For Eagle users

An Eagle alternative that reads what you saved

Eagle is a library for design assets. Tenoa is a library for everything you save: screenshots, pages, videos, PDFs, notes. Search reads inside them, every file gets a markdown note beside it, and the free phone app saves into the same folder

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My Library

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A masonry wall of saved images, articles, videos and notes in Tenoa

What changes when you switch

No library container Search inside the content Save from iPhone and iPad No subscription

On the phone

Saving to Tenoa takes one tap

The free iPhone app lets you collect articles on the go, straight into the library on your computer.

The iPhone and iPad apps are free

Eagle is a good tool, and it proved something. A local visual library, bought once, no subscription, is a product people will pay for. If your library is design assets and you live on the desktop, Eagle does that job well and cheaply. Keep it.

Most of what I save is not a design asset. It is a screenshot of a conversation, a page I want to come back to, a talk on YouTube, a paper as a PDF, a note to myself. Eagle treats those as files with tags. I wanted to search what was inside them, so Tenoa reads them.

So the transcript of the talk becomes searchable text. The words in the screenshot come back when you search for them. The paper carries a summary. And every one of those items is a markdown file sitting beside the original in a normal folder. There is no library container. Open the folder in any app and it is all there.

Both tools have free iPhone and iPad apps. Eagle Pocket lets you browse, search, and edit tags or annotations in an existing library. It does not capture or save new items. Tenoa lets you save screenshots, pages, and images from your phone into the same library on your computer.

One thing to be straight about: I have not lived in Eagle for months the way I lived in mymind. Eagle has added AI search and a phone app since I first looked, which is why I rechecked everything on 4 October 2026 against their docs, store page, and plugin directory. If I have something wrong, email me and I will fix it.

Side by side

How the two actually compare

The honest version, including where Eagle is still ahead

	Eagle	Tenoa
What it is for	Design assets: images, fonts, colors, references. Very good at exactly that	Everything you save: images, screenshots, pages, videos, PDFs, notes
How your files are stored	Originals inside a .library folder with Eagle's metadata	Originals in a normal folder, each with a markdown note beside it that any app can read
Search	Tags, colors, shapes, and built-in local AI search (visual and natural language)	Reads inside the content: text in screenshots, PDF text, video transcripts, and matches by meaning. Everything runs on your computer
Text inside images	Separate plugins (Copy Image Text, Extract Text). Not confirmed to be built in	Built in, runs on your computer
Summaries	Not confirmed. Its AI Action feature names, tags and organizes files	Videos and documents can carry a summary and key points. Local model, or an AI service with your own key
Saving from the browser	Hover buttons, drag, right-click, batch-save every asset on a page, screenshots. Years of refinement	Hover to save an image, one-click page capture, paste a link, drop a file. Safari extension built in, and Chrome and Firefox extensions are now live
Mobile	Free Eagle Pocket app for iPhone and iPad. Browses and edits an existing library. Does not save new items	Free iPhone and iPad apps. Save screenshots, pages, and images directly into the same library
Platforms	Mac and Windows, mature on both	Mac and Windows today
Price	$34.95 once, two computers, lifetime updates	$49 once, three computers, a year of updates. Optional $29 a year for hosted sync and new features

No library container

A folder any app can open

Every item in Tenoa is a markdown file you can open anywhere, with the original saved beside it in a normal folder. Your note, the tags and the summary live in that file, so they travel with it. Tenoa keeps a search index on top so everything stays fast. That index is throwaway. It rebuilds itself from the files whenever it needs to

Three things follow. There is no export step, because the files were yours from the moment you saved them. Any other tool can read the library: a text editor, a backup script, your own AI setup. If the app goes away, you lose the app. The files stay

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Tenoa LibraryOn My Mac

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pricing-thread-screenshot.pngPNG image · 1.4 MB · the original, untouched

Today

pricing-thread-screenshot.mdMarkdown document · 2 KB · the text in the image, your note, the tags

Today

The event loop explained.mdMarkdown document · 41 KB · summary, chapters, full transcript

