Product: Note Taking Apps
Manufacturer: Roundup:
Wired Rating: 0
It can take a note-taking app just to keep track of all the note-taking apps out there. Until someone makes it, here are three of our favorites.
1. Simplenote
WIRED 100 percent free. The only app that truly lives up to its name. Clean and simple UI looks and functions the same across all platforms. Automatic syncing keeps all your notes tidy and uniform. Recent update adds tags and word count to the mix. Time machine for notes! Awesome slider bar lets you go back in time and access multiple version of your notes. Dead simple e-mail sharing.
TIRED Limited to Apple’s mobile devices: iPhone, iPod and iPad only (although there are 3rd party clients for other devices). New version requires that you sign up for an account. No SMS sharing.
FREE, simplenote.com
2. Evernote </strong
WIRED Platform agnostic. Syncs notes across Mac, PCs and web. Notes automatically include geo-locations. OCR for your text-in-picture OCD. Let’s you search for images according to the text contained in those images. Accepts record voice memos in addition to notes.
TIRED Web interface is fussy and complicated. Only premium version gives you the ability to search for text in PDFs. Clipping web pages often borks formatting.
FREE, evernote.com
3. Awesome Note
WIRED As close to a do-everything app as you’ll get. Most flexible of the bunch. Combines notes, to-dos, calendars and a completely customizable folder system. Integrated alarms with iOS4 version. Plop images and maps directly into your notes. Full sync with Google Docs and Evernote. Backup your notes directly to Google Docs. Clickable links for web pages and phone numbers. Supports badge icons.
TIRED While there’s a free lite-version, the normal app is $4. Suffers from feature overload. We could care less about backgrounds in a note taking app.
$4, bridworks.com
