Visual Comparison of Google Keep and Evernote

Google Keep and Evernote, both provide note taking service. Basically, the main purpose of these two apps is same, but there are still many differences and here I want to show them in a visual way.

Web giant Google’s note taking service offers a fast and simple user experience. Evernote also sports a nice set of note tools. I tried both of the service’s web versions. Here I present a comparative scenario.

[table]Points,Google Keep,Evernote

Sign Up,User requires to sign in with Gmail account\, no additional sign up needed ~~google keep sign in,User needs to register with name\, email address\, password etc. ~~evernote sign in

Platforms,Web\,Chrome Browser Extension and Android, Windows PC\, Mac\, Windows Phone OS\, Android\, iOS\, Blackberry\, Browser extensions and WebOS

Sync,Yes,Yes

Packages,Free only,Free and premium ~~evernote premium sc

Notes Homepage,By default tiles view ~~google keep web home,By default list view ~~evernote columns

Columns,No columns in default view\, but single column in list view ~~google keep list view,Three columns ~~evernote home sc1

Note Editor,Very basic ~~note editor google keep,Has advanced tools ~~Evernote note editor box

Text Formatting options,Only basic formatting ~~Google Keep Formatting,A range of formatting tools ~~Evernote note writing tools

Note Text Color,Not customizable,Customizable ~~font color in evernote

Changing Font,Not available ,Available ~~Evernote note editor font selection

Hyperlink,Pasting a link will be clickable\, but links can’t be added to text as hyperlinks ~~Google Keep Hyperlink Option,Available ~~Evernote Hyperlinking

Making List,Possible ~~Google Keep List,Possible ~~evernote checklist

Adding Images,Possible ~~add image1,Possible ~~evernote add image

Adding other files,Not possible ~~google keep web file support,Evernote supports a wider range of files than Keep ~~adding a file to evernote

Note Background Color,Can be selected from a limited set of choices~~evernote background color,Not available~~evernote note background color option

Note Sharing,Not available,Available ~~evernote note sharing

Collaboration,Not available,Available

Custom Arrangement of Notes,Not available,Available ~~custom arrangement in evernote

Tags to Notes,No,Yes ~~tag in evernote

Optical Character Recognition,Yes,Yes

Notebooks,Not available,Available ~~evernote notebooks

Shortcuts for Quick Access,No,Yes ~~evernote shortcuts

Search Notes,Yes,Yes

Event Reminder,Yes ~~google keep note reminder,Yes ~~evernote reminder [/table]

Google Keep and Evernote both offer some common basic features. If you were looking for a simple, fast and sync enabled note taking service, Google Keep can meet your needs. But if your requirements are more than just writing and storing notes, then Evernote can be an awesome solution. Evernote enables storing notes in several formats. It supports greater variety of file types to work with. Evernote also lets you collaborate with other people which is not possible in Google Keep.

Given that, Google Keep is free, at least until now. On the other hand, Evernote has both free and paid versions. The latter supports more platforms than Keep.

However, if you are a heavy Google user, Keep can be a good solution for your personal note taking needs. Otherwise probably you are going to utilize the tool collections of Evernote.

You can also look at our EverNote vs OneNote comparison.

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Did you use the above mentioned services? Which one you liked? Please share your experience with us. Thank you.