Launching today
Cimanote
The fast, clean note app Evernote used to be
75 followers
The fast, clean note app Evernote used to be
75 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
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.
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?
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.
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. 🏔️
I used the early beta and found it useful. It was so easy to share my note with others.
@jesse_anderson Really glad to hear that and thank you for being an early beta user. Your feedback shaped what you see today more than you know.
The public share link was one of those features that felt small on paper but turned out to be one of the most used things in beta. Sometimes the simplest things land the hardest.
What's your main use case? Would love to know how you're using it. 🏔️