As far as I know, it only allows you to back up everything at once, so if you are like me, with thousands and thousands of notes, this is going to be a painful process. Springpad does not have an easy export option. It has multiple backup and access options, and you can work offline anytime. Evernote stores information on your devices AND in the cloud. Springpad is cool, but limited in this fashion. For frequent travelers, this makes it unusable. If you don't have constant access to the cloud, and you are using a computer, you are out of luck (no app). If they have a server problem, as they have had in the past, your information is inaccessible. There are HUGE differences in how they do it and all of the options available. But, comparing the two is sort of like comparing feature ('dumb') phones and smart phones, and saying that they both make calls. They both store information in the cloud like virtual junk drawers-places to dump stuff.

Sure, there is overlapping functionality between Evernote and other cloud services like Springpad.

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