Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote

Capture Notes, Ideas and Memos

1.1M ratings
2722 reviews
#76 in free Productivity
📚 Education
📊 Productivity
Free
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Capture thoughts, ideas, and plans in a digital notepad. Organize, search, and secure your notes, memos, and sketches. Sync across devices for access anywhere, anytime. Collaborate with others on shared notepads.

✓Capture thoughts and ideas
✓Digital sketchbook
✓Organize and search notes
✓Sync notes via OneDrive
✓Collaborate on shared notepads
✓Handwritten notes and drawings
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What's New in Microsoft OneNote

16.114.4

October 5, 2026

This month’s update is bug fixes only. Thanks for using OneNote! We listened to your feedback and updated the application with optimizations to help improve your note taking experience. Having trouble? Send feedback in the app (OneNote->Settings->Send Feedback) Have an idea? Add to our feature suggestion box at https://aka.ms/onenotefeedback

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Microsoft 365 Family

Premium apps for up to 6 people

$12.991 Month
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Charts

Top Free

📉 76-2

Productivity

This app dropped -2 positions in Productivity chart.

Last updated on October 9, 2026.

User reviews

Still the most useful note-taking app available

For mixed media with input from writing, drawings, scanning, typing, OneNote does it all very well

Screen Reset

I work as a math teacher. I’m often in the middle of taking notes with my class when I select from the pen feature to the eraser feature or lasso feature, and OneNote takes me back to the top of the screen almost every time. Then I have to scroll back down to the section of notes where I was working. Additionally, when I select the undo arrow, the program freezes and quits.
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Unreliable Product.

I have been using Microsoft products for a couple of years now. I am in a flight program, with the goal of becoming a pilot, and I have been using OneNote as my main note taking app since I am PC user at heart. However, most of the popular aviation software is MAC centered. I have a galaxy phone, and a PC, and an iPad for my flight needs. The sync problems i have been having with Microsoft products lately is at this point unforgivable. I get issues with loading, syncing having to resign in to my accounts, verify, codes, texts, emails and in the end all i end up doing is staring at the spinning circle, waiting for my documents to load. Microsoft has gone down the drain, and at this point, the only reason i am using this anymore is because i have years of notes i dont want to lose. I dont like this software. It’s outdated, slow, pain to use, and does not work as advertised. Do not recommend.
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No fountain pen for iOS

Works for the most part but is lacking many features.

Wtf y can this be used 4 school

R u trying to torture us by making us use this 4 school

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Reported Bugs

9 issues

Cursor positioning is erratic

Bug

Search function does not work well

Bug

Ink to text conversion missing on iPad

Bug

Syncing issues, notes not syncing properly across devices

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Crashing, freezing, and performance issues

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Scrolling issues, page jumping to top unexpectedly

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Eraser tool deletes more than intended

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Formatting issues when importing/exporting

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Inconsistent behavior between desktop and mobile versions

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Requested Features

11 requests

Native Markdown support and merged cell support

Feature

Ruler, ability to choose or create notebook covers

Feature

Ability to password protect app or individual notebooks

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Option to open on last opened page instead of Home

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Ability to turn note into task that appears on To Do and Planner

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Search for tags, more Evernote-like search features

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Ability to select text using 3D Touch

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Option to limit page to A4 size with framing

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Pencil feature like Notes app for drawing

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Ability to delete notebooks

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Ability to delete notes from Apple devices

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FAQ

What does this app do?

This app functions as a digital notepad, allowing you to capture thoughts, ideas, memos, and sketches. It helps simplify planning, track errands, and create digital sketchbooks. You can also save images directly into your notes.

What are the key features?

Key features include capturing anything from ideas to pictures of whiteboards, powerful organizational tools for quick searching and pinning, syncing sticky notes across devices, and the ability to collaborate on shared notepads. It also supports handwritten notes and drawings with drawing tools.

Is this app free or paid?

The app is free on iPhone and many other devices. While the core functionality is free, there are monthly Microsoft 365 subscriptions available for purchase within the app, which will be charged to your App Store account.

What devices is this app compatible with?

The app is designed to be accessible across all your devices, whether you're at home, in the office, or on the go. It syncs via OneDrive, ensuring your notes are available on any device you use.

What are common use cases for this app?

Common use cases include planning events, capturing moments of inspiration for creative projects, tracking important lists of errands, making memos, using it as a digital sketchbook, and collaborating with others on shared projects or ideas.