Comparison

Evernote Scannable vs Notebook

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Evernote Scannable

Effortlessly digitize any paper document, from receipts to business cards, with your phone's camera. Automatically enhance scans for clarity and share them instantly via email, text, or save them to cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Automatic document capture
  • Image enhancement (rotate, crop, adjust)
  • Business card to contact conversion
  • Share via email/text
  • Export as PDF/JPG
  • Seamless integration with ScanSnap scanners
Features
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Scannable moves paper forward. Scan contracts, receipts, business cards, and any paper that comes your way. Save or share documents instantly and move on. Automatically capture high-quality scans anywhere - Scan fast: Point your camera at documents, expense receipts, or whiteboards. Scannable immediately captures them. - Save time: Scannable automatically rotates, crops, and adjusts images so your scans are clear and easy to read. - Share or save: Send documents to colleagues via email or text, or export them as PDF and JPG files to Evernote and other apps. Deal with paper professionally - Turn business cards into contacts: Pull information from business cards and save it all to your contacts list. - Go paperless: Scannable works seamlessly with the ScanSnap Evernote Edition Scanner to get multi-page documents where they need to go. - A scanner for everyone: With Scannable, your whole team can control a ScanSnap Evernote Edition Scanner from their own devices and send paper on its way. Scannable is free to download and use.

About

Notebook

Capture your thoughts, ideas, and tasks with a versatile digital notebook. Create rich notes with text, files, audio, and video. Organize content visually, collaborate in real-time, and access everything across your devices.

Highlights
  • Rich note creation with text, files, audio, and video
  • Checklist creation for task management
  • Bookmark collection and offline reading
  • Kanban-style note organization
  • Real-time collaboration and sharing
  • AI-powered journaling suggestions
  • Cross-device and cloud synchronization
Features
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Zoho Notebook is a free, ad-free note-taking app for students, teams and researchers: capture, find and reuse what you write down — typed notes, Apple Pencil handwriting, voice recordings with AI transcription, checklists, files and document scans in one note. Syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and other devices. WHAT PEOPLE USE NOTEBOOK FOR 1. MEETING AND LECTURE NOTES Record with audio or video cards; Notebook AI turns it into searchable text with timestamps, so you jump straight to the decision instead of replaying it. Structured minutes with title, participants, decisions and action points sit in the note beside your highlights. Record screen and self at once; longer videos get chapters. 2. STUDY AND RESEARCH Record lectures and search the transcript weeks later. Scan textbooks and business cards, handwrite and sketch with Apple Pencil, use OCR to find text inside photos and handwritten notes, so nothing you captured becomes unfindable. A long note becomes an AI mind map before an exam. 3. DAILY TO-DOS AND JOURNALING Dedicated checklist cards keep tasks beside your notes, and recurring reminders keep them on schedule. Journaling prompts come from your own activity, easier to keep than a blank page. 4. FILES, SCANS, AND SAVED READING Add PDFs, Word docs and spreadsheets with file cards. Articles, videos, recipes and how-tos become Smart Cards, formatted automatically, readable offline and ad-free. Group it all into nested collections. QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK Is it free? Yes, with 2GB of free storage and no ads. Notebook Pro adds more storage, longer notes, larger attachments, Email-In to save emails as notes, premium covers, and custom recurring reminders. Can I move my notes from Evernote, Google Keep, or OneNote? Yes, with dedicated migration tools; it arrives organized. Is my data private? Notes are encrypted in transit and at rest. We never sell your data and never show ads. Lock notes or notebooks with a password, Touch ID or Face ID; previews stay hidden until unlocked. Does it work offline? Yes. Create, edit and read offline, then pick up on another device once it syncs to the cloud. What can Notebook AI do? Transcribe audio and video, build mind maps, summarize and simplify, fix grammar, set tone (casual, professional, friendly, direct, or confident), translate into any language, draft notes, checklists, tables, code or a template from a prompt, and suggest tags. Notebook AI is a separate add-on. Does it use on-device AI and Siri? Yes. An on-device Knowledge Graph links ideas across notebooks and answers questions from your own notes. Siri creates and updates notes by voice with the app closed, and On-Screen Awareness summarizes what's on screen without switching apps. Can I share with non-users? Yes. @mention people to collaborate in real time, or publish a public note or video by link. MORE INSIDE - Search by title, content, tag, collaborator, or notebook; filter by any card type, contact, or link; search within one note; sort by date or relevance, with auto-suggestions and recent searches, offline and across languages - iPhone: text-search audio notes, share via iMessage, dictate with Siri, recent notes from the Notification Bar, SharePlay in calls - iPad: drag and drop, split view, slide over, multiple windows, Stage Manager - Apple Watch: record audio, scribble notes, check off lists, add photo notes, record in one tap from a watch face complication - VoiceOver and a dark interface - Roll back to any of a note's last 10 versions Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled and are charged to your Apple Account. Prices vary by location. Manage in your account settings. Privacy - https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html Terms - https://www.zoho.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Evernote Scannable3 screens
Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notebook at 64% against Evernote Scannable's 33%. Notebook also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Evernote Scannable's advantage is ratings volume (418K vs 24K) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Evernote Scannable sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Notebook sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Evernote Scannable holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Evernote Scannable has 418K ratings behind it against 24K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Evernote Scannable's written reviews are positive against 64% of Notebook's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Evernote Scannable ships an update every 2 months, Notebook every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Evernote Scannable versus Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvernote ScannableNotebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (418K ratings) — better4.7 (24K ratings)
Positive reviews33.1% of reviews64.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings418K — better24K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#103 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvernote CorporationZoho Corporation

