

And you can include all forms of multimedia within each note. You can move every element of your note anywhere on the page. OneNote, however, actually mimicks the paper notebook experience. Every app mentioned in this article limits the structure of your notes. In paper notebooks, each page is an entirely blank canvas that can be scrawled on and organized exactly as you like. This is a big benefit if you're planning to use the note-taking app for years to come. Even for people who don't have Microsoft Office.

It's the same with most other note-taking apps (unless they charge a one-time fee like DEVONthink). If you've used the free version of Evernote for a while, you've probably been bugged repetitively to upgrade to the paid version. But in terms of what makes OneNote really stand out from other note-taking apps, there are five major factors. And another that shows you a ton of ways you could use OneNote, including as a newsreader, media player, and OCR reader. We've written another article that gives a complete introduction to OneNote.
