Harbor
The Evernote alternative that puts its price in writing
Harbor launched on September 14, 2026 with 151 votes, #113 of 8,042 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Harbor is a privacy-focused notes app for Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, web, and CLI. It stores notes, scans, PDFs, and recordings in a searchable database with OCR and handwriting recognition. Designed for users seeking an alternative to Evernote, Harbor emphasizes data ownership with full export capabilities on every plan and transparent pricing that locks in for three years then caps annual increases at 10 percent. It includes one-step Evernote import and optional encryption.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
A private second brain: notes, scans, PDFs and recordings, searchable with OCR, handwriting included. One-step Evernote import. Native on Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, web and CLI. Full export on every plan. Price locked 3 years, then a 10%/yr cap.
A private, cross-platform Evernote alternative and second brain: notes, scans, and recordings, searchable with OCR and optionally encrypted — yours for life.
Harbor is a private notes app you own for life — notes, documents, scans, and recordings, captured, searchable, and kept for good. Prices doubled, the free plan was gutted, the app got slow, and your data got harder to leave with. Harbor picks up the original idea — one private place for everything, forever — and commits to it in writing. Harbor reads the words inside your photos, scanned PDFs, and even your handwriting, so a two-word search surfaces the exact page. Your recordings become searchable transcripts, too. …FLORIDA LOCAL BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT — issued pursuant to Ch. 205… …covered by 24-mo warranty (register with receipt ). Next service due… Turn on zero-knowledge encryption for…from harbor.my
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