OneNote - the obvious choice for work note taking
June 10, 2025

OneNote - the obvious choice for work note taking

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with OneNote

OneNote serves as a personal notebook to make sure that you are able to make notes.
It can come handy in many ways.
While mostly it is for notes relating to work, for example meeting notes, plans, etc, but more importantly, it also serves as a safe and secure place to allow you to add more personal notes, whether they are notes from one-on-ones with colleagues, or general personal planning.
It also helps that there are apps for nearly every device, be it a Windows machine, a Mac, an iPad or your phone.

Pros

  • Note taking
  • Note syncing (offline)
  • note organisation

Cons

  • Note organisation allows you to create drop down menus or folders, but it only goes down one level, and note more.
  • It would be good to have more templates for iPad note taking. Like lines on a paper, etc.
  • Ctrl Tab or Alt Tab to shift between notes
  • Easy note taking
  • Private
  • Can be done via multiple devices, all in sync
It is very usable, but there are other products out there who offer more.
Things that could be better is folders, or organisation of notes.
Or better templates for when being used with a touch screen and a stylus such as on an iPad.
However, it is quite, it stays in sync, and is able to store stuff offline if you don't have internet.

Do you think OneNote delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with OneNote's feature set?

Yes

Did OneNote live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of OneNote go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy OneNote again?

Yes

If you are already using Microsoft Office 365 products at your work place, use of OneNote is pretty much a no brainer. The only reason to use an alternative would be if you already have a library of notes in some other product. Otherwise, I think OneNote is the most obvious choice at no extra cost.

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