One-Time Purchase & Offline Alternatives to Evernote (2026)

Why people leave Evernote

Acquired by Bending Spoons in 2023; free plan cut to a single notebook and two devices.
Subscription prices raised repeatedly since the acquisition, with legacy plans phased out.

Offline-first, encrypted notes and knowledge base with object graphs.

freemium offline open source

Local-first markdown notes with backlinks and plugins.

freemium offline

Encrypted notes app with a long-term free tier and open-source clients.

freemium offline open source

Open-source notebook with Markdown, end-to-end encryption and optional sync.

free offline open source