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Compare Bear and Evernote 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (63.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (47.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free
Bear
Star Rating
(45)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (63.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about BearEvernote
Star Rating
(2,024)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 2 pricing plansBear vs Evernote
- Reviewers felt that Evernote meets the needs of their business better than Bear.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Evernote is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Evernote over Bear.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Bear
No pricing availableEvernote
Evernote Basic
Free
Take great notes
- Access anywhere. Your information is at your fingertips, on any device, no matter where you are.
- Digitize your thoughts. Capture and organize notes, files, photos, and voice memos in one place.
- Clip anything from the web. Your clips are automatically organized with the notebooks and tags you choose.
Free Trial
Bear
No trial information availableEvernote
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
40
8.8
1,848
Ease of Use
9.3
41
8.9
1,859
Ease of Setup
9.0
8
9.1
223
Ease of Admin
8.9
6
8.9
197
Quality of Support
8.0
23
8.5
1,150
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.7
168
Product Direction (% positive)
7.2
37
7.8
1,844
Features by Category
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Bear
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Evernote
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
13.6%
Internet
13.6%
Information Technology and Services
11.4%
Non-Profit Organization Management
6.8%
Computer Software
6.8%
Other
47.7%
Information Technology and Services
10.0%
Computer Software
10.0%
Marketing and Advertising
9.0%
Internet
5.3%
Higher Education
4.9%
Other
60.6%
Discussions
Does Bear require iCloud to sync?
1 Comment
RL
Devices need to share the same iCloud credentials to sync via Bear Pro. You can still use the free version of Bear on either device.Read more
Bear has no more discussions with answers
Only one?
4 Comments
BE
Evernote is great, but there are quite a few alternatives:
Springpad
Google Keep
Google Drive (though offline writing can be a pain)
Catch Notes (for iOS and...Read more
I feel like I'm only using a small portion of Evernote and I could be doing so much more, but I am just not sure where to begin. How do you use Evernote other than as a note-storing application? Any interesting additional uses?
4 Comments
TS
I do use Evernote mostly for notes, but for me, the best part is that I can access it from home, work, or anywhere on my phone, pc, and laptop. You can use...Read more
What competitors are there for Evernote? I can think of FireTask and Remember the Milk and OneNote and a handful of others...any thoughts?
3 Comments
DL
I should really explore Evernote further then...it is one product that I have not explored fully and felt that I should. Thanks for fleshing that out.Read more
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