Microsoft OneNote AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Note-taking Tools
The best Note-taking alternative to Microsoft OneNote is Obsidian, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft OneNote and loads of them are Note-taking Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Note-taking Tool alternatives to Microsoft OneNote are Zim, NoteLedge, sNotes – Students Notes and Joplin.
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- Freemium • Proprietary
104 Obsidian alternativesPrivacy-oriented note-taking app for non-linear thinking, blending knowledge graph creation with wiki-style linking. Supports Markdown, end-to-end encryption, and plugins for customization. Offers distraction-free mode, tags, themes, syntax highlighting, and operates offline without tracking.
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- Freemium • Proprietary
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Country of Origin
Canada
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Snapcraft
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Flathub
- Safari
- Mozilla Firefox
Top Obsidian Features
Obsidian VS Microsoft OneNote
298 Zim alternativesZim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Store information, link pages and edit with WYSISYG markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it previewed as-you-type. Creating a new page is easy by either clicking on the "Create new note"...
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- Free • Open Source
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Netherlands
EU
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Zim VS Microsoft OneNote
Comments about Zim as an Alternative to Microsoft OneNote
Top Positive CommentTop Negative CommentZim is more like simplenote, or a desktop wiki. It is missing most of the functionality of onenote.
Most Recent CommentaxcqhsbsadoukcioztYou are better of using a cellulose notepad rather than OneNote which siphons all your data unencrypted to "the cloud"
45 NoteLedge alternativesNote-taking tool tailored for creatives offering idea capture from Pinterest, YouTube, and the web. Allows mood board creation, drawing, and sketching with varied brushes. Present work, share with teams using multimedia and exportable notes in PDF format
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
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Country of Origin
United Kingdom
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- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android Tablet
Top NoteLedge Features
NoteLedge VS Microsoft OneNote
Comments about NoteLedge as an Alternative to Microsoft OneNote
Harry RyanWith this app you can organize everything including your daily activity or special event.
48 sNotes – Students Notes alternativesStudents Notes is a note-taking app designed for online learners to overcome information overload, organization, and memorization challenges.
sNotes – Students Notes VS Microsoft OneNote
Comments about sNotes – Students Notes as an Alternative to Microsoft OneNote
dida_jamesThe ability to organize knowledge with snotes and easily save snotes files for later access and review significantly enhances its usability. This makes snotes a strong competitor to OneNote.
ceka-feyamA Real alternative to OneNote, especially for study purposes.
75 Joplin alternativesOpen source app for managing notes and to-dos with Markdown support. Syncs seamlessly across devices using services like Dropbox and OneDrive. Offers end-to-end encrypted synchronicity, offline access, rich import/export options, and a Web Clipper for browsers.
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- Freemium • Open Source
Application types
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France- EU
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Google Chrome
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
- Termux
- Mozilla Firefox
Joplin VS Microsoft OneNote
Comments about Joplin as an Alternative to Microsoft OneNote
Comment summary: Critics of Joplin note limitations such as lack of features compared to OneNote, like pen input support and drawing capabilities. However, Joplin's advocates highlight its strengths in privacy, open-source nature, and compatibility with Linux. Joplin supports markdown editing and allows users to store data on personal servers with encryption. While some praise its clean interface and cross-platform sync, others consider OneNote more feature-rich, especially for writing and organizing notes.Top Positive CommentdasonicSame structure as Onenote, supports images, looks modern.
Doesn't have all the same features (like drawing on the screen) but also has its own unique features Onenote doesn't have.
Also runs on Linux, which is the biggest plus for me.
Top Negative CommentMartin Ligabueit doesn't have pen input support
Most Recent CommentNuncio Bitisit doesn't do diagrams, and the plain text files it creates are given obscure names so you can't find them.
51 Xournal++ alternativesXournal++ (a fork of Xournal) is a handwriting Notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with platform independent GTK, supporting Linux, e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Suse, macOS and Windows 10. Supports Pen input like Wacom Tablets.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Xournal++ VS Microsoft OneNote
Comments about Xournal++ as an Alternative to Microsoft OneNote
Top Positive CommentvioloncelloWith Xournal++ you own your notes and can save them wherever you want - you are not forced to store them somewhere in the cloud as it's the case with OneNote
Top Negative CommentIn the version available for Chromebooks, the option for typed text is not working.
Most Recent CommentNearly similar interface. Lightweight, open source with latex support and voice notes. Flexible layout which was missing in xournal.
106 Notion alternativesEnhance team collaboration and content organization with Notion. Experience real-time access, intuitive drag-and-drop functionalities, and visually simple interfaces designed for productivity in managing tasks, notes, and databases effectively. Ideal for teams of every size.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Notion VS Microsoft OneNote
Comments about Notion as an Alternative to Microsoft OneNote
Top Positive CommentraphaelaguiarBetter visualization and flexible organization. Keeps your information in a multi-hierarchical wiki, not in notes,
Top Negative CommentBiggest feature of Onenote is drawing & typing everywhere, which Notion doesn't support. Notion is good to store highly structured data, while Onenote is more like a digital paper.
Most Recent CommentLeo TNotion is better for vizualisation and is free, but the huge drawback is the desktop application. It is an embedded browser (Chrome actually), so its RAM and CPU usages are far behind OneNote : around 1% CPU average for Notion, vs OneNote with 0% average ; 300Mb RAM usage, vs 60Mb for OneNote. This impacts directly user experience and battery life, and also loading times. OneNote is loading quasi instantly, and Notion is taking 5s to load.
Wonderful. Every file is a .txt file, so you're in total control.