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Comparison of note-taking software

Comparison of computer software designed for taking notes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The tables below compare features of notable note-taking software. These comparisons highlight differences in platform availability, synchronization capabilities, formatting options, storage limits, and integration with other applications. While some applications like Microsoft OneNote and Evernote offer robust features with cloud syncing across devices, others such as Simplenote prioritize minimalism and speed. Open-source tools like Joplin provide privacy-focused alternatives, allowing users to host their own notes and use end-to-end encryption. These tables aim to help users choose a note-taking tool that best fits their workflow, whether for academic, personal, or professional use.



The tables below compare features of notable note-taking software.

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General information

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Basic features

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Advanced formatting and content

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Notes

  1. Free users limited to 100 notes.
  2. Depends on platform and version.
  3. Data is synced between devices by Dropbox or iCloud.
  4. Printable via exported pdf files.
  5. No support for ink notes in Mac version. Cannot mix ink with text
  6. Clips URLs and titles only. Web page content is not clipped
  7. On Android and ChromeOS uses platform's spell checker.
  8. All versions can sync with OneDrive and SharePoint. Versions later than Office 2016 can only use online notebooks and cannot use local notebooks.
  9. OneNote 2010 and OneNote 2007 Service Pack 2 and beyond have it built in. A Save As PDF add-in is available for earlier versions of OneNote 2007. Can save to PDF with add-in.
  10. Saved in separate file.
  11. Handwritten notes are searchable.
  12. Sync of files and folders using external services.
  13. Internal spell check or LanguageTool integration.
  14. At least Microsoft Windows version (06/2016)
  15. Lists only, with check-box facility.
  16. Resize large images
  17. As the RTF format stores pictures internally as bitmaps (.bmp), this leads to large notebook files.
  18. Tables must be created in another program. After pasting the table into Keynote NF, one can edit the cells and add new rows, but changing the size of the columns and adding or removing columns is not possible. These operations can be done by pasting the table into another program (for example, MS Word).
  19. Can also search in audio.
  20. Resize upon initial insertion.
  21. Using plugins
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