Clips pages and highlights into Evernote notebooks
Free clipper; Evernote ~$14.99/mo
- Extension
- App
Destination - Note apps
Best Web Clippers for Note-Taking Apps (2026)
If your notes already live in Evernote, OneNote, Joplin, or Obsidian, the clipper you want is usually the one the note app ships itself - it knows the note format, the notebook structure, and the sync path. All four official clippers are free. They differ in what they preserve: OneNote gives you four capture modes including a PDF with page ranges, Evernote keeps a simplified article view with annotation, Joplin talks to the local desktop app rather than a cloud service, and the Obsidian clipper writes Markdown files you own outright.
How they compare
| Tool | Price | Free tier | Type | Saves to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evernote Web Clipper | Free clipper; Evernote ~$14.99/mo | Yes | Extension, App | Evernote |
| Joplin Web Clipper | Free; Joplin Cloud from €2.99/mo | Yes | Open source, Extension, App | Joplin · Local files |
| Matter | Free + $8/mo | Yes | Extension, App | Its own library · Notion · Obsidian |
| Obsidian Web Clipper | Free | Yes | Open source, Extension, App | Obsidian · Local files |
| OneNote Web Clipper | Free | Yes | Extension, App | OneNote |
| Readwise Reader | $9.99/mo (annual) | No | Extension, App | Its own library · Notion · Obsidian · Evernote |
| Web Clipper | Free | Yes | Open source, Extension | Notion · OneNote · Joplin · Obsidian |
| Web Highlights | Free + Premium | Yes | Extension, App | Its own library · Notion · Obsidian · Local files |
All 8 tools
Clips pages into open-source Joplin notes app
Free; Joplin Cloud from €2.99/mo
- Open source
- Extension
- App
Polished iOS reader with high-quality text-to-speech
Free + $8/mo
- Extension
- App
Clips pages as Markdown into local Obsidian vaults
Free
- Open source
- Extension
- App
Clips web pages into Microsoft OneNote
Free
- Extension
- App
Power-user reader with highlights, RSS, and newsletters
$9.99/mo (annual)
- Extension
- App
Open-source clipper for Notion, OneNote, Yuque, more
Free
- Open source
- Extension
Highlight and annotate web pages and PDFs
Free + Premium
- Extension
- App
FAQ
Which note app has the best web clipper?
Ever-ote's is the most polished after fifteen years of iteration, and OneNote's is the most flexible on capture modes. For local-first notes, the Obsidian and Joplin clippers are the only ones here that never send the clip through a company's servers.
Is there one clipper that saves to several note apps?
Yes - the open-source Web Clipper supports eighteen-plus destinations including Notion, OneNote, Joplin, Obsidian, Bear, and Confluence, with a plugin architecture for adding more. It trades per-app polish for reach.