Google Keep, Simple and Clean Note-taking App

[@StephenSE9]

Steve, I made a discovery today in Google Keep and wanted to share it with you. I was creating Tick Boxes (as you would for a shopping list) and I accidentally moved a Tick Box horizontally, thus creating a child-tick box under a normal (parent) one. I can already see the benefits when two or more tasks have to be done simultaneously.

[@claudiabTV]

Omg so good - just saw that feature too... plus the drawing ability for notes you like to scrawl out rather that type... amazing, thanks for sharing this tip too... GOOGLE NOTES - so good... i wanna eat it! Lol.

[@cjkvon]

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[@DHTV]

I personally like Google Keep better, I to have used both. You miss out on some features but I feel it's just easier and more user friendly all around.

[@KulvinderJabble]

DHTV - Dan Where does my Google Keep sync to? Can't see it in my Google drive!!!

[@DjangoGroen]

it syncs on your google account. so every device you have google keep on have the same notes.

[@Silverado138]

Evernote was great before 2016 but the more they do the more it sucks and here recently I haven't been able to get in it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@HAHAVeryFunnyFasha]

I watch his videos just because he always says "how the heck you doing" LOL

[@abhay21849]

Another great video, Steve. But you missed one point, here. You forgot Google Docs and how it compliments and compensates for Google Keep.

[@sziltner]

I have used Keep since it became available. Awesome for my situation which is retired (78 years old) with a not so great memory!

[@erindav1]

Wow...good for you to be using technology. My husband is 73 and he still will not use technology. He keeps asking me to do it for him.

[@sjd246]

I know that feeling!

[@crawfb]

Totally agree, Google Keep and Evernote are similar but very different and I use both. I like using Keep for keeping track of start-up sequences for various bits of photo gear I use, like GoPros and drones. Google Keep lets you call up the relevant details for each device faster than I can do it in Evernote. I colour code and tag all my notes for extra efficiency. Now if only Google would give us some basic text formatting tools in Keep (like bullet lists, bold and italics and highlighting) it would be perfect.

[@PhilLeGreeRealEstate]

Thanks Steve. I left Evernote because the power of it also came with harder to use. I'd put money that Google will "keep" upgrading this to become more.

[@Sevil2024]

I've started using Opera and switch using Google and Duck Go Duck. Opera has a side bar where you can arrange apps like Messenger and Instagram as well as Opera specific Speed Dial where you can Bookmark sites and Folders where you can cluster categories of sites. There is also Opera Pinboards that is used like Keep or Pinterest without the annoying ads. I love it so much that I am not able to go back to Chrome except for when I need to do an image search by right clicking any image to search for images possibly used in fake news. You should check out Opera, but beware, you may also get hooked.

[@1WhoConquers]

Just had to say "hi" to a fellow Opera lover. It's definitely my browser of choice on all my Android devices and gets installed immediately on new ones.. Who else gives you built-in free VPN and ad-blocking? In terms of memory, it's also less of a resource hog than Firefox and Chromium derivatives (Chrome/Brave). And for an ultra-light browser on low-end phones and tablets there's Opera Mini (but then you don't get VPN).

[@karencastjohn2269]

I am new to electronic notetaking and started using Evernote but am not at all proficient yet. I am wondering why you would need another app like Notability or GoodNotes vs Google Keep or Evernote?

[@WoodHughes]

Hope you’re still reading this. I watched this video when it came out and have been using Keep ever since. Shopping lists, articles on places I plan to visit, etc. But I just finished my biggest Keep project to date. A 102K word novel! Using the checklist, I added ideas for scenes or character or place descriptions I wanted to get in the story. Then, I reorganized them in a general order of appearance and started writing my book. Sometimes, this writing would give me other ideas for other characters or refinements for other ideas. So, I’d add, or update, or in some cases where a particular idea turned out to be implausible, I’d delete it. I ended up using over 175 items in my book, and moved another 30 or so to a new checklist Keep entry to be used for the sequel I’m planning. This is the fourth book I’ve written and it’s the easiest way I’ve ever written a book!

[@dottotech]

What a great system! Thanks so much for Sharing it! I am just thinking about refreshing this video, so I may mention this in the sequel!

[@magmade]

informative video, i didn't know about Google Keep prior.

