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First tool #1 Microsoft OneNote · 9.3 #2 Notion · 9.2 #3 Evernote · 9.0 #4 Goodnotes · 8.8 #5 Notability · 8.7 #6 Joplin · 8.6 #7 Zoho Notebook · 8.5 #8 Obsidian · 8.4 #9 Craft · 8.3 #10 Google Keep · 8.2 #11 Notejoy · 8.1 #12 MyScript Notes · 8.0 #13 Logseq · 7.9 #14 Notesnook · 7.8 #15 Amplenote · 7.7 #16 SiYuan · 7.6 #17 Capacities · 7.5 #18 RemNote · 7.4 #19 HackMD · 7.3 #20 UpNote · 7.2 #21 Simplenote · 7.1 #22 Supernotes · 7.0 #23 Workflowy · 6.9 #24 Twos · 6.8 #25 Poznote · 6.7 #26 Noteriv · 6.6 #27 Standard Notes · 6.5 #28 Pellet · 6.4 #29 Anytype · 6.3 #30 Notewise · 6.2 #31 MarginNote · 6.1 #32 Gemini Notebook · 6.0 #33 Notte · 5.9 #34 NotesHub · 5.8 #35 Hillnote · 5.7 #36 NotePlan · 5.6 #37 Roam Research · 5.5 #38 Nebo (now MyScript Notes) · 5.4 #39 Inkdrop · 5.4 #40 TouchNotes · 5.3 #41 Memos · 5.1 #42 ZenNotes · 5.0 #43 LiquidText · 4.9 #44 Curio · 4.9 #45 Heptabase · 4.8 #46 Recall · 4.7 #47 CollaNote · 4.5 #48 Linwood Butterfly · 4.4 #49 Turtl · 4.3 #50 Dropbox Paper · 4.2 #51 Reflect · 4.1 #52 HedgeDoc · 4.0 #53 Noteshelf · 3.9 #54 Bear · 3.8 #55 Zettlr · 3.7 #56 Nota · 3.6 #57 Genio Notes · 3.5 #58 Lattics · 3.4 #59 SilverBullet · 3.3 #60 Lokus · 3.2 #61 Agenda · 3.1 #62 Mem Agent · 3.0 #63 Dash · 3.0 #64 FUTO Notes · 3.0 #65 Notes Writer · 3.0 #66 QOwnNotes · 3.0 #67 NoteLedge · 3.0 #68 Drafts · 3.0 #69 Phrase · 3.0 #70 Kilonotes · 3.0 #71 FeyNote · 3.0 #72 NoteDex · 3.0 #73 Foam · 3.0 #74 OV · 3.0 #75 Notty · 3.0 #76 Penbook · 3.0 #77 Many Notes · 3.0 #78 Flexcil · 3.0 #79 Defter Notes · 3.0 #80 Openote · 3.0 #81 Keep It · 3.0 #82 Org mode · 3.0 #83 Noted · 3.0 #84 SilentNotes · 3.0 #85 HelixNotes · 3.0 #86 Snippets · 3.0 #87 Milanote · 3.0 #88 CherryTree · 3.0 #89 Memex · 3.0 #90 StackEdit · 3.0 #91 TiddlyWiki · 3.0 #92 Neoma · 3.0 #93 Notebooks · 3.0 #94 Snaptium · 3.0 #95 Beaver Notes · 3.0 #96 Nover · 3.0 #97 Squid · 3.0 #98 Vault Notes · 3.0 #99 Zim · 3.0 #100 Open Notebook · 3.0 #101 LectureNotes · 3.0 #102 μPad · 3.0 #103 Ember Notes · 3.0 #104 Xournal++ · 3.0 #105 Sammells · 3.0 #106 Growly Notes · 3.0 #107 OpenNotas · 3.0 #108 Dictanote · 3.0 #109 MindForger · 3.0 #110 Nemosine · 3.0 #111 FSNotes · 3.0 #112 Notein · 3.0 #113 Bundled Notes · 3.0 #114 Mochi · 3.0 #115 Tinderbox · 3.0 #116 Flashpage · 3.0 #117 VoodooPad · 3.0 #118 Leanote · 3.0 #119 plumio · 3.0 #120 MWeb · 3.0 #121 Collate · 3.0 #122 Carnet · 3.0 #123 Prism · 3.0 #124 Tangent · 3.0 #125 Zettel Notes · 3.0 #126 Markd · 3.0 #127 Quiver · 3.0 #128 Minimal Note · 3.0 #129 Lockpad · 3.0 #130 Markor · 3.0 #131 Tot · 3.0 #132 Microsoft Sticky Notes · 3.0 #133 GitJournal · 3.0 #134 Fable · 3.0 #135 Continuum · 3.0 #136 MyInfo · 3.0 #137 Unit · 3.0 #138 VimWiki · 3.0 #139 Notable · 3.0 #140 RNote · 3.0 #141 Saber · 3.0 #142 MetaMoJi Note · 3.0 #143 Raven · 3.0 #144 Disorganized · 3.0 #145 Noteastic · 3.0 #146 ZeroNote · 3.0 #147 Stylus Labs Write · 3.0 #148 Notezilla · 3.0 #149 RedNotebook · 3.0 #150 Notenik · 3.0 #151 notetime · 3.0 #152 Dillinger · 3.0 #153 Edo Agenda · 3.0 #154 Nokta Notes · 3.0 #155 Notesk · 3.0 #156 MinkNote · 3.0 #157 Orgzly · 3.0 #158 Noteside · 3.0 #159 Tomboy NG · 3.0 #160 Lychee · 3.0 #161 Moleskine Notes · 3.0 #162 MemPad · 3.0 #163 Teka Notes · 3.0 #164 Bangle.io · 3.0 #165 NexaNote · 3.0 #166 Minimalist Notes · 3.0 #167 SideNotes · 3.0 #168 Limestone · 3.0 #169 Notes · 3.0 #170 Nextcloud Notes · 3.0 #171 Treehouse · 3.0 #172 Comet · 3.0 #173 TakeNote · 3.0 #174 Firefly · 3.0 #175 KleverNotes · 3.0 #176 Simple Sticky Notes · 3.0 #177 Private Notes · 3.0 #178 AnyNote · 3.0 #179 Notally · 3.0 #180 Inkwell · 3.0 #181 TreeLine · 3.0 #182 Hubble.md · 3.0 #183 CintaNotes · 3.0 #184 Stickies · 3.0 #185 Vov Sticky Notes · 3.0 #186 ColorNote · 3.0 #187 Personal Knowbase · 3.0 #188 Iotas · 3.0 #189 ResophNotes · 3.0 #190 Plainpad · 3.0 #191 NoteKit · 3.0 #192 Echo · 3.0 #193 Ghostnote · 3.0 #194 jrnl · 3.0 #195 NotePin · 3.0 #196 BriskNote · 3.0 #197 Fossify Notes · 3.0 #198 Axion Notes · 3.0 #199 NoteSR · 3.0 #200 Snoq · 3.0 #201 Nex Notes · 3.0 #202 Jot · 3.0 #203 Noto · 3.0 #204 Voogla · 3.0 #205 Scrintal · 3.0 #206 Napkin · 3.0 #207 Haptic · 3.0 #208 Gnote · 3.0 #209 Cipher Notes · 3.0 #210 Synology Photos · 1.3 #211 Synology Active Backup for SaaS · 0.6 #212 Avidemux · 0.6 #213 Ark · 0.0 #214 unbagrnd · 0.0 vs Second