The ease of use and a simple and clean layout make Alternote an almost mandatory choice for every iOS user. The competitive price for a useful and simple app also makes it even more interesting. It is also compatible with the most popular Evernote and makes up for some deficiencies of its rival, which is a good thing.

The interface is wonderful. Fully adapted to Yosemite's design guides, it shows us everything just as lovers of the simple and effective we want. A menu of shortcuts and the note on which we write. Nothing else. No icons, banners, no distractions. It also includes some functions that can be helpful without being intrusive such as label coloring. What I like most is that everything is accessible through the first panel on the left, you don't need to open sections like in the Evernote application. Alternote works like a tree view, and it's great. The notes can be displayed in a "full" or "compact" mode. Full shows some written text beyond the title or first line, but both show all relevant information. Personally, I am a fan of the compact mode. There is access to favorites, but it is exclusive to Alternote. Marking a favorite has no effect on other Evernote applications, nor is it related to its "shortcuts".

One of the things that attracted me to this application is its design, very simple but with the necessary features to highlight the truly important, one of the functions allows you to hide the sidebar, compacting the information in a single line, has night mode, consolidates in a list the pending tasks to be executed, selects the information that you wish to synchronize, is available only in iOS, integrates very well with evernote