OneNote Usability, Reviews & Ratings 2023

Overview

What is OneNote?

Microsoft's OneNote is a digital note-taking app, supporting photos, annotating, web page clipping, emailing, and synchronizing notes across devices.

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My Software Preferences

4 out of 10

May 05, 2023

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We used it for content development within Teams. Separated out different projects in the tabs etc. it was alright, the only thing that was …

OneNote - The best way to organize and create your ideas and documentations.

9 out of 10

March 09, 2023

Incentivized

I use OneNote on a daily bases with my organization for meetings, tasks, ideas, technical writing, notes, reminders and schedules to name …

One Note - a single place to host all your meeting notes and source of truth

10 out of 10

March 07, 2023

i use one note for taking call notes. have it organized and shared with my teams either via email or via teams group chat. it serves well …

OneNote

9 out of 10

March 07, 2023

OneNote allows us to take digital hand written notes with clients converting notes into the CRM easily and effectively. It allows …

OneNote: Create and organize notebooks and binders digitally

9 out of 10

August 09, 2022

Incentivized

Being a Managed Services Provider I need to take a lot of notes and store most of them. I wanted software that would replace having to use …

OneNote: Great Organization and Collaboration Tool

9 out of 10

April 26, 2022

Incentivized

We use Onenote as a personal checklist for our organization. It is also used within the department for collaboration on projects, tracking …

A MUST NEED for EVERY company!

9 out of 10

December 28, 2021

Incentivized

Organization, utilization, productivity, etc. Used for all our billable tickets and ticket notes, as well as logins, etc.

OneNote - Excellent for notetaking and collaboration

10 out of 10

November 25, 2021

Incentivized

I use OneNote daily for everything from taking basic general notes to recording meeting minutes and attendance for our project meetings. …

Useful where needed, but make sure it works for your use FIRST!

6 out of 10

November 25, 2021

Incentivized

I mainly use OneNote to backup data from Facebook (posts in my own small group) and to use each note (each post is a new note) as a to-do …

OneNote is the All-in-One Notebook Solution!

8 out of 10

November 09, 2021

Incentivized

OneNote is used by everyone in our organization - field employees, estimators, project managers, and even our president uses it! OneNote …

Organize your workload with OneNote and relax

10 out of 10

November 09, 2021

Incentivized

We use OneNote across the whole organization. Associates use it to organize their workflow.

OneNote Makes Notetaking Seamless

9 out of 10

October 21, 2021

Incentivized

It was being used across the organization to the best of my knowledge, however I would say that it was used more heavily in the …

My overall Satisfaction with using OneNote

9 out of 10

September 23, 2021

OneNote is being used on an individual basis throughout the organization. Because it is now freely available, many users use it as their …

How did we live before OneNote?!

10 out of 10

June 22, 2021

Incentivized

We use OneNote for personal note taking as well as creating shared notebooks for different teams and projects. Our team note books include …

A very well put together product!

8 out of 10

March 16, 2020

Incentivized

OneNote is currently being used in my organization. We use it to keep attendance and logs in our meetings. OneNote has allowed my …

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More formatting options within it, like Notion has

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Professional in Marketing

Marketing & Advertising Company, 501-1000 employees

adding graphs, pictures, recordings, videos and much more
You can't send emails or meetings from Outlook to OneNote

Diane Gannon

Sr. Systems Technician

Air Vent, Inc (Building Materials, 1001-5000 employees)

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Pricing

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Microsoft OneNote

Free

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No setup fee

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Free Trial
Free/Freemium Version
Premium Consulting / Integration Services

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What is OneNote?

OneNote Competitors

Evernote

OneNote Technical Details

Deployment Types	Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft's OneNote is a digital note-taking app, supporting photos, annotating, web page clipping, emailing, and synchronizing notes across devices.

Evernote are common alternatives for OneNote.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of OneNote are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

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August 12, 2019

OneNote - Great for Note Taking and Task Management

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Employee in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 9 out of 10

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Verified User

Incentivized

Usability

OneNote is easy to use, but there are a bunch of features that one needs to take the time to learn that exist. It is very usable even for beginners, and as you learn different features OneNote just keeps getting better. I would highly recommend OneNote for anyone working a professional job, or even for students.

August 12, 2019

The OneNote You'll Need

Kaleb-John Loo

Senior Firmware Engineer

Spirent Communications (Telecommunications, 1001-5000 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Usability

Overall, OneNote is easy to use. Everything is intuitive and has a very familiar layout especially if you use Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. It has shortcuts that are simple to get used to and tabs work as you would expect them to. One can also utilize built-in layouts to achieve a very high-quality notebook without much effort. There are some more advanced functionalities that can be achieved with OneNote, but only when you have mastered all of the tools.

June 06, 2019

OneNote makes collaboration easy!

Jill Dickert

Associate Product Manager

The E.W. Scripps Company (Media Production, 1001-5000 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Usability

I find OneNote incredibly usable. I'm fairly middle of the road when it comes to tech savvy-ness. The platform was very easy to learn and explore. I like that OneNote is no clunky and offers a clean interface. This is important when it comes to deciding if a tool is usable for multiple people.

May 25, 2019

OneNote the Last Note-taking Software You'll Need

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Employee in Sales

Leisure, Travel & Tourism Company, 11-50 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Usability

I can't sing the praises of this program enough. Its usability is great. The interface is easy to navigate. I've never had a program across platforms. It is a reliable program.

April 16, 2019

OneNote is an excellent tool to house information and can be leveraged to collaborate

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Program Manager in Other

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Usability

Overall, I rate OneNote as very user-friendly. In general, notebooks, sections and pages load quickly and the tool works very well with other apps and info can easily be shared/copied to and from OneNote to other tools like Outlook. My only issue with OneNote are the syncing issues that I have which can sometimes act the user experience.

May 17, 2018

Why OneNote? Because what it cannot do, I can count on maybe 3 fingers.

Brad Bratcher

Data Protection Specialist

Dell EMC (Computer Hardware, 10,001+ employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Usability

Even if it's not intuitive, you can easily save your work until you can figure out how to do something.

June 24, 2016

Best Note App Ever!

Jeannette Saysomvang

Student

RIT (Photography, 5001-10,000 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Usability

It is just a wonderful easy to use software. I have used a number of random note taking apps and to do list makers from the app store and none stack up to One Note. The ease of use and many features are unrivaled. I can't imagine switching note taking apps anytime soon.

March 22, 2016