Evernote vs Notion: which note app fits you now?

Quick answer

Evernote was the default note app for years. Notion became the one everyone builds dashboards in. If you're picking between them, the question is how you capture and how much structure you want.

What 125x is: 125x is a web app at 125x.app. You connect your YouTube subscriptions, and it gives you a feed of the latest videos from the channels you follow, each with a summary: a verdict, the 5 key takeaways, and the spoiler, plus Actionable and Lessons tabs with more tips. You read that and decide what's actually worth opening.

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Quick comparison

	Evernote	Notion
Best at	Capturing everything and finding it later	Building your own structure with pages and databases
Web clipping	Web Clipper (Evernote)	Web Clipper (Notion Help)
Organizing	Notebooks, Spaces, tags	Pages, nested pages, databases
Tasks and calendar	Built in (Evernote site)	Database views you set up
Scanning and audio	Document scanning, transcribe	Upload files and embeds

Pick Evernote if

You clip a lot of web pages, PDFs and scans and want strong search across all of it (Evernote).
You want tasks and a calendar linked to notes without building a system.
You'd rather dump things in and search later.

Pick Notion if

You like designing your own system: a reading list, a video library, a project tracker.
You want database views like tables, boards and galleries.
You share pages with a team.

For YouTube notes

In Evernote, clip the video page into a 'Videos' notebook and add your notes under it. In Notion, make a database with columns for channel, topic and status, and paste takeaways into each page. See Notion for YouTube notes.

How 125x fits

125x gives each video from your subscriptions a summary with takeaways, plus Actionable and Lessons tabs. Copy the Lessons into either app as the start of your note and the Actionable steps into your task list.

FAQ: questions people ask

Is Notion better than Evernote?

It depends on how you work. Evernote is strong at capture and search, while Notion is strong at building custom structure.

Can Notion replace Evernote?

For many people, yes, if you're happy to set up your own pages and databases. Heavy clippers and scanners may prefer Evernote.

Do both have a web clipper?

Yes. Both offer a browser web clipper on their official sites.