I did this in January 2021, over a weekend. I loved evernote and over 6 or so years became a prolific user. But their changes slowed the app down so much it became unusable. I needed to move, in one fell swoop.
First, I needed to decide where I will migrate to. The options were a few open source alternatives, Apple Notes, MS OneNote, and Google Keep.
I evaluated Apple Notes first. It was usable, met my criteria, and was a candidate for consideration.
Next, I looked at Notion. I fell in love with it immediately. Right off the bat I started replicating my personal operating system from Evernote in Notion. With every step, my grin widened. I kept a list of open questions, and most of them I was intuitively able to figure out as I grew familiar with the usage. After two or so hours Notion was a clear winner.
Key consideration: Notion is perfect for me. It fits my mental model, and allows me to do most of the things I want to. However, some people hate it. Please don't take my word for it.
Now, the migration. Notion has the ability to import from Evernote. It worked for many small notes. However, some larger journal notes did not import. I made a list of those that did not import, and copy-and pasted them.
It took roughly 12 or so hours of work. On Monday, I closed Evernote, and started using Notion. I had to go back to Evernote a small handful of times to fish something out that did not come over.
I rate the migration as an 8/10. Some pain points, but doable without great pain. Roughly on the order of magnitude like setting up a new laptop from scratch.
It's been 2.5 years. I am still a raving fan. +++ would recommend, but Notion is opinionated and not for everyone.
P.S. Recently I started using OneNote because a client of mine is on Microsoft's tooling. It's passable, but has some rough edges.
First, I needed to decide where I will migrate to. The options were a few open source alternatives, Apple Notes, MS OneNote, and Google Keep.
I evaluated Apple Notes first. It was usable, met my criteria, and was a candidate for consideration.
Next, I looked at Notion. I fell in love with it immediately. Right off the bat I started replicating my personal operating system from Evernote in Notion. With every step, my grin widened. I kept a list of open questions, and most of them I was intuitively able to figure out as I grew familiar with the usage. After two or so hours Notion was a clear winner.
Key consideration: Notion is perfect for me. It fits my mental model, and allows me to do most of the things I want to. However, some people hate it. Please don't take my word for it.
Now, the migration. Notion has the ability to import from Evernote. It worked for many small notes. However, some larger journal notes did not import. I made a list of those that did not import, and copy-and pasted them.
It took roughly 12 or so hours of work. On Monday, I closed Evernote, and started using Notion. I had to go back to Evernote a small handful of times to fish something out that did not come over.
I rate the migration as an 8/10. Some pain points, but doable without great pain. Roughly on the order of magnitude like setting up a new laptop from scratch.
It's been 2.5 years. I am still a raving fan. +++ would recommend, but Notion is opinionated and not for everyone.
P.S. Recently I started using OneNote because a client of mine is on Microsoft's tooling. It's passable, but has some rough edges.