It's nicely designed, and the keyboard and mouse shortcuts make it feel like a natural extension of Windows. The free version is a straightforward affair offering text clipping, search, backup, customizable hotkeys and three sections to store your notes. There's no limit on the number of devices though, so if you're dedicated to Microsoft's OS that will be no obstacle.ĬintaNotes comes in three flavors: free, Pro and Lifetime Pro.

Devices supported: Unlimited (Windows only)ĬintaNotes (opens in new tab) is a Windows-only Evernote alternative, and although it's also available as a portable app so you don't have to install it, there's no online version.

Storage: 100MB for synchronized attachments.

Cintanotes (opens in new tab)Ī lean note-taking app with handy shortcuts

ĭownload here: Microsoft OneNote (opens in new tab)

Read our Microsoft OneNote review (opens in new tab). WordPress, IFTTT, Feedly and Livescribe are just a few with OneNote compatibility now built in.Ĭonvinced? Shift your clips and notes across using Evernote to OneNote Importer (opens in new tab) and you're ready to go. Thanks to Microsoft's business clout, other developers are falling over themselves to integrate OneNote into their apps. There are optional extensions, too: OneNote Web Clipper (opens in new tab) lets you capture and clip sections of web pages, and Office Lens (opens in new tab) (for Windows 10 Mobile) captures pictures of handouts, whiteboards and other meeting-room paraphernalia, turns them into editable documents and saves them to a notebook. You can also import text and tables from other Microsoft Office apps, record audio, and email content straight to a notebook (a very handy option for working on fiddly smartphone screens). Like most Evernote alternatives, OneNote lets you gather and organise links, text, images and drawings in tagged notebooks, but it also has a few extra tricks up its sleeve. Earlier this year, Microsoft cut the standard OneDrive storage limit from 15GB to 5GB, which is worth bearing in mind if your notes tend to contain a lot of images and other media. OneNote synchronizes your data through your Microsoft account, and uses OneDrive to store everything you save.

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