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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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Erika R

07/19/19

4.5 out of 5

"Fantastic and great tool to take notes and Organize, simple and easy to use."

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? This is a tool that helps me keep track of the things I need to sort and not lose any information or data, and always keep the notes well organized. I can add everything I need to do, outstanding travel notes from meetings to complete, organize schedules, etc. and be aware of everything I need to do easily. It is available for desktop, web and mobile platforms, which makes it accessible from anywhere, I can finally put all my thoughts here ...

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Favio David S

07/19/19

5 out of 5

"Very good app for taking quick notes"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? Very simple to use, low memory footprint and really nice UI, it's easy to focus on ideas when you can just click a button and start writing or drawing instead of finding where to click, almost the same as paper. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? If I stop using office 365 I'll lose access to OneNote, this should be a free app. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: I started using it as it already included in Office ...

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Alfonzo Daniel I

07/18/19

5 out of 5

"Order and efficiency in your ideas."

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? In the systems and applications market, there are a lot of offers of tools to organize notes and ideas, with different focus and characteristics. A small group, of these programs, has the approval and has the general use of most users, but in the last three years, the giant Microsoft, has been improving its OneNote program. It has most of the functions that the rest of similar programs, hosting in the cloud, sharing data, a practical interface, ...

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Ozgur M

07/17/19

5 out of 5

"It is a great tool for being tidy and organized"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? It allows me to capture all my ideas and to-do's flying in the air. With this tool I can easily set daily-weekly targets and follow up my own plans. I can also highlight the important ones, I can check it as 'Done' I can see the progress I have made. I can see if there is an unefficiency of mine. Catch the daily must-do's I can add links. I can embed and PDF, attach a file, etc. I can record an audio file.I can take my notes with my voice. What ...

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Mike D

07/17/19

4.5 out of 5

"Good application for taking notes "

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? It's very flexible, you can type a note, or dictate it or draw it on the screen, works almost the same on my iPhone and on my Macbook. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Syncing is the reason this is a 9 and not a 10, it gets annoying sometimes, it's inexplicably slow sometimes. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: If your company is already paying for office 365 give it a try, it's included in the price ...

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Anonymous User

07/16/19

4.5 out of 5

"OneNote (E-Paper)"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? Its an effective way to organize the project data's and ideas. We can take quick notes anywhere on the page. It has multiple sections for all kind of activities.Instead for having multiple notepads,all the information can be organized in a same doc in various sections. We can also have multiple pages under each sections.We can include text, images , videos etc to OneNote. We don't require a separate cropping tool. It is embedded in this ...

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Liliane R

07/15/19

4.5 out of 5

"Great note taking app for Mobile and Desktop"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? All office apps should be as consistent as OneNote, works really well in MacOSX, Android, iPhone and windows, consistent interface and same functions taking into consideration the different input methods. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Syncing needs to improve, many of my coworkers changed application because they got annoyed of syncing issues Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: Besides Syncing that is subpar, ...

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Holly E G

07/14/19

5 out of 5

"Great for Graduate Students"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? I love the options for folder creation, hand writing, organization, and even fonts. It is great for note taking and for keeping papers and assignments organized for school. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Sometimes it can be clunky and slow to load on my computer, though I do like the mobile applications. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: It is great, but definitely use tagging and folders What problems is ...

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Anonymous User

07/13/19

4.5 out of 5

"Awesome notes software"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? The ability to create different tabs and notebooks What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Sometimes unable to sync with other devices What problems is Microsoft OneNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Not forgetting things

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Aaron G

07/12/19

4.5 out of 5

"Good application for taking notes"

What do you like best about Microsoft OneNote? It does exactly what it's supposed to do, It takes notes, autosaves and exports easily. What do you dislike about Microsoft OneNote? Sometimes formatting gets a little weird and exporting a note with formatting to PDF looks different so I avoid it completely. Recommendations to others considering Microsoft OneNote: Drawing on the screen with the mouse and combining it with letters is my favorite way to keep notes. I highly recommend it. What ...

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