Springpad replacement?

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 30, 2014 at 04:58 AM

cyberwolf wrote:
>Good discussion. I am very disappointed at the loss of Springpad.
[...]
>I’m going to give Evernote a spin again, but I remember the $5/mo. charge
>for offline access was what led me to Springpad in the first place.

I assume that you refer to offline access _in_mobile_platforms_ as this is indeed a premium feature http://evernote.com/premium/ whereas offline access in desktop platforms is available to all users. As a premium user I can tell you that this particular feature does not work as well as I would have liked, in Android at least. I don’t use it much but my understanding is that in order to have offline access to a particular item/record, you should have previously opened it while online—i.e., the full notebook is _not_ downloaded by default beforehand, only items already visited.

In respect to your disappointment, I would suggest that you prepare yourself for more in the future, in particular as you want to rely on free services. I would again suggest you read the full thread on the subject which I mentioned earlier, and in particular this post by Paul http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/19345 which for me was an eye-opener: everything I had seen fell in place. In brief: many cloud-based apps may have an expiry date hardcoded in their DNA. Be particularly cautious of apps which _don’t_ offer premium options or any other visible way to generate the income which will keep them alive. To have _failed_ in the market is one thing, to have taken advantage of trusting users to prove one’s worth as a developer is another.