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Microsoft OneNote - Note Taking Software

Microsoft OneNote Reviews in June 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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Microsoft OneNote Reviews & Ratings

4.2

Very Good

Based on 2454 ratings & 1830 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(1288)

Very Good

(421)

Good

(83)

Poor

(26)

Terible

(12)

Spotsaas Editor’s POV

Microsoft OneNote has established itself as a versatile and indispensable organizational tool, catering to a wide range of users' needs. Its seamless integration with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including Outlook and Teams, enhances productivity and collaboration. Users appreciate the ability to synchronize notes across devices, making it easy to stay organized ...Read more

Microsoft OneNote pros and cons

  • Seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook and other Office 365 tools, enhancing organization and productivity.

  • Allows for quick and easy note-taking across projects and workflows, improving efficiency.

  • Offers a versatile and structured organizational tool for various types of data, media, and information.

  • Facilitates collaboration through shared notebooks and real-time editing, enhancing teamwork.

  • Lack of advanced features and functionality across different platforms and applications, impacting uniformity and user experience.

  • Some users find the formatting and customization options challenging, especially for new users.

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Showing 1611-1620 out of 1830

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Seyker

06/19/17

5 out of 5

I love to take all notes with this app

I love to take all notes with this app, it makes everything easy and comfortable, and specially very visually.

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Ruturaj H

06/15/17

5 out of 5

"Easy to use document sharing tool "

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? Easy to use application, search option by document title, multiple users can edit, keeps track of edits made by user name, What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? search text among all documents is not available What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Communicate, document changes, create share notes, knowledge dump during software development

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Ekaterina S

06/14/17

4.5 out of 5

"A good alternative to Evernote"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I love Evernote, so when my offline app stopped working when I was journaling during my vacation I started to use OneNote and still continue to create offline notes there. 1. Hierarchy of notes (tree-structure). 2. Formatting functions (limited but close to the Word though) 3. Recording video, audio, screen-shooting, painting - directly in the app. 4. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? 1. You cannot give access to separate notes, to ...

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Anonymous User

06/06/17

5 out of 5

"OneNote - Great for daily work notes"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? OneNote definitely seems to be more built out on windows machines, but the online version gets the job done too. It's extremely useful for keep quick notes that you may reference relatively quickly but info you never have to keep in your head. I love using it at conferences too. It helps my OCD mind be organized on a desktop. It's also free now which is great What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? OneNote is still limited in some editions ...

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Amit B

05/31/17

4.5 out of 5

"Awesome for notetaking"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? Too many applications become bloated by trying to do many things. OneNote focusses on being the best tool for note-taking and does it very well. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? There is not a lot to dislike when it works (which is most of the time). However on rare occasion, it crashes without warning. I have encountered this only on Mac. I never had this issue when I was a user of OneNote for Windows. Recommendations to others ...

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Mason M

05/31/17

4.5 out of 5

"OneNote is a real notebook work horse"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? OneNote is a straightforward note taking tool. Easy to pick up and use. It is cross-platform and syncs quickly. Other nice features are; built in drawing tools (great for markup on mobile), easy formatting and the ability to drag and drop images and Office documents. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Collaboration can be tricky and inconstant. Migrating from Evernote to OneNote wasn't perfect. I have spent hours adjusting my imported ...

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Anonymous User

05/23/17

5 out of 5

"Need this product if you want to capture all the notes! "

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? You can type, draw, and record audio. All these things combine into allowing you to capture all necessary notes. It has easy saving, opening, and syncing. Playback is valuable for constant relistening to recorded notes. Drawing works better in this product than other microsoft products. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? I wish the format for seeing multiple pages was different, easier to see multiple pages at one ...

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Anonymous User

05/19/17

4.5 out of 5

"OneNote helps to keep me beyond organized!"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I like the ability to attach files & emails while keeping all of my notes in one place. I also love the option to use OneNote both on the computer and my phone with the app! What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? At this time there isn't anything I dislike - there is a lot of functions though I am not yet using as I'm still learning all of the capabilities. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: Be patient when learning ...

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Anonymous User

05/15/17

5 out of 5

"Life-changing"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I like how organized OneNote lets me be. It keeps everything easy to search, able to email a page quickly, and is color coded. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? I do not dislike anything about this software. It is helped me tremendously. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: Recommend using this immediately upon starting a new job. It is great! What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting ...

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Myra N

05/12/17

2.5 out of 5

"Works Great"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I like that OneNote can sync to Microsoft OneDrive. I use it on different computers and sometimes I use it on my telephone. I enjoy that I can access it anywhere. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? I do not like how hard it is to interact with other people's accounts. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: I advise anyone wanting to use this product to take a visual tutorial to understand the features. What problems ...

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