Since my group started playing online via Roll20, I've really leaned hard on Evernote for note taking, record keeping, even handling rulebooks online.  So with the news today that Evernote is going to start leveraging their success by limiting free basic customers to two devices, I'm faced with the prospect of paying a fee for what is essentially the basic service (yeah, you can send emails to your Evernote app, but I don't use Evernote that way, so it's not an added value) or I find an alternative that I can use, either as a complete replacement or a stop-gap middle man.  

Evernote has been great because the Mac features have been robust and the cross-platform compatibility has been great.  So that is definitely the top of my list: it must be mac os and ios compatible.  Can anyone recommend an alternative?  No wikis for me, please.

Anyone else in the same boat?

Tom

Can you create and share a Google Drive? You should be able to grant access to documents you post there. I sometimes use that for docs for my players.


I assume it will work for Macs. But I've no clue about Mac stuff. I've seldom used them. They're It's just too unintuitive.

I really like Microsoft OneNote. I use the Windows version, but I see there is also a free Mac version. That gives you the cross-platform compatibility you want. I see there is also a web-based version as well. There are also mobile version for phones and tablets as well.

I prefer it to Evernote, but I am not going to bother selling you on it. It's free, so you can try it.

If it doesn't work for, I agree with Bren that Google Drive might do the job as well. It's pretty handy for sharing and collaborating on documents.

Quote from: Bren;905732Can you create and share a Google Drive? You should be able to grant access to documents you post there. I sometimes use that for docs for my players.


I assume it will work for Macs. But I've no clue about Mac stuff. I've seldom used them. They're It's just too unintuitive.

I concur you should check out how the combo of Google Doc and Google Drive works for you.

Quote from: Blusponge;905709Evernote

Depends on what functionality you're looking for - hardly anyone uses everything there is.

With that in mind:

- SimpleNote
- JumpShare

Don't forget that online filesharing services allow you online collaboration

- Box
- pCloud

Also:

- OneNote (yeah, corporate stuff, but it's not that everyone is as paranoid and privacy obsessed freak as I am)

Quote from: JesterRaiin;905770- OneNote (yeah, corporate stuff, but it's not that everyone is as paranoid and privacy obsessed freak as I am)

That's a reasonable objection given Microsoft's history. I'm just not worried about the privacy of my gaming notes.

Quote from: Baulderstone;905906That's a reasonable objection given Microsoft's history. I'm just not worried about the privacy of my gaming notes.

It all comes down to personal preferences, I guess. I think both Google and MS gather way too many personal data and use it to their own, unspecified purpose already so, if there's a possibility I choose an alternative. But that's me. I'm far from turning it into a crusade.

Quote from: JesterRaiin;905910It all comes down to personal preferences, I guess. I think both Google and MS gather way too many personal data and use it to their own, unspecified purpose already so, if there's a possibility I choose an alternative. But that's me. I'm far from turning it into a crusade.

Sadly, the idea that any of us as individuals are going to maintain anything like the level of privacy afforded to all of us in the 20th century is now a quaint notion whose ship has long since sailed.

Quote from: Bren;905981Sadly, the idea that any of us as individuals are going to maintain anything like the level of privacy afforded to all of us in the 20th century is now a quaint notion whose ship has long since sailed.

Especially when we are doing the equivalent of tacking up flyers with semi private messages on your town's telephone pole.

And doing it every day for years on end.

Quote from: estar;905989Especially when we are doing the equivalent of tacking up flyers with semi private messages on your town's telephone pole.

And doing it every day for years on end.

That's why all my flyers use a fake name and display someone else's phone number.

Google Drive is what I use except for Hero Lab characters which I have on OneDrive for some reason.

I've been using TiddlyWiki and TiddlyMap (concept/relationship map plugin) for a while now. Trying to get good enough with Javascript to make it auto-calculate character stuff, but the basic Wiki functionality is great.

Quote from: Bren;905981Sadly, the idea that any of us as individuals are going to maintain anything like the level of privacy afforded to all of us in the 20th century is now a quaint notion whose ship has long since sailed.

True, true. Then again, you still have something to say about what and how much the Internet knows about you.

QuoteThat's why all my flyers use a fake name and display someone else's phone number.

A man after my own heart.

1- Evernote
2-Google documents-Google
3-Onenote- Microsoft
 Each of these document managing systems has its own pros and cons.
I recommend you to use Google Documents instead of One Note and Evernote. Just check this and decide which one you need.
https://www.acanac.com/blog/document-creation/one-note-vs-google-docs/
Google doc GUI is much better than OneNote and is accessible from all platforms. I also work well with  graphics and charts and is having less bugs compared with One Note.Hope it helps

The g doc provides better x-platform functionality than windows products, We can feel it greatly on mobile devices and on Mac. The only problem I found with G-docs are those script errors while working with Firefox, The chrome works great with Gdocs as it has built in plugins