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ROpen-source networked note-taking with daily notes, backlinks and local Markdown
Freemium
Evernote vs Littlebird AI
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Evernote if…
- you want the lower entry price ($14.99/mo vs $17/mo)
- you work on Chrome
- you're in its core audience: students, knowledge workers
L
Choose Littlebird AI if…
- you're in its core audience: founders and executives, sales and client-facing professionals
Side by side
Feature Evernote Littlebird AI
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$14.99/mo$17/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Kept until you delete it or close your account
Security and complianceISO 27001, GDPRSOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—1
Meeting transcription—
AI Q&A over notes—
MCP connector—
Web clipper—
Shared workspaces—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, ChromeWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
CategoryNotes & KnowledgePersonal Assistants
CompanyBending Spoons US Inc.Little Bird Software, LLC
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part ofBending Spoons—
Key features
E Evernote
- Notebooks, spaces and tags for organizing notes
- Tasks and built-in calendar with external calendar sync
- Web Clipper for Chrome, Firefox and Safari
- AI Assistant, semantic search and AI Transcribe
- Document scanning and offline notes
- Real-time collaboration with comments and task assignment
- Integrations with Gmail, Google Drive, Outlook and Slack
- MCP connection to external AI tools
L Littlebird AI
- Screen-aware memory of the active window across all apps
- Meeting notes taken without a bot joining calls
- Scheduled routines like morning briefings and weekly updates
- Drafts emails, docs and updates in your voice
- Hover overlay to call the assistant on any screen
- Littlebird MCP so other AI tools can search your memory
- Hundreds of integrations including Notion, Linear, Gmail, Stripe
- Pause, block apps and delete recent history
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Evernote
FreeFree
Starter$14.99/mo
Advanced$24.99/mo
FlexiblePer seat
UnlimitedCustom
Littlebird AI
BasicFree
Plus$17/mo billed annually ($204 up front)
Power$42.50/mo billed annually ($510 up front)
ProFrom $100/mo billed monthly
TeamFrom $17 per seat/mo billed annually
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Evernote
- Free plan available
- Apps for web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android
- Paid plans come with a 7-day free trial, and Enterprise gets 14 days
- Eligible college students get 40% off a year of Advanced
- Free plan is limited to 50 notes, 1 notebook and 1 device
- Starter syncs on only 3 devices
- AI Cleanup is mobile only
Littlebird AI
- Free Basic plan with no card needed
- Meeting notes are taken without a bot joining the call
- SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliant, with banking sites blocked by default
- Desktop, web, iOS and Android apps
- Captured data is stored in the cloud on AWS, not locally
- Free plan limited to 25 meeting notes in total and 5 routines
- Mac desktop app requires Apple Silicon and macOS 13+
- Usage is credit-based, and Max mode uses more credits
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MSearchable local snapshots of your screen history on Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs
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