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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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Tim B

04/24/17

5 out of 5

"Great tool to organize work and personal files."

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I like the fact I can have separate files for work, personal etc. and be able to sub organize within each category. I use the share feature to send collected info to colleagues. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? I do not have any complaints on the application. It is a very good organizational tool. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: I would recommend OneNote to use for both personal and work. It is one of the ...

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Claire B

04/16/17

5 out of 5

"OneNote is my everything."

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? OneNote is the ultimate scratch pad for someone like me. It is my "go to" for everything, literally everything, from virtual whiteboarding to old school note-taking, from drafting emails to brainstorming with colleagues. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? I am sometime frustrated that OneNote and Word are not more closely related. There are features from Word that are missing from OneNote in the name of keeping OneNote simple. Great ...

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Sara P

04/16/17

4.5 out of 5

"Note Taking in OneNote"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? One Note is easy to use especially when you are learning a new topic or product, have notes all in one place unlike Word where you have to access separate documents What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? can be difficult to find what you are looking for if it is on different pages or tabs, there is a search for function but if you have multiple booklets of notes, topics, can be difficult to find what you are looking for Recommendations to ...

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AU

Anonymous User

04/16/17

4.5 out of 5

"Great tool - OneNote"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I love the potential that OneNote has. I wish someone would come and organize all of my notes for me into ONeNotes. It feels like once I got into the swing of using One Note, it would negate the need for extra paper notebooks. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? I struggle with wrapping my head around the organization of all of the notes. Would love a tutorial. This probably exists somewhere. What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving ...

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AU

Anonymous User

04/12/17

5 out of 5

"Great software for collaboration and note taking"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? Simple user interface to allow for keeping notes and tasks organized What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Some functions are not as user friendly as I would like What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Tracking meeting notes, and the benefit is that we have a central location for all notes

BJ

Ben J

04/11/17

4.5 out of 5

"One Note Review"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? One Note is a great program to just throw down any thoughts, ideas, notes, or details you need to remember or keep. It also saves automatically and I can organize it as detailed or as general as I want. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? I don't like how there really isn't too much organization to begin with. You start with a completely blank slate and I wish there was an option to have certain organized pages. What problems is ...

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Keene M

04/09/17

4.5 out of 5

"A rock solid, and under utilized addition to the Office Suite"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? Its fantastic note taking. I run multiple notebooks, some are shared, some not, the styling is easy to work with. I love the checkbox lines - and use those ALL the time! Its a great tool. Once you get used to using it, its really hard not to love it. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? The autosync stuff works pretty well going to the cloud, but coming back, not as much as I would like. I'm not saying its terrible, its just not quite a ...

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Jamie H

04/03/17

5 out of 5

"This is NOT just another Notepad!"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? It goes everywhere, thanks to OneDrive it is on my phone, tablet, computer, at work, you name it....it is there. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? The limits on tags and the inability to create a tag/term library. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: Please give it a try....even if it is the free weak-sauce webapp or windowsapp version, it is really really great. Don't go into this thinking that you are using a ...

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AU

Anonymous User

04/03/17

3.5 out of 5

"Great for organization!"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I loved how this program helped with getting me organized. It takes awhile to get used to using this program and saving all your information to it, but once it becomes second nature, it will save you time and keep your files, emails and note taking more organized. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? It is incredibly hard to get used to this program. I think the hardest part of getting accustomed to this product was the fact that it was ...

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AU

Anonymous User

04/03/17

5 out of 5

"Helps note taking"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? Our use of onenote makes it easy to share notes and passwords. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Drawing features could be more extensive. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: Great for note taking What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Note taking in meetings.

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