Comparison of Evernote and Springpad.

1. Personal
Organizers:
Beth Case
Evernote vs.
Springpad

2. Personal Organizers
Personal organizers
help users organize
notes, photos,
websites, audio and
other documents.

3. Products
Evernote
www.evernote.com
Springpad
www.springpadit.com

4. 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

6. 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

8. Comparison
Feature Evernote Springpad
Storage Cloud and offline (offline on Cloud and offline through Chrome
Android and iOS devices with cache
paid membership)
Cost Free up to 60MB/month Free
$5/mo or $45/yr for 1
GB/month
File types Images, audio and PDF in free All
version.
All file types for paid accounts.
Platforms Mac OS X, Widows, Safari, iOS, Android, HTML5
Chrome, Firefox, iOS, Android,
Blackberry, Widows Phone 7,
WebOS

9. Comparison
Feature 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 No
membership)
Task list No Yes
Customize note type No Yes
Tag notes No Yes

10. Benefits of Each
Springpad 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.