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Cimanote
The fast, clean note app Evernote used to be
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The fast, clean note app Evernote used to be
161 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.
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Wow, and you import Evernote attachments too. I don't think anyone else does that. Finally, something that I can actually switch to. I attach PDFs, sometimes audio files to my Evernote, and that's what's kept me stuck in it forever. Will you be launching desktop/iOS apps?
@paulgeller I love your comment, you just made my day. You just described exactly why we built the import the way we did. Attachments are the invisible chain that keeps people stuck. PDFs, audio files, images, all of it comes across. We refused to ship an import that left anything behind because a partial migration isn't a migration, it's just more stress.
The fact that you've been stuck because of attachments specifically, and this unlocks it for you, that's the whole reason we built this. Welcome on board.
On desktop and iOS apps, Cimanote is a PWA right now, which means it installs directly from your browser and behaves like a native app on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. No app store needed. Try it, most people are genuinely surprised by how native it feels. Native apps are on the roadmap, but the PWA experience is solid enough that I don't want you to wait for them before switching.
Evernote lost the plot years ago. Curious how you handle sync conflicts when editing the same note on two devices — that's where most note apps fall apart.
@kaito_builds You're right. Sync conflicts are where note apps quietly fall apart, and most just paper over it with "last write wins" which means you lose work and don't even know it.
Cimanote uses real-time sync where changes propagate instantly across devices, so in normal use, you rarely hit a true conflict state. The architecture is closer to how Google Docs handles it than how Evernote did.
I'll be straight with you, though. Extreme edge cases like going offline on two devices simultaneously and making conflicting edits to the same note is something we're continuing to harden. It's on the roadmap, and I'd rather tell you that than oversell it.
If you want to stress test it and tell me what you find, I'd genuinely welcome it. That kind of real-world feedback is exactly how we make the product better.
@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.
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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!
Congrats @blagoja. Excited to give this a shot. Similar to others I have abandoned Evernote as it wasn't living up to my expectations and reverted back to my old Notes app on my macbook. With these big name products you always find lack of support, lack of new feature etc. I have done a similar thing with a fitness/food tracker app, just tired of all the ones that showed promise but never lived up to expectations.
@brent_kendall Thank you, Brent. And welcome, you're going to feel right at home here.
What you described is exactly the pattern that kills great products. They start with a clear purpose, gain traction, and then the pressure to grow revenue at all costs slowly hollows out everything that made them good in the first place. Support gets worse, features get paywalled, the app gets heavier. You stop being a user and start being a revenue line.
The fact that you built your own fitness tracker tells me you get it at a deeper level than most. Sometimes, the only way to get what you actually want is to build it yourself. That's exactly how Cimanote started.
Would love to hear what you think after you try it. And if anything feels off or missing, my inbox is open. That feedback is genuinely how we get better.