Customer experience

Evernote Scannable

All ratings417,996 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews640 reviews
Positive33.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative63.6%

Notebook

All ratings23,850 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews608 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative25.2%

User reviews

Evernote Scannable

From 418K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient scanning
  • 👍 Automatic cropping and enhancement
  • 🚀 Quick scanning of multi-page documents
  • 👍 Seamless integration with Evernote
  • 🚀 Crisp and clear scans

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and resets settings
  • 🔒 Requires Evernote account to save scans
  • 👎 Limited save/share options beyond Evernote
  • 👎 Aggressive Evernote promotion
  • 👎 Scans disappear after updates

Notebook

From 24K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Highly organized and customizable
  • 👍 Visually appealing and intuitive
  • 🔒 Secure with password protection
  • 🤳 Seamless cross-device sync
  • 📝 Versatile note-taking features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional sync and stability issues
  • 🔀 Inconsistent note order after editing
  • 🔍 Limited search functionality
  • 📤 Lack of export/backup options
  • 🔗 Difficulty inserting links in notes

Bugs and requests

Evernote Scannable

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cropping and edge detection issues
  • Scans sometimes fail to save or upload
  • App resets settings and tutorial on every launch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow saving scans to local storage or other cloud services
  • Provide more customization options for scans
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Add ability to manually tag or name scans

Notebook

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes disappearing or getting corrupted
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when editing notes
  • Syncing problems across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved sorting and reordering options for notes
  • Enhanced search capabilities
  • Ability to export notes in various formats
  • More customization options for notebook covers
  • Integration with other productivity apps

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Evernote Scannable

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Plan with Free Trial7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
  • Yearly with Free Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year
7 purchases

Notebook

Subscriptions7
  • Notebook Pro$2.491 Month
  • Notebook Pro Plus$3.991 Month
  • Notebook AI$4.991 Month
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  • Notebook Personal$14.991 Year
  • Notebook Pro2 variants$24.991 Year
  • Notebook Pro Plus$39.991 Year
  • Notebook AI$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Evernote Scannable free?
Evernote Scannable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notebook free?
Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Evernote Scannable or Notebook?
Evernote Scannable is rated higher. Evernote Scannable averages 4.9 out of 5 from 418K ratings, while Notebook averages 4.7 from 24K ratings.
Do Evernote Scannable or Notebook have ads?
Neither Evernote Scannable nor Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Evernote Scannable or Notebook?
Evernote Scannable ships an update every 2 months, and Notebook every 6 days. Most recently, Evernote Scannable was updated on October 17, 2026 and Notebook on October 17, 2026.

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