Note taking app.

[rpdc]

Hi folks.
I'm currently using an S8 plus. Coming from a Note5 with S note.
What note taking app do you like and why?

Thanks

 

[SpookDroid]

OneNote for the ability to search handwritten notes in ANY device and being able to sync notes across devices without restriction or monthly fees. It also lets you convert scribbles into text, which you were able to do with S-Notes, but at some point they broke it and removed it.

Samsung Notes sucks now

 

[Ecm]

Agreed! On both counts. OneNote on all my devices.

 

[anon(7901790)]

Same here. OneNote. It got me through a Master's degree, and I still use it for general day-to-day use.

 

[rpdc]

Thank you all! I'm not happy with Samsung Notes now. I'll try Onenote.
Can you import your Samsung Notes into Onenote?

 

[anon(7901790)]

Thank you all! I'm not happy with Samsung Notes now. I'll try Onenote.
Can you import your Samsung Notes into Onenote?

Here is a OneNote forum that addresses that. I think you'll have export them into PDF first.

https://onenote.uservoice.com/forum...ions/6233820-import-notes-from-samsung-s-note

I've never tried, because I didn't use S-Note; even when I had a Note 10.1 and Note II.

 

[rpdc]

Thank you!

 

[eljeffe58]

Nimbus Note. I use it on Android, Win 10, and Mac OS.Also features nice Chrome extension.

 

[Wbutchart]

Onenote, seems to be a trend lol. It does all I need, like that I can have different notebooks and can close old ones. The syncing to any device imaginable too is awesome.

I pay for office 365 for many reasons but Onenote is worth it alone.

 

[mary beth hale]

OneNote for last 6 years. No complaints.
Some people swear by Keep but I've never tried it.

 

[wunderbar]

I use OneNote for "complex" stuff, but if I just want to jot a quick thing down, or put a link somewhere, I use google keep. It's more simplistic, which is better in certain situations. I use both on a regular basis.

 

[eric002]

I use OneNote for "complex" stuff, but if I just want to jot a quick thing down, or put a link somewhere, I use google keep. It's more simplistic, which is better in certain situations. I use both on a regular basis.

Honestly, I use Google keep. I like the organization and the color coordination of everything. Plus I can either do a regular note or a list of things. I also don't you have a Microsoft account on outlook.com account so that's also plus one for Google Keep. when it comes down to Cloud syncing and notepad applications, it all depends on user preference and what kind of online account you use heavily.

 

[SpookDroid]

Honestly, I use Google keep. I like the organization and the color coordination of everything. Plus I can either do a regular note or a list of things. I also don't you have a Microsoft account on outlook.com account so that's also plus one for Google Keep. when it comes down to Cloud syncing and notepad applications, it all depends on user preference and what kind of online account you use heavily.

You need a Google account for Keep, so... and doesn't need to be on Outlook.com, just a MS account which you can use your gmail account for (I do). Keep is too bare-bones.

 

[eric002]

You need a Google account for Keep, so... and doesn't need to be on Outlook.com, just a MS account which you can use your gmail account for (I do). Keep is too bare-bones.

Just for clarification of what you mean by Bare Bones? Men for note-taking or notepad applications, it's got the color coordination you can organize things into different sections and you can have lists and regular notes. But yet to each their own.

 

[chanchan05]

Just for clarification of what you mean by Bare Bones? Men for note-taking or notepad applications, it's got the color coordination you can organize things into different sections and you can have lists and regular notes. But yet to each their own.

Compared to Evernote or OneNote, Keep is severely outmatched in terms of note organization and features.

Keep is like a wall of post its you can categorize and assign colors to.

OneNote and Evernote is like a shelf full of notebooks, each notebook color coded, each notebook can be divided into color coded sections, and each section can be divided into several chapters, and each chapter with its own subchapter.

For basic note taking, Keep is usable. But if you basically jot down everything, it's too bare bones.

 

[SpookDroid]

Plus shape, tables, handwriting recognition and full-on search, stroke-to-text features, cross-device sync on all platforms, MS Office integration if you want, file attachments, actionable text, document protection and collaboration, etc. etc. Yeah, Keep is a post it wall vs OneNote/Evernote/even-crappy-Samsung-Notes is an actual notebook/journal/binder collection.

 

[eric002]

Plus shape, tables, handwriting recognition and full-on search, stroke-to-text features, cross-device sync on all platforms, MS Office integration if you want, file attachments, actionable text, document protection and collaboration, etc. etc. Yeah, Keep is a post it wall vs OneNote/Evernote/even-crappy-Samsung-Notes is an actual notebook/journal/binder collection.

Does OneNote allow syncing to your Gmail account and to the cloud? Obviously I'm just used to all Google apps I've been so used to keep for all these years I think it's more than enough for me but thanks for explaining the difference.

 

[chanchan05]

Does OneNote allow syncing to your Gmail account and to the cloud? Obviously I'm just used to all Google apps I've been so used to keep for all these years I think it's more than enough for me but thanks for explaining the difference.

OneNote is microsoft. It syncs to your Outlook account. There is also a OneNote for Web app and a desktop program. Been using OneNote for the past 10 years.

 

[eric002]

OneNote is microsoft. It syncs to your Outlook account. There is also a OneNote for Web app and a desktop program. Been using OneNote for the past 10 years.

Yeah I knew that I just wanted to make sure. My father uses outlook.com for me I'm all Google. I started looking at in the Play Store at the application it's very powerful too much for what I needed though good suggestion nonetheless though.

 

[SpookDroid]

Does OneNote allow syncing to your Gmail account and to the cloud? Obviously I'm just used to all Google apps I've been so used to keep for all these years I think it's more than enough for me but thanks for explaining the difference.

Like others said, it allows for syncing/cloud storage, and while you CAN use your gmail e-mail to create one, no, it doesn't sync to your Google account, it does so to One Drive (which requires a MS account, which, in turn, can be created using your GMail account... hope I didn't make that sound too complicated).

I'm not bashing Keep, mind you, just stating that it's heavily 'underpowered' in comparison. And that's not bad! It's simple but it's great at what it does, unlike other note-taking apps that want to do simplicity but end up feeling just incomplete. It seems, for you, what Keep does is more than enough, and using a more featured note app might even hinder your note-taking experience. So just go with what works, but if you're looking for an S-Note replacement like the OP wants, Keep is never going to make that list.