[@JohnMacG]

I've been an Evernote user for 15 years and I still use it - now 5002 notes and going strong! (Including notes transferred from earlier note taking apps InfoSelect and Tornado - the latter was a DOS program from the late 1980s!) But I now use Keep as well. I like Keep's simplicity and speed, and tend to use it for quick notes that have a temporary use. I could do that with Evernote too, but over the years, Evernote has become cumbersome and slow as it added functions like a Swiss Army Knife. Like the To-do list, as if there weren't plenty of alternatives. Now I mainly just use Evernote for things I want to keep as long term reference. Or things that just work better in Evernote, like illustrated recipes. I really hope Keep avoids the feature creep that has spoiled Evernote. And spoiled InfoSelect before it. I don't seem to have any problem using Keep in parallel with Evernote.

[@thriftygalcollectibles]

Thanks Steve! Great video. I think I am going to try Google Keep. I’m pretty much google centric so this will be another tool to add in my kit!😀👍

[@PoeticallyCorrect007]

HI Thank you so much for this video... Hereonwards I'll start using Google Keep; however I already have loads of material on StickyNotes, Evernote and others...Could you please temme how do I save those notes on Google Drive, pair those here or transfer the material?..... Please... :)

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[@DarylBambic]

I teach my students how to use Google Keep when researching for papers and building an initial bibliography. It's great for concept building and outlining for projects: I colour code the notes for chapters/sections, pin them during the 'live' phase of the project, and easily move them around as I build a hierarchy. When done, a simple archive it and voila! Love, love, love Google Keep.

[@dottotech]

Great description, thanks!

[@gmappone]

This is awesome! Thank you for this suggestion!

[@KulvinderJabble]

Daryl Bambic Where does my Google Keep sync to? Can't see it in my Google drive!!!

[@KulvinderJabble]

dottotech Where does my Google Keep sync to? Can't see it in my Google drive!!!

[@DarylBambic]

Go to keep.google.com and add a shortcut to your app launcher. It syncs to your drive so you can open it up from email or even from a Google doc.

[@stephenhedge2489]

As a fairly advanced Evernote user, I revisited the Keep App & will use it for the "simpler" things in life. However, you didn't compare searching notes with Keep compared to EN...

[@BrianNewberry]

What a great video! Very personable, very engaging. As much as I like your personality - i'm glad you keep a solid focus on the content. I like your balance of humor and useful info. I agree with you about Google Keep, and I came to this video because I wanted something to accompany my Facebook post. Good job!

[@KathyBooker]

I use Evernote like a filing cabinet, where I put things that I might want to store out of sight and look up later, like swipe files and screenshots. As an Android user, I use Keep daily for more immediate details that I might have to access quickly, like grocery lists, links that I frequently share, tracking time for a couple of clients, and my daily task lists. I love putting a grocery or packing list in Keep, I can re-use the same list over and over, just un-checking the items I need, I can quickly build a list without racking my brain trying to remember items.

[@socialtejas]

Same here.

[@ErikOlsen1]

Haven't you had the problem on mobile devices - ipad and iphone - that after you try and save a link, the app freezes for a long time...sometimes so that you actually have to hard close the app? This happens all the time to me now. I do have a lot of notes, but it's very frustrating.

[@kandimegahan7844]

They nixed tis app sadly. I never heard of it, found you, watched and went to launch, and ....

[@HirakoCaptain]

Awesome Steve! I've been in love with your videos since I discovered this channel. I use Keep for fast notes and Evernote for saving things long-term. I hope you do a Dropbox 2018 review!

[@waltermitty4132]

Superb video. I was never even aware of this capability. Now I have set it up on my android phone and laptop. Thanks much for another fine presentation.

[@abominablemusic]

just installed Keep, I'll give it a shot.

[@user-xd5so5qh7j]

Can you alphabetize notes in Google Keep? Also, is there a limit as to how many notes someone can save in Google Keep? Thank you.

[@darwincruz20]

I notice you use an iPhone but at the same time, using a lot of Google apps. Have you considered moving to Android?

[@Alhamdulillah.e.rabil.alameen]

Can I download Keep Note on a new mobile phone and still see my saved notes from my current mobile phone?

