We analyzed this app across 3 independent signals and corroborated nothing unfair. That is a signal, not an audit.
This analysis describes version 11.36.3 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 11.36.3, updated 2026-09-29.
What the analysis found
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
What reviewers said
Verbatim excerpts from public store reviews, shown as corroborating user reports. They are not Appworthy audit evidence, and a quotation is not proof of the finding it sits under.
Aggressive ad load
Too many ads — Used this app for many years. Now they show an unskippable AI ad and even after closing that ANOTHER popup trying to get you to buy the paid subscription. Deleting this app and finding a better option.
Might be nice if you pay, terrible if you don’t — They really need to just make this paid only. They baited me in years ago and have become worse and worse about bombarding you with ads and now videos that take over your entire screen in…
App pop up — I can’t stand this app anymore. There’s an annoying pop up ad every time I try using the app.
Price keeps rising
New Owners Ruined It — The price was increased and they turned it from a notes app to an AI infused piece of junk. It takes 60 seconds to open on a modern and fast Mac. It pops up information all the time. It has features no notes app…
A once great tool — I’ve used Evernote for 13 years. A steady pretty good app. And they just raised prices by more than 50%. Time to say goodbye unfortunately.
Subscription fee is crazy — I’ve been a loyal Evernote user for the last 10 years. With no exaggeration, it is my external brain. I love all the capabilities however the recent price hike of 100% is insane. They no longer have a free…
Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
Too many ads — Used this app for many years. Now they show an unskippable AI ad and even after closing that ANOTHER popup trying to get you to buy the paid subscription. Deleting this app and finding a better option.
Annoying Ads — Evernote pricing has increased to a ridiculous amount since it was bought out. There have been a lot of pop ups asking to subscribe. But the worst thing is the long video that has started appearing every time I go to open…
Only get if you love long annoying ads every time you open it — So obnoxious to have to watch an ad every time I open this NOTES app. And there are pop ups trying to get me to upgrade. ANNOYING! Moving on if they don’t go away soon.
How the automated analysis works
This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
Several measurements above say “Not assessed” because no artefact we hold can answer them. A human review is what resolves those — and it can remove a favourable band as easily as add one.
Hands-on inspections are not yet open.