Can I import Evernote into UpNote for free?

Yes. Export your notebooks from the Evernote desktop app as .enex files, then use UpNote's own import: File, Import Notes, Evernote on a Mac, or Settings, General, Import from Evernote on Windows. For a few tidy notebooks that is all you need.

How do I keep my Evernote notebooks in UpNote?

Export each notebook as its own .enex file, select all the files in UpNote's import, and turn on Use file name as notebook. Each file then becomes a notebook named after the file, which is why you should keep the names Evernote gives the files.

Why did some notes fail to import into UpNote?

UpNote says notes with an attachment over 20 MB, or with more than 300,000 characters, may fail. Its debug log lists them (Settings, Feedback, Save Debug Log). Take the big file out or split the note, then import that note again, or let a converter do it before the import.

Do links between my Evernote notes work in UpNote?

No. UpNote says Evernote's links between notes cannot be converted: they stay as links that open Evernote. That is true whichever way you import, so note which notes you link to most and relink them in UpNote by hand.

Does importing into UpNote delete anything from Evernote?

No. Exporting makes a copy. Your notes stay in Evernote until you delete them yourself, so keep your account until you have checked UpNote.

How to import Evernote into UpNote

UpNote imports Evernote's export by itself. Here is how to do it on Mac and Windows, how to keep your notebooks, and what to do about the notes UpNote turns away.

Years of notes? this2that prepares your Evernote export for UpNote: one file per notebook, big files set aside, long notes split. The first 50 notes are free.

Evernote to UpNote →

Evernote notebooks exported as .enex files, each named after its notebook, imported into UpNote as separate notebooks

Before you start

You need the Evernote desktop app. Evernote only exports from its app for Mac and Windows, not from the web or your phone. Install it, sign in, and let it finish syncing.
Import on a computer. UpNote's Evernote import is in its Mac, Windows and Linux apps. Your notes then sync to UpNote on your phone.
On Evernote Free? The free plan is now 50 notes and one notebook, but over the limit you can still view, edit and export your notes.
Look for big notes. UpNote may reject a note with an attachment over 20 MB or more than 300,000 characters of text. Scanned PDFs, videos and long clipped articles are the usual ones.

Step 1: Export your notebooks from Evernote

Open the Evernote desktop app and go to Notebooks.
Right-click a notebook (or open its More actions menu) and choose Export Notebook.
Choose ENEX as the format and save the file into one folder you keep for the export.
Repeat for every notebook, keeping the file names Evernote gives. UpNote can name each notebook after its file.

Evernote exports whole notebooks, or up to 100 notes you pick by hand, so go notebook by notebook. Our guide to exporting all your Evernote notes covers the 100-note limit, phone and web accounts, and a free tool that exports a whole account at once.

Method 1: UpNote's own Evernote import

Free and built in. These are the steps from UpNote's help page:

Open the import. On a Mac: File, Import Notes, Evernote. On Windows: Settings, General, Import from Evernote.
Press Select .enex files and choose all your files at once.
Turn on Use file name as notebook, so each file becomes its own notebook.
Choose whether your Evernote tags become hashtags or notebooks.
If you like, pick a notebook for the imported notes. It is not a parent for the new notebooks: nest them after the import.
Press Import Notes.

The limits UpNote lists:

Notes with an attachment over 20 MB, or with more than 300,000 characters, may fail. The debug log (Settings, Feedback, Save Debug Log) shows which.
Links between Evernote notes cannot be converted. They stay as links that open Evernote.
Text and highlight colors are removed by default, so the notes read well in light and dark mode.
Special characters in tags become dashes, since UpNote hashtags do not allow them.
Bulk imports are limited when they would take your account past 20,000 notes or 10 GB of attachments; in that case UpNote says you can import up to 50 notes at a time.

When it is enough: a few notebooks without huge attachments or very long notes. Import them, check the debug log, and you are done.

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this2that turns your .enex files into one file per notebook, named after it, with files over 20 MB set aside and very long notes split before UpNote sees them. Your first 50 notes are free.

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Method 2: this2that, then UpNote's import

This is the tool we make, so weigh this section accordingly. UpNote still does the import; this2that prepares the files so every note fits. It does not connect to Evernote: it works from the .enex files you exported in Step 1.

Open Evernote to UpNote, sign in, and add all your .enex files at once.
Browse your notebooks and notes like folders and preview how any note will look. Tick whole notebooks or single notes, then press Convert.
Download the zip and unzip it.
In UpNote, open the Evernote import as in Method 1, select all the files at once, and turn on Use file name as notebook.

What you get:

One file per notebook, named after it, so each becomes the right notebook in UpNote.
Files over 20 MB taken out of their notes and put in a Large files folder, sorted by notebook. The note keeps a line saying which file was there, so you can drag it back in.
Very long notes split into parts named like Title (1 of 2), with all of the text across the parts.
Very large notebooks split into parts, so each import stays a size UpNote handles well.
Tags, created and edited dates, photos and checklists with each note.
Web clips saved as whole pages trimmed to the article, without the menus and ads around it.
A list, in the download, of every file set aside and every note split.

One thing it does not change: links between Evernote notes still open Evernote in UpNote, as with UpNote's own import.

The conversion runs in the cloud, so you can close the tab while it works, and your export is deleted after 7 days. Your first 50 notes are free. After that you buy a one-time pack by number of notes: up to 1,000 notes $29, up to 10,000 notes $49 and up to 50,000 notes $99. Packs stack, and a note counts once, so converting the same notes again for another app costs nothing.

Which method should you use?

A few notebooks, no huge files: UpNote's own import. It is free and it is enough.
Years of notes, scanned PDFs, videos, long web clips: this2that, so no note is turned away and you know before the import what was set aside.
Not sure yet? Try UpNote's import first and check the debug log. If notes failed, this2that's first 50 notes are free, and you can preview any note before converting.

Weighing Apple Notes too? See how to move Evernote to Apple Notes.

After the move

Compare the number of notes in each notebook with what Evernote shows.
Open notes with photos, PDFs and checklists and check they look right.
Add back any large files you want inside their notes, and relink the notes you link to most.
Keep your Evernote account, and your .enex files, until you are sure nothing is missing.