[@ryarosh]

I haven’t tried Google Keep yet, but found this interesting and will give a try. I am not sure if it has now been updated or not, but I do know using the Google app you can go into the search bar and go to camera and it does convert information off of a camera and put it into a contact. I’ll have to check that out in Keep when I try using it to see if has upgraded.

[@zen4dman]

I have certain pre-formatted standard texts that I send from Keep on the smartphone version. I market to certain lists where a cell # is available, but no email address.

[@1PaulG1]

Thanks so much... I have been using. Evernote but will being moving to google keep

[@pantelisk4133]

You can have google keep on your desktop (it will not be an app, but for me it's great that i have it +the google calendar and drive on my taskbar). To do it from chrome go to the three dots at the top and right on your screen and from the section for more tools you can add it to the desktop even without browser window to look like an app. Furthermore, I prefer keep from evernote and this is why: it's just notes!!! i don't want much. In keep you can label and color everything, share a list with others, archive stuff you did or maybe ideas to have your note page more clean and pretty much it covers all that I need. seriously you can do everything that evernote do with other google apps and some other apps as well. Also I like to have all my things as minimal as possible. I think that google offer a pretty sweet deal with all the productivity apps. It offers all in one account functionality and with great UIs. Of course everything can be made better. So I want to ask you to make a video for a summary of the best(in your opinion) apps that we can use for different use cases in our day to day life. For example for note keeping we have keep, onenote, evernote etc. for calendars? , for emails?, cloud? etc. Great video and great content on the channel.

[@TEBCO123]

Great video, I like to share a google keep note with my sister to send a daily email reminder email that we have to complete the task. “ example, paint moms house”. Go you tell me how to set that up.? Please.

[@thethinker2198]

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[@charlescelano8039]

First of all, thank you so much for your videos. I have watched a couple now and find them very high quality with lots of pertinent information. That is a rare commodity these days on KZbin. I have been using Evernote for a few years now and I love it for more permanent storage of all of my documents. I had files of papers, recipes, photos, receipts, etc. that are all now digitally stored through Evernote, reducing clutter in my office. Also, by using tags, I can search and find documents easily through EN. However, like you suggested, I see a potential application for using Google Keep for smaller work, short reminder notes, and to-do lists. I use Workflowy for that but maybe I can transition that piece over the Keep. Not sure yet. Do you know of any other potential integration advantages to Keep in working with Google Calendar (btw, love your videos on that) and/or Gmail. If there were, that could make it even more powerful....maybe I should work for Google? :)

[@rosarobichaud9716]

My hubby is from Montreal and has difficulty with English. We started watching you on TV, a few moons ago and he was able to understand you and we BOTH enjoyed your shows. Needless to say, we were VERY disappointed when you disappeared from our TV channel. Once again, needless to say that we were OVERJOYED when we, accidentally, found you on KZbin and BOTH of us subscribed to your channel... I think this was a month ago, or so. So, we're proud to be part of your 200,000 subscribers. As for THIS Vlog, I find it most interesting as I myself have just started a KZbin channel - Rosa's Quilted Garden - and have worried about negative comments and such. Your insight of this predicament... such as... what each person's level of acceptance or tolerance is... well, made me realize that I am the captain of my own ship and when I get to that bridge... or sailing underneath that bridge, well, I will have to decide what I will accept or not accept. Thanks for giving me food for thought! I've always respected your thoughts and opinions. We may not always agree but, for the most part... we do. :-) Please don't stop doing what you do. Hubby and I both enjoy you and your Vlogs!

[@rosarobichaud9716]

Ooops... posted under the wrong Vlog. Sorry. Newbie here. *lifting hand in the air*

[@MicheleWetzelHillman]

Nicely presented thank you. I use a combination of Apple Notes and Wunderlist. I will be giving Google Keep a go to see if I can condense my note taking and list making skills to one app. ONE NOTE TAKING APP TO RULE THEM ALL........

[@tammyweiland1617]

Why not use Google Docs instead? Are you familiar with Trello? Comparison to Evernote & Keep or Docs?

[@Lafgr81]

Great video. I use Google keep quite often. I did not know about that great browser extension though! Thanks!

