which are created using a Web browser either on mobile or desktop. Unfortunately, to do this in the Android app, you need to also install Evernote's Skitch free app. I'm impressed with how easy it is to annotate a photo even on my small phone screen and it's one of my favorite features. The app isn't a pretty as the iOS version, but for actually getting around and browsing my notes, I actually prefer the Android app.Įvernote's iOS app has a few useful built-in tools for annotating photos and PDFs, such as adding text overlays, arrows, highlighting and adding flags. There's also a handy floating menu of shortcuts to create a new note that includes options to save attachments, photos, audio, reminders and more. The Android app is a bit more bare-bones, with a mostly white design, a simple slide-out navigation. That's not an issue in the Android app, thankfully.

I'd prefer them to be larger because then the touch targets would be easier to hit. My only gripe with the design is that the buttons are too small and often confusing. The app also has simple animations when you open notes and notebooks, which add a little flair.

Premium users get a custom patterned background that really just adds some depth to the home screen. You get some control over the app's color scheme, choosing from green, light and dark themes. The app for iPad and iPhone is bright and accented by Evernote's signature green color. Evernote has done a fantastic job of designing the iOS app, though unfortunately the Android version still lags a bit behind.

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