Evernote's free plan limits and price changes (2026)

The short answer

• Evernote still has a Free plan: 50 notes, one notebook, one device at a time, 1 GB of storage and 250 MB of uploads a month.
• The paid plans, in US dollars: Starter is $14.99 a month or $99 a year; Advanced is $24.99 a month or $249.99 a year.
• Over the free limits, you can still view, edit and export your notes, but you can’t add new ones.
• Cancelling doesn’t delete your notes. The account goes back to the Free plan.
• The free plan has narrowed since 2016: from unlimited devices to two, then one, and from unlimited notes to 50.

Last checked: 23 October 2026, from Evernote’s help pages, blog and archived copies of its plans page. Evernote changes plans often, so check the date. We make LuniNote, a notes app for people leaving Evernote.

Evernote’s plans today

Prices from Evernote’s plan FAQ, last edited 22 October 2026. Limits from its plans page and help articles.

Where Advanced has no fixed limit, Evernote adds “safeguard limits applied to ensure performance and prevent abuse”. Its FAQ names some, such as up to 12,000 spaces.

Other currencies, from the same FAQ (monthly / yearly):

Evernote’s FAQ says prices through Apple or Google “may differ”. The older Plus, Premium, Personal and Professional plans are gone, and Evernote says you can’t go back to them.

The free plan’s limits

How prices and limits changed

We found no Evernote announcement of a price change after November 2025.

Why Evernote says it changed them

• 2016: improving the product needs “a significant investment of energy, time, and money”.
• April 2023: the offering had “expanded substantially”, and higher prices would “significantly ramp up the development” of infrastructure and the product.
• November 2023: “the majority of our Free users fall below the threshold” of 50 notes.
• August 2024: a balance between “a comprehensive tool for Free users” and “the product’s most powerful capabilities for our paying subscribers”.
• January 2026: many features had become free, so Personal and Professional had grown “more similar”, and choosing between them was no longer straightforward.

Cancelling, refunds and closing the account

• Cancelling a paid plan: it stays active to the end of the billing period, then the account becomes Free. Evernote says “None of your data will be lost”.
• Refunds: Evernote’s policy allows a request within 20 days for monthly payments and 60 days for yearly ones. It offers no refunds for part of a period, and may not refund purchases made through Apple.
• Closing the account deletes everything, and Evernote says even its support can’t get it back. Export first.

If you’re thinking of leaving

Export first, while your plan is still active. The export guide has every step, and what moves and what doesn’t lists what an export keeps. Keep the Evernote account until you’ve checked your notes in the new app.

To compare where to go, see Evernote alternatives. LuniNote is one of them, built for people leaving Evernote: its extension moves a whole account and checks every note. It is free during its open beta.

Questions

Is Evernote still free?

Yes, there is a Free plan. Evernote’s pages give it 50 notes, one notebook, one device at a time, 1 GB of storage and 250 MB of uploads a month. Notes in the Trash count toward the 50.

How much does Evernote cost in 2026?

In US dollars, Starter is $14.99 a month or $99 a year, and Advanced is $24.99 a month or $249.99 a year, according to Evernote’s plan FAQ. Prices bought through Apple or Google can differ, and other currencies have their own prices.

What is the difference between Evernote Starter and Advanced?

Starter allows 1,000 notes, 20 notebooks, three devices, 5 GB of storage and 10 GB of uploads a month. Advanced has no fixed limits on notes, notebooks, devices or storage, apart from what Evernote calls safeguard limits.

What happens if I go over the free plan’s limits?

Evernote says you can still view, edit, share and export your notes, but you can’t create new notes or notebooks until you are back within the limits. The limit is overall, not monthly.

Can I still export my notes on the free plan?

Yes. Evernote says free accounts can export, even over the limits. Exporting is done in the desktop app for Mac or Windows, not on Evernote Web.

Will I lose my notes if I cancel Evernote?

No, says Evernote. The paid plan runs to the end of the billing period, then the account returns to Free with every note kept. Closing the account is different: that deletes everything for good.

Why did Evernote raise its prices?

In 2023 Evernote said the offering had grown and that higher prices would fund infrastructure and product development. In 2026 it said the old Personal and Professional plans had become too similar, so it replaced them with Starter and Advanced.

Sources

All read on 23 October 2026.

Evernote help

• Discontinuing Personal and Professional, introducing Starter and Advanced: FAQ (prices; edited 22 October 2026)
• Free and Starter limits: notes and notebooks
• Free and Starter limits: uploads and storage
• Device limit
• Will I lose my notes if I cancel?
• How to cancel your subscription, refund policy, close your account
• Acquisition FAQ

Evernote blog and plans page

• Compare plans
• Changes to Evernote’s pricing plans, 28 June 2016 (archived)
• Bending Spoons to acquire Evernote, 16 November 2022
• An update on Evernote pricing, 28 April 2023
• Free plan limits, 29 November 2023
• Free limit changes, 6 August 2024
• Introducing Evernote v11, 19 January 2026
• Archived plans page: 5 Nov 2025, 11 Nov 2025, 15 Dec 2025, 13 Jun 2026

Not confirmed: the exact day Starter and Advanced went live (between 5 and 11 November 2025), and the free plan’s current maximum note size. An undated preview of Evernote’s plans page shows 1 GB of uploads a month for Free, which conflicts with the help article’s 250 MB; we use the dated article.