[@GrowMTBF]

You compare these 3 tools; Evernote, Google Keep, reference to OneNote. But I think an equal player, that I can love and hate for many the same reasons, is: Pocket. *My* overall choice is, Keep. Because Pocket phone app just takes too much memory, when you have to side load it on a Samsung. I can work around the lack of desktop app for Keep, because I am always working it inside the browser(s).

[@PatDivaDzignsHunley]

How to easy copy notes from Evernote to Google Notes

[@JimSamuel267]

The only thing that keeps me wary of committing to Keep is Google's history of killing apps. Google once had Google Notes and then killed it, leaving users with nothing until it introduced Keep.

[@TOM-op2cp]

I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship with Google, and don't know where to go...

[@zonumev]

I use both and love Keep for it's simplicity but, like Jim I'm thinking that Google will get rid of it one of these days. It seems to be their pattern. If I have a note that I really want to keep I just copy and paste into MS Word or save to Google Drive.

[@Rood67]

I know nothing is safe or sacred any more; even less so with entities like Apple, Micro$oft, and Google in the mix. However... Going to add the extension to Chrome; it struck me as odd that they felt the need to tell me, "it can: read *and change* all your data on the websites you visit" I'm fine with the saving the URL to a note; but I don't want changing the data I put into a website.

[@gianf3952]

Take a picture of anything, upload to keep. Then search for the text on that picture. You are going to be impressed.

[@Anthonyngoploti]

This is my favorite feature on this app

[@ГулшатШакирова-н8н]

We know one note on the phone in the menu , thanks for the information

[@dallemon15]

How Google Keep be useful is not clear. So far only into five minutes of your video. I know how to keep notes on paper; or in a small notebook with paper pages. Other kinds of notes I can keep actually IN TH CALENDAR APP of Google; and with which I can arrange notifications by sending scheduled to the mobile device and to email (like the email address which is set to the mobile device (again, Google mail)).

[@dottotech]

Whatever system works for you. But millions of users find tools like Keep and Everrnote work well for them, including myself.

[@CastOnCalamity]

One more thumb for you. Thanks for the video. I've found myself returning to your channel for content so I've poked all the necessary buttons for regular visits.

[@dottotech]

Awesome, thank you!

[@mrstanley9856]

Hi Steve just a little note. First off Thank You for what you do for all of us. Quick note Google Keep can read OCR on the web browser. Open Notes click on drop-down/ click on grab image text. Presto reads text.

[@dottotech]

Love that feature!

[@davidtanner8771]

I thank you for this as I've had it [Google Keep] for some time, but really never used it much. I have tended to stay with Apple Notes. Also I have been a long term user of Things [now Things 3]. This is a paid application as you probably know. Can to do a comparison between Things 3 / Apple Notes and Google Keep some time in the future please.

[@alexnuno]

Gerar vídeo Steve. I gave a shot to Google keep, a while ago, but... still Evernote is King from me. Two things were decisive for me, Evernote scans beautifully from within it's app, and it can store PDFs. Sorry Keep...not yet.

[@brodtstuff]

Google Keep just ate my notes and they are absolutely 100% gone. No where! I do a search on forums; seems to be a very common experience. No apparent help either, big Goofle doesn't seem to answer the desperate cries of those who lost very important items they were depending on... nearly a year later-crickets.

[@vecamiolo]

That's why I'm concerned about doing my own backups.

[@richg0404]

I realize this video is 3 years old but I just viewed it. We have been using Google Keep for our weekly shopping list for over a year now. The best thing about is it that I can share the Keep notes with the whole family and they can add to the shopping list when they use the last of something. An added bonus is that it updates immediately. When I get to the store, the others can see me checking off items and they can add items while I am in the store. More than once I've gone back to the store to get new items.

[@eileenmadden1715]

HI Steve, can you go through how you kicked off Dictation versus just the voice record/convert to text? You said you were doing it but I can't see how you did it. How is it activated? LOVE your videos and learn so SO much.

