Evernote’s looks a bit severe in comparison, though you can easily argue that you don’t need a fuscia-coloured theme when taking notes. If you’re familiar with Microsoft’s tab-based approach to its Office suite, then you’ll feel right at home with OneNote’s bright and friendly tab interface. OneNote’s free version continues to be available across multiple devices, giving it a serious edge on this front. Both had excellent free versions and good-value premium versions with a slew of extra features, but then Evernote made, in my mind, a mistake by restricting the basic free version to just two devices, which pretty much negates the whole “cross-platform” spiel, as many of us have more than two devices these days. Things between Evernote and OneNote were pretty tight in the value-for-money department until June 2016.

But you’re only ever really going to need one in your life, so here’s our comparison to help you decide which is best for you.

Despite their age, the two apps truly began to shine when cloud computing exploded, allowing them to go cross-platform, seamlessly letting you jot things down on whatever devices you like.

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