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Evernote vs Google Docs: What are the differences?

What is Evernote? Feel organized without the effort. Take notes to a new level with Evernote, the productivity app that keeps your projects, ideas, and inspiration handy across all your digital devices. It helps you capture and prioritize ideas, projects, and to-do lists, so nothing falls through the cracks.

What is Google Docs? Real-time docs collaboration. It is a word processor included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google. It brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.

Evernote can be classified as a tool in the "Task Management" category, while Google Docs is grouped under "Document Collaboration".

According to the StackShare community, Google Docs has a broader approval, being mentioned in 12 company stacks & 3 developers stacks; compared to Evernote, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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Pros of Evernote
Pros of Google Docs
  • 5
    Search text in images (OCR)
  • 5
    Checklist
  • 3
    Dark mode
  • 3
    Great mobile app
  • 3
    Syncs quickly
  • 2
    Encrypt Text
  • 3
    It's simple, but expansive
  • 2
    Free
  • 1
    Fast and simple

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Cons of Evernote
Cons of Google Docs
  • 3
    On life support
  • 2
    No document structure
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    What is Evernote?

    Take notes to a new level with Evernote, the productivity app that keeps your projects, ideas, and inspiration handy across all your digital devices. It helps you capture and prioritize ideas, projects, and to-do lists, so nothing falls through the cracks.

    What is Google Docs?

    It is a word processor included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google. It brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.

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