[@dottotech]

I used the dictation feature built into th operating system (accessed through keyboard settings)

[@MjMojo]

Thank you Steve you are wonderful. May I ask you to please let me know how to resize the keep screen. I accidentally reduced the scaling size in the google opened page while I was trying to figure out, while right clicking + scroll on the mouse, while on the keep screen and whatever I did it reduced my keep screen to an unreadable scale, including the keep menu on the left. I do not wish to add the extension to rescale (which I did but wish to remove). I simply wish to go back to the original scaled display on while having the keep screen on my desktop. On my other computer, the keep screen is fine; the change did not affect that computer display, so it's exclusive to one windows computer. Also, would you know the keyboard short cut for scrolling to the BOTTOM (of a long keep page list) and then, to the top. Please advise. Your teachings are amazing! Thank you.

[@dottotech]

Great question! Have you installed Google Keep Window Resizer? It allows to resize the active window in Google Keep. The changes that you make to a note window's dimensions are persistent with respect to that particular session in Keep. chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-keep-window-resize/jdhkkkapgdggbnglgficlikfkcbfebec?hl=en?

[@HarryOrenstein]

I use both Evernote and Keep. Here are 3-power user tips to create a "STRUCTURE" in Keep :: In GOOGLE™ Keep you can actually create "TOPIC FOLDERS" (or more realistically "GROUPS") by implementing a "@" sign as the first character in a "LABEL" One can also take an individual "NOTE" url and shorten it and paste this in another "NOTE" linking two disparate notes. Thinking "out of the box" you can use the colour coding as a very specific designation in perhaps "time" or "activity" All very simple to implement. As usual thanks soo much Steve and, as we say, MAZAL TOV

[@dottotech]

POWER Tips, I am going to include them in the next video, thanks Harry!

[@glenndouce]

I was a Premium Evernote user but now I use Google keep. Drive and photos. Unlimited free storage and devices. Breaking up is hard to do but you know it makes sense.

[@vecamiolo]

Glenn Douce did you copy your Evernote data over to Keep. I’ve been wondering about an easy way to do that.

[@theffer1978]

I'm interested in doing the same and would like to know how that's working

[@mick_hyde]

Use this all the time. Hope they don't delete it.

[@dawncraig3340]

Question, why did you choose Evernote over Drive for the more permanent work? Not asking because I think you chose wrong or anything just curious. I just watched your latest video on Evernote and said I'd watch this one next. And I think I'm going to move my notes from Evernote to Keep becaue I rather like the looks of Keep better. I don't really use a lot of the paid parts of Evernote. Thanks for these videos. I love how you really dive into using an application before reviewing it and give a good, honest review.

[@dottotech]

Just for convenience, Evernote is more contained, but each person needs to make the tools work for them. Good luck on the migration!

[@arieswaters]

I've never heard of either one of these things

[@tammymorin3164]

How did you get the photo at the bottom of your notes?

[@tinman1955]

I've had Google Keep get out of synch between my Android & desktop computer. If I haven't opened Keep on the desktop for several days it stops synching certain items.

[@tinman1955]

Keep doesn't synch photos reliably either. If you add more than one photo to a note it may synch or it may not. I think Keep is okay for light weight stuff like shopping lists but I don't trust it with anything important.

[@Retirrd]

I'm liking Google Keep more than Evernote at the moment but after watching last week's webinar there is a new contender I am also loving, "Notion",thus bumping Evernote to 3rd place.;-} May the note-taking app battle commence!

[@reginaldmarselus4742]

HI Steve, I will be using Keep to take notes on your videos. When you say something I want to remember, I pause the video, enter my note on Keep, then start your video back up again or replay part of it so I got all the info you are sharing. Keep works great for that! All the best

[@ThePitOnlineDojo]

I use Google Keep, Evernote, and Todoist

[@smashogre4766]

Does anyone out there in the Dottosphere know if Keep has the ability to search within notes, specifically within the mobile device app? When using the browser-based Keep, the built-in search, coupled with the browser's ability to search the contents of a page, does the trick. But it would be super cool if the mobile app could highlight the search result inside the notes that it returns, instead of simply showing you which notes satisfy the search.

[@vecamiolo]

Simplenote does global searches and marks all the targets. That's one of the things I like about it.

[@joeweatlu5169]

Just started using Keep after watching your splendid tutorial. Is there a way to make a list and put it in alphabetical order? Thanks.

[@dottotech]

No, sorry

[@COBOLMan888]

One of the biggest advantages to Keep for me is when I archive a note, it is no longer in the main view. I have never liked having all my Evernote notes clogging up the list when I view All Notes. If someone knows of a way around this, I would very much appreciate it.

