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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 491-500 out of 1830

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Anonymous User

10/23/19

4.5 out of 5

"Very good tool for making notes"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? It is easy to use with user friendly interface What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Nothing to dislike about this product because it is almost perfect Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: Use this product to achieve goals What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Project management problems

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Kira K

10/23/19

4 out of 5

"Good alternative for those who prefer typing"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? One Note is great in meetings. A lot more efficient for me to take notes compared to handwriting, and the best part is that i can just quickly edit it into meeting minutes as opposed to retype handwritten text and then edit it. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? I sometimes feel like it needs more hot keys for the PC version, but i guess people using it on tablets don't have that problem. What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and ...

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Anonymous User

10/22/19

3.5 out of 5

"Useful, in many ways "Word with additional features""

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? You can copy and paste images and rich text. You can add text, free draw. It is hard to get super excited about OneNote, but it is better for taking notes than Word. The way data is organized (which I think could be better, see below) is better for note taking than is Word. It feels like an incremental step beyond word tailored for Note taking, not anything groundbreaking. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? The way notes are organized ...

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AU

Anonymous User

10/22/19

3.5 out of 5

"Useful, in many ways "Word with additional features""

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? You can copy and paste images and rich text. You can add text, free draw. It is hard to get super excited about OneNote, but it is better for taking notes than Word. The way data is organized (which I think could be better, see below) is better for note taking than is Word. It feels like an incremental step beyond word tailored for Note taking, not anything groundbreaking. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? The way notes are organized ...

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AU

Anonymous User

10/22/19

5 out of 5

"No problems"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? What I like best about Microsoft one note is it is easy to use. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? There is nothing I dislike about Microsoft One Note. What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you? It is very useful for keeping my notes organized.

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Maposholi M

10/22/19

4.5 out of 5

"Paperless Notes automatically sync'd into the cloud"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? It is easy to organise my work in different notebooks for different departments. Depending on the task, I can seamlessly integrate scanned documents, photos, excel data and other things whilst being able to scribble annotations and sharing them with other people. It's done wonders for organisation when I am in my office What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Why aren't the versions the same for Mac and PC? I am frustrated by my Mac Book ...

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AU

Anonymous User

10/21/19

3.5 out of 5

"Best used for multi component text project "

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I lol the ability to write many pages that can then be saved as a combined final Project ie like a manual with many chapters. Or even several invoices compiled into a single condensed PDF doc What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? There aren’t many formatting options available What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Problems with formatting. Benefit is that work saves as you go

AU

Anonymous User

10/21/19

5 out of 5

"How I used OneNote"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I liked being able to - at a glance - see all of the notes from requirements interviews for a recent project. I am starting a new project and will use it in a similar manner. This time it will include more items such as forms, etc. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? For some reason, I seem to struggle with printing from a OneNote document. It is not apparent how to and I need to look into it each time. What problems is Microsoft ...

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lalit M

10/21/19

5 out of 5

"OneNote Is For organize Your thought "

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? OneNote help us to save our thought in organize form that help us for make proper organized collaborated document in the form of Notes. We can use different type documents for make your notes more attractive. we also save our design on this for use in next time What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? When we save our Idea , thought or any data on this then if we want keep securities in any notes and make them personal than it is not ...

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AU

Anonymous User

10/21/19

5 out of 5

"OneNote "

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? The application keeps me organized. It is a time saver. The immersive tools are a game changer. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? When you share with others the conflict pages can be a pain. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: If you like to be efficient, organized and productive this is the software to use What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you? We use OneNote every day to ...

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