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Try to remember: Evernote vs. Springpad

06.05.2011
Sometimes it seems as though technology is making our lives more complicated, not less. There's a vast amount of information out there, much of which we seem determined to save. We collect it from the Web, from our scanners and via our smartphone cameras, and it can range from important data such as tax returns, family pictures and contracts to the photo you took of the wine that your friend served you last Thursday. Where do you put it all, and how do you find it again?

A number of applications promise to help you track that cacophony of information. Currently, the two kings of this particular castle are and . They are both Web-based tools designed to serve as bottomless repositories; they're built to enable people to deposit almost any type of digital information and then organize it, categorize it and/or retrieve it when needed.

There are, of course, a number of other applications designed to help users collect and organize digital information, but most of them are more focused (and, as a result, more limited) than Evernote or Springpad.

Three popular programs are OS-dependent: Windows users can turn to to collect text, photos, videos and clippings from Web sites, and Mac enthusiasts can do similar things with or .

There are also a number of -based applications that are either limited to specific types of data (for example, is a text app that works on the Web or with iOS devices) or more suited to people who use specific apps or software suites (, for example, is a OneNote-like Web app that works best with other Zoho applications). And a new application called lets you save Web content; it's available in a Windows client version or as an iPhone, or iPod Touch app.