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The Harbor press kit.
The story, the facts, the assets — and a real human who answers email. Everything on this page is free to use in coverage of Harbor.
The story
A second brain you can trust again.
Millions of people poured years of notes, documents, and ideas into Evernote — then watched its price roughly double while the product slowed down. Leaving felt impossible: that's the trap of a second brain. Your notes live there.
Harbor is the exit. Built by Cloudmanic Labs and led by Spicer Matthews, a long-time Evernote user, it imports Evernote notebooks in one step — notes, tags, checklists, attachments, and web clips — and runs natively on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, the web, and even a command line. Notes are searchable with OCR (including scans and handwriting), can be optionally end-to-end encrypted, and can be exported back out at any time.
The part aimed squarely at the category's trust problem: Harbor's pricing promise is in writing. No price increase for a subscriber's first three years, and never more than 10% a year after that. It's on the pricing page, in the terms — and written into every new account as a note, dated the day the user joined. If Harbor ever breaks the promise, the evidence is already sitting in the customer's own library.
Fast facts
| What | Private, cross-platform notes app and second brain — an Evernote alternative |
| Launched | August 1, 2026 — everything live: apps, stores, web |
| Platforms | Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, web app (PWA), and a CLI |
| Pricing | $9.99/month or $99/year — one plan, everything included, with a free plan to start |
| The promise | No price increase for your first 3 years, then capped at 10%/year — in writing |
| Import | One-step Evernote ENEX import: notes, notebooks, tags, checklists, attachments, web clips |
| Search | Full-text plus OCR — scans, photos, PDFs, and handwriting become searchable |
| Privacy | No ads, no training on your notes; optional end-to-end encryption per notebook |
| Export | Everything can be exported back out, on every plan, anytime |
| Company | Cloudmanic Labs, LLC — Newberg, Oregon; self-funded, no outside investors |
| Founder | Spicer Matthews |
| Contact | spicer@harbor.my |
Story angles
The Evernote exodus
Price hikes and layoffs sent long-time users hunting for an exit. Harbor was built by one of them — with a one-step import for the rest.
A price promise, in writing
Subscription fatigue is the story of the decade. Harbor commits on paper — no increases for 3 years, capped at 10%/year after — and then writes the promise into every new account as a note, dated the day you joined, yours to keep, export, or screenshot.
Native apps, against the tide
While the category rebuilt on Electron, Harbor shipped genuinely native apps on every platform — including a CLI.
Built to be left
Harbor's bet: people trust a notes app more when leaving is easy. Full export on every plan, no lock-in, optional encryption.
Assets
Logos & screenshots
One download with everything: wordmark and anchor mark (PNG + SVG), product screenshots, and brand photography. Please don't alter the logo or imply endorsement. Something missing — a specific size, format, or a founder photo? Email and it's yours.
Wordmark
Anchor mark
Product screenshots — four included in the kit
Boilerplate
About Harbor
Harbor is a private, cross-platform second brain: notes, scans, documents, and recordings, searchable with OCR and optionally encrypted — yours for life. It imports Evernote libraries in one step and runs natively on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, the web, and the command line, with full export on every plan and pricing that's locked in writing. Harbor is at harbor.my.
About Cloudmanic Labs
Cloudmanic Labs, LLC is a self-funded software company in Newberg, Oregon, founded by Spicer Matthews. It has been building and operating software products for more than twenty years. Harbor is its answer to a decade of watching subscription software break its promises — built by a company with the track record to keep a promise that long.
Writing about Harbor?
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Questions, interviews, a specific asset, early access to something — email Spicer directly at spicer@harbor.my and you'll hear back fast.
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