personal organizers
DESCRIPTION
Comparison of Evernote and Springpad.TRANSCRIPT
Personal OrganizersPersonal organizers help users organize notes, photos, websites, audio and other documents.
Products
Evernotewww.evernote.comSpringpadwww.springpadit.com
Evernote
• Organize photos, audio, notes, web clips• Synchronize across devices• Works on Mac OS X, Widows, Safari, Chrome,
Firefox, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Widows Phone 7, WebOS
• Can add clips via email or browser app• Can share notes and notebooks with others• Can have subfolders• PDF search capability with premium
membership
Springpad• Organize photos, audio, notes, web clips• Synchronize across devices• Works on computers, Apple devices, and Android devices• Can add clips via email or browser app• Can share notes and notebooks with others• Automatically categorizes and adds information from web• Can add calendar events and reminders• Can add items by bar code scan• Can customize by products, contacts, check lists, restaurants,
books, recipes, etc. with information specific to each type• Can add tags
Feature Evernote Springpad
Storage Cloud and offline (offline on Android and iOS devices with paid membership)
Cloud and offline through Chrome cache
Cost Free up to 60MB/month
$5/mo or $45/yr for 1 GB/month
Free
File types Images, audio and PDF in free version.
All file types for paid accounts.
All
Platforms Mac OS X, Widows, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Widows Phone 7, WebOS
iOS, Android, HTML5
Comparison
ComparisonFeature Evernote Springpad
Add clips via email or web Yes Yes
Add via bar code scan No Yes
Share with others Yes Yes
Subfolders Yes No
Search PDFs Yes (with premium membership)
No
Task list No Yes
Customize note type No Yes
Tag notes No Yes
Benefits of EachSpringpad has a more attractive interface and the task list is useful.
The ability to customize information based on note type (book, recipe, product, etc.) is convenient, as is the ability to add items by scanning the bar code.
Evernote has the ability to have subfolders and scan PDFs. It also runs OCR on handwritten notes.
Overall, I would recommend Springpad for general use, but Everlook may be more helpful for business or academic use due to the PDF search capabilities.