tool #1 Microsoft OneNote · 9.3 #2 Notion · 9.2 #3 Evernote · 9.0 #4 Goodnotes · 8.8 #5 Notability · 8.7 #6 Joplin · 8.6 #7 Zoho Notebook · 8.5 #8 Obsidian · 8.4 #9 Craft · 8.3 #10 Google Keep · 8.2 #11 Notejoy · 8.1 #12 MyScript Notes · 8.0 #13 Logseq · 7.9 #14 Notesnook · 7.8 #15 Amplenote · 7.7 #16 SiYuan · 7.6 #17 Capacities · 7.5 #18 RemNote · 7.4 #19 HackMD · 7.3 #20 UpNote · 7.2 #21 Simplenote · 7.1 #22 Supernotes · 7.0 #23 Workflowy · 6.9 #24 Twos · 6.8 #25 Poznote · 6.7 #26 Noteriv · 6.6 #27 Standard Notes · 6.5 #28 Pellet · 6.4 #29 Anytype · 6.3 #30 Notewise · 6.2 #31 MarginNote · 6.1 #32 Gemini Notebook · 6.0 #33 Notte · 5.9 #34 NotesHub · 5.8 #35 Hillnote · 5.7 #36 NotePlan · 5.6 #37 Roam Research · 5.5 #38 Nebo (now MyScript Notes) · 5.4 #39 Inkdrop · 5.4 #40 TouchNotes · 5.3 #41 Memos · 5.1 #42 ZenNotes · 5.0 #43 LiquidText · 4.9 #44 Curio · 4.9 #45 Heptabase · 4.8 #46 Recall · 4.7 #47 CollaNote · 4.5 #48 Linwood Butterfly · 4.4 #49 Turtl · 4.3 #50 Dropbox Paper · 4.2 #51 Reflect · 4.1 #52 HedgeDoc · 4.0 #53 Noteshelf · 3.9 #54 Bear · 3.8 #55 Zettlr · 3.7 #56 Nota · 3.6 #57 Genio Notes · 3.5 #58 Lattics · 3.4 #59 SilverBullet · 3.3 #60 Lokus · 3.2 #61 Agenda · 3.1 #62 Mem Agent · 3.0 #63 Dash · 3.0 #64 FUTO Notes · 3.0 #65 Notes Writer · 3.0 #66 QOwnNotes · 3.0 #67 NoteLedge · 3.0 #68 Drafts · 3.0 #69 Phrase · 3.0 #70 Kilonotes · 3.0 #71 FeyNote · 3.0 #72 NoteDex · 3.0 #73 Foam · 3.0 #74 OV · 3.0 #75 Notty · 3.0 #76 Penbook · 3.0 #77 Many Notes · 3.0 #78 Flexcil · 3.0 #79 Defter Notes · 3.0 #80 Openote · 3.0 #81 Keep It · 3.0 #82 Org mode · 3.0 #83 Noted · 3.0 #84 SilentNotes · 3.0 #85 HelixNotes · 3.0 #86 Snippets · 3.0 #87 Milanote · 3.0 #88 CherryTree · 3.0 #89 Memex · 3.0 #90 StackEdit · 3.0 #91 TiddlyWiki · 3.0 #92 Neoma · 3.0 #93 Notebooks · 3.0 #94 Snaptium · 3.0 #95 Beaver Notes · 3.0 #96 Nover · 3.0 #97 Squid · 3.0 #98 Vault Notes · 3.0 #99 Zim · 3.0 #100 Open Notebook · 3.0 #101 LectureNotes · 3.0 #102 μPad · 3.0 #103 Ember Notes · 3.0 #104 Xournal++ · 3.0 #105 Sammells · 3.0 #106 Growly Notes · 3.0 #107 OpenNotas · 3.0 #108 Dictanote · 3.0 #109 MindForger · 3.0 #110 Nemosine · 3.0 #111 FSNotes · 3.0 #112 Notein · 3.0 #113 Bundled Notes · 3.0 #114 Mochi · 3.0 #115 Tinderbox · 3.0 #116 Flashpage · 3.0 #117 VoodooPad · 3.0 #118 Leanote · 3.0 #119 plumio · 3.0 #120 MWeb · 3.0 #121 Collate · 3.0 #122 Carnet · 3.0 #123 Prism · 3.0 #124 Tangent · 3.0 #125 Zettel Notes · 3.0 #126 Markd · 3.0 #127 Quiver · 3.0 #128 Minimal Note · 3.0 #129 Lockpad · 3.0 #130 Markor · 3.0 #131 Tot · 3.0 #132 Microsoft Sticky Notes · 3.0 #133 GitJournal · 3.0 #134 Fable · 3.0 #135 Continuum · 3.0 #136 MyInfo · 3.0 #137 Unit · 3.0 #138 VimWiki · 3.0 #139 Notable · 3.0 #140 RNote · 3.0 #141 Saber · 3.0 #142 MetaMoJi Note · 3.0 #143 Raven · 3.0 #144 Disorganized · 3.0 #145 Noteastic · 3.0 #146 ZeroNote · 3.0 #147 Stylus Labs Write · 3.0 #148 Notezilla · 3.0 #149 RedNotebook · 3.0 #150 Notenik · 3.0 #151 notetime · 3.0 #152 Dillinger · 3.0 #153 Edo Agenda · 3.0 #154 Nokta Notes · 3.0 #155 Notesk · 3.0 #156 MinkNote · 3.0 #157 Orgzly · 3.0 #158 Noteside · 3.0 #159 Tomboy NG · 3.0 #160 Lychee · 3.0 #161 Moleskine Notes · 3.0 #162 MemPad · 3.0 #163 Teka Notes · 3.0 #164 Bangle.io · 3.0 #165 NexaNote · 3.0 #166 Minimalist Notes · 3.0 #167 SideNotes · 3.0 #168 Limestone · 3.0 #169 Notes · 3.0 #170 Nextcloud Notes · 3.0 #171 Treehouse · 3.0 #172 Comet · 3.0 #173 TakeNote · 3.0 #174 Firefly · 3.0 #175 KleverNotes · 3.0 #176 Simple Sticky Notes · 3.0 #177 Private Notes · 3.0 #178 AnyNote · 3.0 #179 Notally · 3.0 #180 Inkwell · 3.0 #181 TreeLine · 3.0 #182 Hubble.md · 3.0 #183 CintaNotes · 3.0 #184 Stickies · 3.0 #185 Vov Sticky Notes · 3.0 #186 ColorNote · 3.0 #187 Personal Knowbase · 3.0 #188 Iotas · 3.0 #189 ResophNotes · 3.0 #190 Plainpad · 3.0 #191 NoteKit · 3.0 #192 Echo · 3.0 #193 Ghostnote · 3.0 #194 jrnl · 3.0 #195 NotePin · 3.0 #196 BriskNote · 3.0 #197 Fossify Notes · 3.0 #198 Axion Notes · 3.0 #199 NoteSR · 3.0 #200 Snoq · 3.0 #201 Nex Notes · 3.0 #202 Jot · 3.0 #203 Noto · 3.0 #204 Voogla · 3.0 #205 Scrintal · 3.0 #206 Napkin · 3.0 #207 Haptic · 3.0 #208 Gnote · 3.0 #209 Cipher Notes · 3.0 #210 Synology Photos · 1.3 #211 Synology Active Backup for SaaS · 0.6 #212 Avidemux · 0.6 #213 Ark · 0.0 #214 unbagrnd · 0.0 Compare

Every tool in the ranking is in the list, #1 to #214.