[@yukogold1685]

After I watched your two reviews on Google Keep, I downloaded it to my laptop and Android phone. Steve, your explanations are EXCELLENT - I will look no further. Your video was well done; it answered my concerns (*) and I no longer have to search for a similar note-taking APP to use. My concerns are if it allows me to use the CLOUD so all devices can be synced, not worried about the data space. Steve, I've been researching To-Do/Time Management App, in conjunction with the use of Google Keep. Which App would you recommend for me, so I can use Google gmail, Calender, Contact, Keep, would that be Wunderlist (most features for FREE app vs. Todoist (free version one)? To-Do Task App is mainly for my personal (and share with my family and friends). As for Wunderlist - I cannot use the Cloud and sync with my Google gmail (and Contact), right? Do I need to use the Outlook email only to sync with Wunderllist? Other than Wunderlist or Todoist, Trello, OmniFocus, etc (these are not free for trial) but if you recommend any of them, I'm willing to check it out. I shared your video with all of my friends. Thank you Steve!

[@JonathanChaseHypnotist]

Chrome extention added, thanks Steve this is really good.

[@matrix55500]

I'm a long time user of Google Keep. My husband introduced me to this App. It truly has helped us in one major area...the shopping list. I love that we can both text in real time while he shops for groceries, especially when he wants my opinion on price or an alternative item. Enjoy watching in real time when he checks/cross marks the items on the list. By the way, I'm a new viewer and I will be checking out your other videos too.

[@vecamiolo]

I imagine you can do that with any note taking app.

[@WayneDowning]

Excellent video, Steve! Yes, there is a stand-alone Google Keep app. I use it all the time on my Window Laptop. :)

[@DUKEofWAIL]

I have found Nimbus Note to be a comfortable replacement for Evernote.

[@dottotech]

Here's our latest review on Evernote: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHa5qXuYjL-ri9E&lc=UgyFoEzC83YEKcD47MN4AaABAg

[@mikeromano38]

Once your image is saved to your note, Google Keep will use OCR to add metadata to your note. This metadata allows you to search the text in your image. There is additional processing which is done to the image as well to classify it for search. There is also an option to parse the text out of your image explicitly. Lastly, there is a chrome app for Keep that will give you a more desktop-like experience.

[@redasalman3050]

thank you very much.

[@michaelbaker5070]

Steve I would like you to check out something called Nimbus notes. It is very closly related to evernote would like you to see it check it out

[@dottotech]

We'll take a look at it!

[@superheavymetaldemon]

i use google keep to balance my budget, take notes, and save websites. also i make lists of youtube urls and select all and post them on social media from my smartphone.

[@superheavymetaldemon]

i use google keep to take notes in vr then beam the info to my phone. or visa versa.

[@liontomh]

Thank you for an good introduction to Google Keep

[@mrstevek118]

How do I delete a document in keep

[@sportsman0811]

I don't use Keep very often because I prefer to have a notebook hierachy as opposed to labels and tags. Having said that I don't use Evernote anywhere near as much as I used due to their new pricing pricing structure and also since Evernote changed the fact that in the free version you can only connect 2 devices. I have switched to Nimbus Note which I find gives you more for your money...or not, as it's free version is better than Evernote. It would be interesting if you could have a look at Nimbus Note when you have time Steve and see what you think of it. One final thing...I'm pleased to see that you are going to be using Webinar Jam again for Webinar Wednesday :)

[@dottotech]

Thanks John, I will have a look when I can fit it in. Yes, back to Old School webinars this week!

[@bobmarley965]

Beloved, hey new friends

[@IramRolon]

Do you know a way to protect (avoid delete) a note in Keep or maybe a mode to undo a change in a a note.

[@ronaldmoyer3763]

You gained a new subscriber today your awesome!!

[@dottotech]

Glad to hear it!

[@JonathanChaseHypnotist]

I use the notes app on Mac. Steve, what do you use for a CRM? I've never really used one but as I'm getting more high end connections from linkedin and podcasts it's becoming quite attractive.

[@haleyandabigailsdad]

I will start testing Keep - I like Evernote but buggy!

