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First off, Notion is vastly superior to Evernote in every way (IMO). They have super streamlined apps for both Android and iOS, and the learning curve is negligible. Fully accessible in any browser, too. Once mastered, Notion is ridiculously powerful, and their free account ridiculously generous.
That being said, I recently discovered Obsidian, and although I have big love for Notion, I don't think I'll be using it anymore.
Obsidian also has apps, both for mobile and (native) desktop (Mac, Win, Linux), ~~is open source~~ (edit: my bad, not open source), and has a thriving plugin community on GitHub.
The learning curve is steeper, and Obsidian is one of those things that's so flexible that it's borderline overwhelming, but if you can wrap your head around how you want to use it, make it suit your needs, it's the absolute bee's knees.
Personally, I use Obsidian on my Mac desktop, and sync my Vaults (basically just a specific folder on your HDD containing your notes (individual markdown.md files) and folders) with Google Drive. I then sync the changes to my Android phone using Autosync for Google Drive, where I use the native Obsidian app, and Google Drive syncs to my Chromebook where I run the Obsidian Linux client.
I can't stress enough how much I love Obsidian, it's truly been one of my top 3 new software revelations in the last 5 years (Raycast and Midjourney being the other two). Highly recommended ❤️
Edit: Sorry, just now noticed this was posted in FOSS, so my suggestions might not be valid. Just thought since you're coming from Evernote, and there are fantastic, free alternatives, you might want to look into those 🙂 Both my recommendations have paid options (Obsidian offers paid sync, but is completely compatible with free alternatives), but both work amazingly without ever opening your wallet.
I tried Obsidian, but I'm building a meal planner and a workout planner in Notion and I just can't imagine getting anywhere near this juice for my squeeze from Obsidian. I also live for the consistency between Windows and Android and the simple and clear notifications from my projects, tasks, and calendar on BOTH reliably.
Do I need to give Obsidian a 2nd look? Any resource you recommend for plug-ins or specific plug-ins? Thanks!
Honestly, that sounds like something you're going to have a much better time doing in Notion 😅
Your use case is outside the type of thing I use Obsidian for (notes, brainstorms, longform/fiction writing, project development), so there might be plugins I don't know about that will help you do what you're describing, but then I'm not the right person to ask 😕
I'm not sure what type of functionality it is you want to end up with, but if Notion doesn't get you there, my first thoughts would be to try Google Sheets (can do almost anything, but steep learning curve for advanced stuff), or maybe even Airtable (which I haven't looked at since I found Notion, at least 5 years ago, so unsure how they've been developing).
Good luck with the project! 😃🤘