Frustration with Evernote App Usability
Users are experiencing frustration with the Evernote app due to changes that have negatively impacted its usability. Specific issues include the inability to view Notebooks in a preferred layout and unwanted AI assessments of images.
4 different people have complained about this since 21 Sept 2026, most recently on 21 Sept 2026.
“I’ve been happy with Evernote for years, but lately the app has become frustrating to use.”
“Why can't you view Notebooks on the left side in a column?”
“When I went back in to review the photos their “helpful” AI has not inserted an annoying AI assessment of what is in each image.”
4 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 4 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 4 people using Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints · pain score low (37/100)
- Since
- 21 Sept 2026 → 21 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“Why can't you view Notebooks on the left side in a column?”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint4100%
Sources
4 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
…rnote: AI Notes & Notebook — Not happy with latest version(s) of app I’ve been happy with Evernote for years, but lately the app has become frustrating to use. When trying to correct a word, the editing option is sometimes grayed out, so I can’t even select the word to fix it. Even worse, the back button (<) that…
Frustrated…it button? Lose that Edit Button. September 2020 update is horrible. Why can't you view Notebooks on the left side in a column? Now to see them, it takes the entire page, and there is no threaded view of notes within their Notebook. Who designed this new interface? It's awful. Evernote has become almost useless. It is…
Strong complaint…ile photos that I took during a competitive review of our businesses. When I went back in to review the photos their “helpful” AI has not inserted an annoying AI assessment of what is in each image. Additionally, I use Evernote to house lyrics and charts for a music project that I play in. This week, all of the charts…
Frustrated…a paying customer for too many years, questioning my sanity for that. Please fix your app.
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 44.6 → 43.3 · 24 Sept 2026, 19:00 → 20:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Frustration with Evernote App Usability a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 4 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 21 Sept 2026 and the most recent from 21 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: emerging — newly appearing in the evidence. Momentum is 84/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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