Yesterday

PDF

attention-paper.pdfPDF document · 2.2 MB

Yesterday

The difference in practice

Find the thing, even if you forgot its name

Nobody browses ten thousand screenshots. You search them, and the filename is rarely the thing you remember. Tenoa reads what you saved so a plain-language search brings it back: a slide in a PDF, a line in a screenshot, an idea buried forty minutes into a talk

ScreenshotsThe words in the image are read on your computer and become searchable. Search "cancel anytime" and the pricing screenshot comes back
VideosSaved with the transcript, split into chapters. Search hits inside the transcript and clicking a chapter lands on that moment
More like thisFrom any item, Tenoa shows the others about the same idea, matched on meaning rather than tags. It runs on your machine with the local model

A saved video in Tenoa with a summary and key points

Fair is fair

Who should stay on Eagle

Eagle is cheaper, older, and better at its own job. Switch only if your library has outgrown that job

Your library is design assetsand you want color search, format filters, font handling, and batch capture of every image on a page. That is Eagle's home ground
You want the lowest price and lifetime updatesEagle is $34.95 once, forever. Tenoa is $49 once with a year of updates, then an optional annual
You want a long-established Windows appEagle's Windows app has been around for years, while Tenoa's Windows app is new and is available from the Microsoft Store

If what you save is mostly screenshots, pages, videos and documents, and you keep failing to find things you know you saved, that is what Tenoa is for

Pricing

Buy the app.
Keep the app

One purchase instead of a yearly plan. The optional annual covers the part that costs money to keep running. It does not rent your own library back to you

Launch price

Tenoa desktop

^$49 once

One license for up to three desktop computers, plus your first year of Tenoa Sync + Updates

✓ The full desktop app
✓ Files stored on your own devices
✓ Mac and Windows count together
✓ iPhone and iPad apps free
✓ 14-day free trial, no card needed
✓ 14-day, no-questions refund

Download the free 14-day trial

Or buy Tenoa desktop now · $49

Your license key arrives by email within a minute of purchase. Refunds are honored for 14 days, no questions asked. Write to hello@tenoa.app if anything goes sideways

Optional after year one

Tenoa Sync + Updates

^$29 / year

Hosted syncing across networks, plus new features released after your included year

✓ Tenoa-hosted device sync
✓ New features while current
✓ Same-network sync stays free
✓ Security fixes stay free
✓ Compatibility fixes stay free

If you stop paying, everything you already own keeps working

FAQ

Questions people coming from Eagle ask

What is the difference between Eagle and Tenoa?+

Eagle is a desktop library for design assets, sold once with lifetime updates. Tenoa is a visual library for everything you save: images, screenshots, web pages, videos, PDFs and notes. Every item is a markdown file beside the original, search reads inside the content, and there are free iPhone and iPad apps

Can Tenoa search the text inside a screenshot?+

Yes. Search reads the words in a screenshot, the text of a PDF and the transcript of a video, on your own computer. Eagle offers image text through separate plugins such as Copy Image Text and Extract Text. I could not confirm that it is built in

Does Tenoa keep my original files?+

Yes. The original image, PDF or page sits untouched in a normal folder next to a markdown file that holds your note, the tags and the summary. There is no library container. Any app can open the folder

Can I move my Eagle library into Tenoa?+

Eagle can export your originals to a folder, and Tenoa can import a folder of files. Tags and notes do not travel inside the exported files, so check what you need before you move. A dedicated Eagle importer is not built yet. Email hello@tenoa.app if you want one; the order importers get built in is decided by who asks

Is Tenoa cheaper than Eagle?+

No. Eagle is $34.95 once with lifetime updates for two computers. Tenoa is $49 once for up to three desktop computers with a year of updates, then an optional $29 a year for hosted sync and new features. If you stop paying, everything you own keeps working

What platforms are supported?+

Today, Tenoa runs on Mac and Windows. The Mac app has a built-in Safari extension, plus live extensions for Chrome and Firefox. The free iPhone and iPad apps are live on the App Store

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