Comments on: Notebook 3.0, the Mac alternative to Microsoft OneNote

By: David

David — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:11:24 +0000

I like Onenote, but there’s no mac version. This app looks like a good alternative, but do I really want to spend that amount of money on it when i already have Office2010 (including OneNote) for windows running via Parallel’s Desktop? Granted, native software is better, but the additional cost…

Regarding Evernote – to this who criticise it you are missing one essential point – it fills a different role to Onenote, though there is some overlap. Evernote is perfect for clipping stuff of the internet, keeping a record of your usernames and passwords, keeping receipts for anything you purchase online etc and etc. Onenote (or similar) on the other hand is more for productivity (i.e. writing stuff, doing university study – which is my need) and stuff like that.

What to do???

By: Valery

Valery — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:54:09 +0000

I have found free alternative to Onenote – Pinoteo (www.pinoteo.com)
It’s a digital board for creating and saving notes. Now there is only version for Windows, but
very soon it’ll be version for Mac

By: BethK

BethK — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:29:52 +0000

I am using an Interwrite tablet display on a Windows 7 PC while teaching. That software can’t seem to save files so that they can be imported or exported to the Mac version of their software. Plus it isn’t being as smooth as it was with Windows XP.

So I’m switching to using Microsoft OneNote for class lectures. I can write on the display, convert handwriting to text, put pictures where I want, draw lines connecting this and that, … But I’d like to export in an editable form as well as be able to import files created in a similar app on Mac.

I’m looking for interoperability. I have Word 2004 for Mac, but it won’t open the OneNote files. Notebook doesn’t look like it will do it either. So I’ll keep looking.

By: Jumpq

Jumpq — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:51:36 +0000

NB 3.0 is limited and frustrating but pretty. Aquaminds is more flexible but not as cute. I wielded through all the organizers for quiet sometime I dumped NB and Aquamind. Evernote is only used to sync temporary info to my iphone, MacBook, MacMini and iMac . So what am I using in my working envirnonment : ONENOTE . Can’t compare with all the previous apps put together. Sorry folks. As much as I love the MAC . There is no OneNote alternative . It took over six months for Circus Pony to implement a table feature when it was advertised in 3.0 release. Aquamind development is also slow since they develop incrementally , they never release a major upgrade. CP 3.0 is really a 2.5 since it did not have ‘major’ feature upgrades . CP does not have a notebook library drawer, global search across notebooks and is frustrating at times , but its cute to open up and think of what it could have been , if both Aquamind and CP never went their separate ways . OneNote 2010 has even more features that makes it light years ahead !!

By: Puneet

Puneet — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:45:48 +0000

Milind Thanks for the review …like someone mentioned in comments i too Find Evernote More convenient, it may not be onenote alternative in True sense but it does the job its great Specially with its Sync Feature & iphone app

By: DRayMIS

DRayMIS — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:48:59 +0000

I haven’t used Evernote is a couple of years; does it now offer the ability to due tabs like Notebook or create different entries like Journler, or does it still use the ‘endless tape’ idea?