[@kolia15]

Thank you for this review video on google keep :)

[@MrLuigi-oi7gm]

Nice job Steve! One little pet peeve of mine. About Google Keep being "free." I would love to see bloggers, KZbinrs, etc., when they review Google products, not say they are free. Rather, I would like reviewers to remind folks that like everything in life, there is a price. In the case of Google products, the price is your personal information. If folks are fine with that, great. If not, this keeps that cost up- front and center so the customer can make the wisest long-term choices for the use of their limited resources. I think this is especially important for the education market, where the next generation of Google customers are being created as I write by eager teachers and administrators looking for the cheapest, short-term way to bring technology into the classroom. Personally, I think schools should be asking Google for much more than a couple free applications in exchange for millions and millions of future customers.

[@dottotech]

Great point, nothing in life is free I will take that to heart for future demos

[@Jivolt]

0:01 I just shot hot coffee outta my nose. #spittake Google Keep is a good app to-do list app, however, Evernote offers more features that better suit my business needs. In related news... how 'bout them Vegas Golden Knights?

[@dottotech]

Poor Winnipeg, I am not sure how I feel about the fact an expansion team has made it this far.

[@timbushell8640]

Keep - a better "Post-it" but the lack of content clipping rather than just the URL is a fatal flaw... ... and that's before we worry about the camera side. But... ... if you did want to consider it as a replacement you didn't really go into the the labels (tags) or colour usage as a replacement of an established EverNote system... ... another video soon I hope. : )))))

[@liviacheung888]

Thanks for sharing.

[@ahsankarim111]

Using keep, its good

[@feieralarm]

What I really miss about Google Keep is Markdown support. With a simple way to structure and format notes, it would instantly replace every other note taking app for me.

[@naserabedi5519]

Very useful video

[@radarfromroswell3803]

I like the demo as I found evernote too complicated for me.

[@donaldd5387]

Hi, very good review!

[@1WhoConquers]

Google Keep is one of the must-install-right-away apps on all my Android devices. Being cloud-based, I even use it for sharing bookmarks between browsers on various devices (because I'm not necessarily using the same browser on each). And even though it's cloud-based, it works perfectly fine OFFLINE, for those who have limits on their data and normally keep it off and use wifi when available. Handy for tablets that aren't online when not near wifi. My only dread is that I don't trust Google 100% - not just the privacy of information, but Google has a history of discontinuing things out of the blue even when they're popular and well-used (their RSS app, Google+, the list goes on).

[@GeFlixes]

I used Google Keep pretty extensively, even before I used Evernote. It's very quick and handy - very useful if you need/keep lists of things or for jotting down of quick ideas (the STT function is awesome). I prefer Pocket as a Link Aggregator/Read Later tool, though. And most recently I phased G Keep out totally, because you don't have the ability to connect notes like you can with Evernote. The main screen also gets cluttered really fast when you have a lot of content on it. Both of this problems ruled it out for research over time, as I'm the "make a file pile and pick the cherries out" type of guy when I'm on an information hunt and create Master Notes with summaries of articles/papers in Evernote, with links to the originals. I miss the sticky notes design of G Keep, though. It's much more visceral then the Evernote.

[@MikeFD2424]

Hi, how about importing pdfs into Evernote? It's my main use of EN, as a big filing cabinet of scanned letters, docs, statements etc so would have liked to see how that's covered in Keep and other capture apps. Thanks for the videos - watching regularly!

[@wherezthebeef]

You can upload PDFs to Google Drive and link to them in Keep, that's what I do if I really need to. For archiving PDFs, You'd probably be scanning or moving PDFs to Google Drive and not using Keep at all for this purpose.

[@scays]

Hi, I use Google keep for all my notes and snippets, and if I need to search then I just go into keep and use the search function, but if I am searching on the Web, Google keep records do not seem to be included, or do I have it wrong !.

[@johnnygeejr500]

As usual thanks , great info

[@EZMotoTim]

I like the way Google apps can be shared with other users, except!!, for Contacts. Have you come across a way to share Google Contacts with another user? My wife and I want to share our contact lists so that we don't have to edit addresses and phone numbers when they change. As for Keep, it seems that it would be cumbersome to retrieve notes once you have a few hundred filed away. Usefulness is a function of being able to access the data after it's entered.