Bear
Free / Pro ~$2.99 per mo
Evernote
Free / Personal ~$14.99 per mo
Bear is a beautiful, fast Markdown notes app for Apple devices at a low price. Evernote is a long-standing, cross-platform notebook with strong web clipping and search. Bear wins on design, focus, and value; Evernote wins on cross-platform reach and clipping.
Pick Bear if you are on Apple devices and want a beautiful, fast, low-cost Markdown notes app.
Pick Evernote if you need cross-platform support with strong web clipping, search, and document storage.
Bear and Evernote are both note apps, but they appeal to different users. Bear is an Apple-only delight: clean Markdown writing, beautiful themes, fast performance, and a low Pro price, ideal for people who want a focused, attractive place to write and organize with tags. Evernote is the veteran cross-platform notebook, strong on web clipping, document storage, and powerful search across everything you save, and it works everywhere — Windows, Android, web, and Apple.
On price, Bear Pro is around $2.99 a month while Evernote Personal is around $14.99. The choice is mostly a gorgeous, focused Apple Markdown app (Bear) versus a cross-platform clipping-and-search notebook (Evernote).
We compare design, web clipping, cross-platform support, price, and search.
| Quick facts | Bear | Evernote |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Apple only | All major platforms |
| Price | Pro ~$2.99/mo | Personal ~$14.99/mo |
| Design & focus | Best-in-class | Good |
| Web clipping | Good | Best-in-class |
| Best for | Beautiful Apple notes | Cross-platform clipping |
Each row reflects the feature on each product's current public release.
| Feature | B Bear | E Evernote |
|---|---|---|
| Markdown writing | Best-in-class | Good |
| Beautiful themes / design | Best-in-class | Good |
| Web clipper | Good | Best-in-class |
| Cross-platform (Win/Android) | No | Yes |
| Powerful search (incl. PDFs) | Good | Best-in-class |
| Tags & organization | Best-in-class | Strong |
| Low price | Yes | No |
| Document / file storage | Limited | Best-in-class |
Pricing and features change often. Always verify the current details on each product's official site. Last reviewed June 2026.
Things neither product's marketing page leads with.
Bear is gorgeous, focused, and cheap, but it is Apple-only and lighter on clipping and document storage.
Evernote works everywhere with powerful clipping and search, but it costs much more and feels heavier.
For an Apple-only writing app Bear wins on value; for cross-platform clipping Evernote wins.
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