However, it was criticized for a lack of formatting options and editing features. It received particular praise for its support for rich media from a variety of sources, with one reviewer noting that Paper's support for rich media exceeds the capabilities of most of its competitors.
Critics praised collaboration functionality, including content available immediately, the ability to mention specific collaborators, assign tasks, write comments, as well as editing attribution, and revision history. Reception of Dropbox Paper has been mixed. With Paper, teams can create, review, revise, manage, and organize-all in shared documents". It offers a web application, as well as mobile apps for Android and iOS.ĭropbox Paper was described in the official announcement post as "a flexible workspace that brings people and ideas together. Originating from the company's acquisition of document collaboration company Hackpad in April 2014, Dropbox Paper was officially announced in October 2015, and launched in January 2017. Paper also requires a third-party editing service but does not directly support any which means you’re on your own with the search choices.Dropbox Paper, or simply Paper, is a collaborative document-editing service developed by Dropbox. Quite a step up from Evernote’s limited depth.īoth options provide basic text formatting (bold, italics, bullet points, etc.) Where Evernote earns some points is the ability to support image editing through Skitch. This system allows you to create as many folders within folders as you’d like. This is one of the similarities it has with the Google Docs and Microsoft. You can then categorize these notes with tags for organizational purposes.ĭropbox does things a little different.
You brainstorm an idea and Evernote provides a place for you to jot it down and save it for later. If anything, Dropbox Paper seems to imitate Evernote and Microsoft’s OneNote far more than anything you’d find on Google Drive.Įvernote is and was always meant to be a note-taking tool. Google Docs is a style and editing tool for word documents, whereas Paper represents something closer to collaborative note-taking software. Aside from collaboration efforts, they’re not even similar in most respects. In all fairness, a direct comparison shouldn’t really be a discussion. In this comparison, Paper should have spent more time at the shooting range. This phrase seems all too relevant when stacking up Dropbox Paper to Google Docs. “When you come for the king, you had better not miss”.
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