But OneNote’s desktop app has this weird floating input field that takes a lot of time to get used to. On the mobile apps, you just tap and start typing like any other note taking app. If you’re a multi-device user and you switch between mobile and desktop frequently for note taking, OneNote’s experience can be downright alienating. OneNote Has Complex Features, Lots of Them Please, just show me the important stuff. When I’m taking notes, the last thing I want to see is options for everything from checklists to starring to audio recording. My pet peeve for Office apps is significantly exploited here. OneNote’s Mac and Desktop apps look like any other office apps with an added tab bar that doesn’t really make sense.

But that might just be my personal pet peeve. OneNote, on the other hand, reminds me of Office apps. Evernote Has a Better UIĮvernote looks better than OneNote on every platform. OneNote, on the other hand, has features like OCR in images and PDFs, attaching PDFs to notes, and more for free. $4.99 a month gives you unlimited storage space and enables business related research features. The $2.99 Evernote Plus plan gives you offline access, a 1 GB monthly upload limit, a passcode lock and the ability to turn emails into Evernote notes.

A small part of the user base pays a couple of dollars a month and that (along with the funding) keeps them going. Evernote is set up in a way that most users can get by without paying anything (I’m a proud Evernote freeloader). This app is their major source of revenue. The note taking app is all they have going on (yes, they sell accessories as well). So as long as you have a couple GBs of storage there (or a couple of hundred if you jumped on any promotions), you should be fine.Įvernote is the opposite (you only get 60 MB of storage for free every month). Even if it was a paid service, the revenue wouldn’t make a dent in the giant’s multi-billion dollar quarter results. OneNote is a very small part of MS’s business.

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