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Cimanote
The fast, clean note app Evernote used to be
110 followers
The fast, clean note app Evernote used to be
110 followers
Evernote tripled prices, gutted the free tier to 1 device, and got slower every update. Enough was enough. Cimanote is the note app Evernote used to be: fast, clean, no bloat. Instant load · All devices · Rich editor · Evernote import (notes, notebooks, tags, attachments, all intact) · Real-time collaboration · Your data, always exportable. First year is completely free for our first 500 users. No card required. Then $6/mo, no surprises, ever. — Blagoja, founder
There's something quietly powerful about "get out of your way." The best tools don't demand attention — they just hold the space. The frustration with Evernote wasn't just price, it was the grief of watching something you trusted turn into something that needed managing. What are the two or three things you're absolutely refusing to compromise on as you grow this?
@julian_francis This might be the most articulate description of the Evernote grief I've read. "Watching something you trusted turn into something that needed managing." That's exactly it, and it's a kind of betrayal that's hard to name but immediately recognizable.
Three things I'm refusing to compromise on as we grow:
Speed. Not just load time, the entire experience. The moment you open Cimanote and have to think about it, we've failed. Speed is a promise, not a feature, and it's the first thing that dies when products get ambitious. We're not letting that happen.
Pricing integrity. No surprise hikes. No features quietly moved behind a higher tier. No Evernote. If the price ever changes, it will be announced clearly, early, and with a genuine reason. Early users will always be protected.
Your data is yours. Export everything, anytime, in open formats. No lock-in, ever. The moment we make it hard to leave, we've become the thing we set out to replace.
Everything else is negotiable. Those three aren't.
@grey_seymour Thank you! Really appreciate the support.
Honest answer, no hard ETA on a native iOS app right now. The PWA was a deliberate first call: faster to ship, works across every device, and for most use cases, the experience is genuinely comparable to native.
It's on the roadmap, and how loud the demand gets from early users like you will directly influence how fast it moves up the list.
If you try the PWA and hit something that feels un-native and frustrating, tell me. That list is exactly how I'll build the case for prioritizing it.
ValiAssistant
OMG finally, someone fixed all the reasons why I ditched evernote.
This looks so good.
Does it work on Android, IOS, Windows and MacOS?
@ricardo_luiz Ha. That's exactly the reaction we built this for. Welcome home. 🏔️
Yes to all four. Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS. No device limits, ever. It installs directly from the browser as a PWA, so no app store is needed, but it behaves like a native app on all of them. One account, everything in sync.
Would love to hear what your biggest Evernote breaking point was once you tried it.
This one hit me. I was an Evernote user too. Felt that same frustration when they jacked up prices and locked everything down. You built the thing I just complained about.
As a homepage positioning expert, I spent some time on the site. The import feature got me. Most tools make you start from scratch. You let people bring everything with them. This strategy makes someone trust you right away.
Anyway, just wanted to say I'm rooting for you, @blagoja. Hope this takes off.
@taimur_haider1 This means a lot, genuinely. Thank you for taking the time to look at the site with a professional eye and sharing what you found.
You put into words something I felt intuitively but hadn't articulated that cleanly: the import isn't just a feature, it's a trust signal. It says, "We're not asking you to start over, we're meeting you where you are." That reframe is going straight into how I talk about Cimanote going forward.
"You built the thing I just complained about." I might have to put that on the wall. That's exactly the energy this was built from.
Would genuinely love your eye on the positioning if you ever want to dig deeper. The homepage has gone through a few iterations, but I'm sure there's more to unlock. Either way, thank you for rooting for us.
Comments like this are what make a brutal launch day worth it.
@blagoja,this means a lot. Thank you.
The fact that you're open to feedback like this tells me more about you than any product could. Most founders get defensive. You leaned in.
I'd genuinely like to help with the positioning. Let's connect on LinkedIn and continue there. A conversation between two people who care about building things right🤝
@taimur_haider1 ❤️ Thank you!
I've trialled a number of notes apps over the years and was a long time Evernote user but eventually went back to my default mac app and Google Keep.
Been using Cimanote and I've been loving the UX. It's simple, clean and efficient.
Dictation would be a key feature for me.
What you've built so far is fantastic and I'm looking forward to how the app evolves!
@keelan_naidoo1
This means a lot. Thank you. Going from Evernote to Apple Notes and Keep is such a common story, and honestly, both are fine tools for what they are. The fact that Cimanote pulled you back into something more intentional is exactly what we're building toward.
Really glad the UX is landing the way it's supposed to. Simple and clean is harder to ship than complex, so hearing that it feels that way is the best feedback I could get today.
Dictation is on the roadmap, and you're far from the first person to ask for it today, which tells me everything I need to know about where it should sit in the queue. Mobile-first voice notes feels like the right place to start. Would that cover your main use case, or are you thinking something broader, like meeting transcription?
I wish this had launched four years ago, when I decided to abandon Evernote. It will be interesting to fire up Evernote again and see how the export goes!
@trixolina Ha, you and about a million others. Evernote 2021 was already a different product from the one people fell in love with.
Would love to hear how the export goes, genuinely. If anything comes across broken or missing, tell me directly. That import flow is one of the things I'm most proud of, but real migration data from real users is the only way to know it holds up.
Welcome back to clean note-taking.
It’s really refreshing to see user experience as a top priority for Cimanote.
Evernote lost its focus years ago when it decided to optimize for value extraction instead of utility.
I’ve been using (and enjoying) early versions of this app. I’m excited to see what comes next. Keep up the great work!
@dzacarias This comment means more than you know, especially on launch day. Thank you!
You nailed it with "value extraction instead of utility." That's exactly what happened. The moment a product stops asking "how do we make this more useful?" and starts asking "how do we monetize this harder?" you can feel it in every interaction. We're committed to never going down that road.
Having you as an early user has been invaluable, and your feedback has shaped more of what you see today than you probably realize. Excited for what's coming next and grateful you're along for the climb. 🏔️