Org-mode vs CintaNotes

Org-mode is characterized by a flexible and versatile system with adaptability to different workflows, making it comparable as an Evernote alternative. It is at once simple and complex., which helps it to compete as an Evernote alternative.

Org-mode has some built-in agenda functionality. You can schedule tasks and assign various degrees of importance to each of them. Org-mode agenda can also be synced with Google Calendar.

Org files are plain text, and lend themselves well to version control. Emacs also has good integrations for various VCS.

Notes and to-dos can be synced with Trello, Toodledo, Simplenote, Orgmobile, or with tools like Git on Github, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Bitbucket, while WebDAV (with iOS and Android) can also be exported to PDF, mind map, LaTeX, HTML, Docbook, or txt.

Org-mode has some basic spreadsheet functionality. Other than auto-formatting ASCII tables (a notoriously annoying problem), it also has support for LISP-like syntax to define equations or any other functionality that can be achieved through spreadsheets.

Org-mode has out-of-the-box support for Latex: it can immediately parse equations (or other Latex markup) and can even compile notes to PDF or HTML.

CintaNotes automatically captures links from webpages and local documents, so you can quickly go back to the note's source.

Create notes by clipping text from any application that works with the system clipboard. Just select the text and press CTRL+F12.

The program rarely crashes and is extremely quick.

You can search your notes by titles, fields, text, links etc.

Notes in CintaNotes are organized into a crystal clear hierarchy tags. A hierarchy consists of 2 or more tags where the top tags is a parent tag and the one at the bottom is a child tag. This makes it easy to find your notes.

CintaNotes stores all attachments in the notebook file so you can remove the original file after it's been attached.

If you want to keep your notes private you can encrypt notebooks with sensitive data using AES-256 algorithm.

The app is really easy to use and the interface is extremely simple.

Notes are organized into sections or tabs. This is done to keep notes on the same topic separate while still having them in one notebook file.

CintaNotes can be synchronized with Simplenote or Dropbox. The first option makes you notes available on mobile devices via the Simplenote app and the second one allows you to share you notebooks with other people.