The most obvious difference between the built-in OneNote app for Windows 10 and the OneNote desktop app in the Microsoft Office suite is the ability to deal with local OneNote files. Storing OneNote files in the public cloud vs. This blog post will cut through the current confusion around the two separate OneNote apps-and give you expert insights into what your organization must do to prepare for using the unified OneNote app in the future. Amaxra consultants are often asked by our clients to explain the differences between the OneNote desktop app for Microsoft Office and the built-in Windows 10 OneNote app. It’s a smart move by Microsoft because unifying the two separate apps into a single codebase reduces their overall costs while minimizing the “which OneNote app should I be using?” questions asked by customers. In 2021, Microsoft announced that these two separate apps will be slowly combined into a single unified OneNote by the end of 2022.
Originally offered as a premium notetaking app in the Microsoft Office 2003 productivity suite, the OneNote app was in 2018 split into two separate versions: a premium “desktop” app for Microsoft Office customers and a stripped-down version available for free that was built into every copy of the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. Retrieved 9 March 2013.For almost twenty years, the Microsoft OneNote desktop app has been the ultimate in digital notetaking. Chris Pratley's Office Labs and OneNote Blog.
Beyond 500 notes, a paid upgrade is available. Microsoft has released a stand-alone OneNote app for iOS and Android, which are each free for up to 500 notes. OneNote is available on Symbian as part of Microsoft Apps. OneNote Mobile for older Windows Mobile smartphones and pocket PCs is included with OneNote 2007. OneNote Mobile is also built into Windows Mobile Professional 6.1. Notes created by OneNote for Windows Phone 7 cannot be opened with OneNote 2007. This version supports notebooks stored locally on the phone, or synchronized with a remote copy on OneDrive or SharePoint. A mobile OneNote version is included in the Office Hub on Windows Phone.
OneNote is also available for mobile phones.