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The problem with the comparison review
A while back I had a decision to make. I was a long term Evernote user and had also dabbled a note taking system in Notion. UpNote was my latest discovery and I had fallen in love. So, I did a comparison review. This was for my own benefit initially. Months later I decided to type it up and publish it as a blog post. Scroll forwards again and with all the new surrounding Evernote and price hikes, I made a straight up comparison video between Evernote & UpNote. But there is a problem with the comparison review. Two really but they are quite similar.
You see, to pit two apps against each other, you have to define the categories or criteria by which you will judge them. In short, you have to answer the question 'What do I want to do with an app?’. Only when you have an understanding of some objective standards by which both apps will be judged, can you then pit them against each other to review them.
Problem 1
This raises the first problem. Everyone’s standards will be different. I’ll be honest, I think the process of my comparison review will have been helpful in several ways. It will have showcased a wide array of different features within the apps. Alongside this, the review highlights some different use cases of those features and for those apps. Finally, though it is only my opinion, you get some evaluation of the…
