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Add to SafariWhen comparing DEVONthink vs Vitamin-R, the Slant community recommends DEVONthink for most people. In the question“What are the best Mac software for students?” DEVONthink is ranked 6th while Vitamin-R is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose DEVONthink is:
File types containing text are indexed.
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Pros
Pro Can store any file type
File types containing text are indexed.
Pro Very flexible
An extensive feature set makes it easy to adapt to your work flow.
Pro Completely offline
Pro Sync
Sync between different macs and/or ios devices is fast, safe and easy. You can sync via iCloud, Dropbox, WebDAV or WiFi.
Pro Full text search
Pro Webpage Clipper
A flexible web clipper can add contents of any web page to DevonThink.
Pro One-time purchase vs monthly subscription.
Pro Paperless office functions available in PRO Office version
Includes processing of scanned documents, OCR etc.
The OCR function is based on FineReader and is probably the best one on the market.
Pro Neural approach
The entire application was built with neurobehavioral concepts and this is the reason it works. Application resources and their relationship with this approach are fully explained in the documentation. Some tips are found while using the application.
Pro Complete box of productivity
There is a task manager,
there is timer/break/slices control,
there is white sound generator to get you into the "bubble",
there is statistics to feedback,
there is note taking area.
Cons
Con Only runs on Macs, iPoneOS, iPadOS & Web
It does not run on Windows, Android, and Linux.
Con Stores in a proprietary format
It stores the whole database in a proprietary file package, that you cannot easily access from another app or from the Finder. Considering you might be classifying a huge quantity of files there, it is quite problematic if you want to interact with this data from other applications.
Con Very limited automation
While the marketing claims are about an intelligent document manager, it actually does not offer many automation features, such as automatic classification, tagging and renaming of the files. It's much more like an extended file explorer.
Con Costs US$79.95 for just the Personal version
One-time purchase instead of monthly subscription.
Con Non free/libre (proprietary)
Con Poor interface
The developer could give a little more work on the software interface.
