Unreliable and Overpriced Software Solutions
Users are experiencing significant dissatisfaction due to the platform's clunky performance, slow speed, and high costs. The introduction of intrusive marketing ads has rendered the free version nearly unusable, leading to a decline in perceived value and prompting users to abandon the service.
6 different people have complained about this since 16 Sept 2026, most recently on 20 Sept 2026.
“It has made the free version effectively unusable.”
“Now you are glitchy and don’t have the value you once had.”
6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook
- What goes wrong
- Too expensive17% of posts
- How bad
- 50% of posts are complaints · pain score low (19/100)
- Since
- 16 Sept 2026 → 20 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 · 33% 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
“Clunky, slow, overpriced.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint350%
- Request233%
- About price117%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 1 post was held back as off-topic; all 6 still count toward the score.
…, the price increase has been totally unjustified. It’s the same app. Clunky, slow, overpriced. And the price keeps on increasing. It’s embarrassing. I’ve moved on to Craft and I suggest that everyone do the same.
Too expensive…able goofy ai upgrade videos when I’m trying to add notes to the app. It has made the free version effectively unusable. Aside from that I’m finding that you can no longer export any of your notes to leave the app. Dim witted and devious at the same time. Done.
…account. This app used to be a great way to share notes and lists. It’s gotten terrible. I can’t read my notes without watching an ad. No thanks. I’ll just send a text.
…t’s time to say goodbye You used to be useful, good, and innovative. Now you are glitchy and don’t have the value you once had. Goodbye
…ook — Good bye 👋🏼 I started using Evernote in roughly 2008 - 2009. I am deleting it now. A lot of people have left detailed one⭐️reviews if you want to read the reasons.
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Existing solutions
Products people named in the evidence · high competition does not automatically mean a bad market
- Subscribedfound by web search
- Itqlickfound by web search
Opportunity history
Every score change is stored as a snapshot — click a sub-score to overlay it
Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 43.6 · 25 Sept 2026, 04:00 → 05:15 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 Unreliable and Overpriced Software Solutions 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?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 16 Sept 2026 and the most recent from 20 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.
Adjacent opportunities
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