Top matchups The top four, head-to-head

• Microsoft OneNote#1 · 9.3 vs Notion#2 · 9.2 0 wins4 even0 wins Microsoft OneNote leads on 0 of 4 checks, Notion on 0, and 4 are even. Microsoft OneNote vs Notion →
• Microsoft OneNote#1 · 9.3 vs Evernote#3 · 9.0 1 win4 even0 wins Microsoft OneNote leads on 1 of 5 checks, Evernote on 0, and 4 are even. Storage limit: 5 GB on Microsoft OneNote vs 1 GB Microsoft OneNote vs Evernote →
• Notion#2 · 9.2 vs Evernote#3 · 9.0 0 wins4 even0 wins Notion leads on 0 of 4 checks, Evernote on 0, and 4 are even. Notion vs Evernote →
• Microsoft OneNote#1 · 9.3 vs Goodnotes#4 · 8.8 0 wins5 even0 wins Microsoft OneNote leads on 0 of 5 checks, Goodnotes on 0, and 5 are even. Microsoft OneNote vs Goodnotes →
• Notion#2 · 9.2 vs Goodnotes#4 · 8.8 0 wins4 even0 wins Notion leads on 0 of 4 checks, Goodnotes on 0, and 4 are even. Notion vs Goodnotes →
• Evernote#3 · 9.0 vs Goodnotes#4 · 8.8 0 wins4 even1 win Evernote leads on 0 of 5 checks, Goodnotes on 1, and 4 are even. Storage limit: 5 GB on Goodnotes vs 1 GB Evernote vs Goodnotes →

Every top-8 matchup 26 comparisons, grouped by tool

• Microsoft OneNote#1 · 9.3
  • vsMicrosoft OneNote vs Notion9.2
  • vsMicrosoft OneNote vs Evernote9.0
  • vsMicrosoft OneNote vs Goodnotes8.8
  • vsMicrosoft OneNote vs Notability8.7
  • vsMicrosoft OneNote vs Joplin8.6
  • vsMicrosoft OneNote vs Zoho Notebook8.5
  • vsMicrosoft OneNote vs Obsidian8.4
• Notion#2 · 9.2
  • vsNotion vs Microsoft OneNote9.3
  • vsNotion vs Evernote9.0
  • vsNotion vs Goodnotes8.8
  • vsNotion vs Notability8.7
  • vsNotion vs Joplin8.6
• Evernote#3 · 9.0
  • vsEvernote vs Microsoft OneNote9.3
  • vsEvernote vs Notion9.2
  • vsEvernote vs Goodnotes8.8
  • vsEvernote vs Notability8.7
  • vsEvernote vs Joplin8.6
  • vsEvernote vs Zoho Notebook8.5
  • vsEvernote vs Obsidian8.4
• Goodnotes#4 · 8.8
  • vsGoodnotes vs Microsoft OneNote9.3
  • vsGoodnotes vs Notion9.2
  • vsGoodnotes vs Evernote9.0
  • vsGoodnotes vs Notability8.7
  • vsGoodnotes vs Joplin8.6
  • vsGoodnotes vs Zoho Notebook8.5
  • vsGoodnotes vs Obsidian8.4
• Notability#5 · 8.7
  • vsNotability vs Microsoft OneNote9.3
  • vsNotability vs Notion9.2
  • vsNotability vs Evernote9.0
  • vsNotability vs Goodnotes8.8
  • vsNotability vs Joplin8.6
  • vsNotability vs Zoho Notebook8.5
  • vsNotability vs Obsidian8.4
• Joplin#6 · 8.6
  • vsJoplin vs Microsoft OneNote9.3
  • vsJoplin vs Notion9.2
  • vsJoplin vs Evernote9.0
  • vsJoplin vs Goodnotes8.8
  • vsJoplin vs Notability8.7
  • vsJoplin vs Zoho Notebook8.5
  • vsJoplin vs Obsidian8.4
• Zoho Notebook#7 · 8.5
  • vsZoho Notebook vs Microsoft OneNote9.3
  • vsZoho Notebook vs Evernote9.0
  • vsZoho Notebook vs Goodnotes8.8
  • vsZoho Notebook vs Notability8.7
  • vsZoho Notebook vs Joplin8.6
  • vsZoho Notebook vs Obsidian8.4
• Obsidian#8 · 8.4
  • vsObsidian vs Microsoft OneNote9.3
  • vsObsidian vs Evernote9.0
  • vsObsidian vs Goodnotes8.8
  • vsObsidian vs Notability8.7
  • vsObsidian vs Joplin8.6
  • vsObsidian vs Zoho Notebook8.5

More head-to-heads

• Joplin vs Dash
• Obsidian vs Notejoy
• Notion vs Craft
• Notability vs Google Keep
• Craft vs Google Keep
• Anytype vs Dash
• Zoho Notebook vs Notejoy
• Joplin vs Amplenote
• Evernote vs Notejoy
• Goodnotes vs Craft
• Joplin vs Notejoy
• Evernote vs Craft
• Joplin vs Craft
• Craft vs Notejoy
• Notability vs Craft
• Evernote vs Anytype
• Goodnotes vs Google Keep
• Logseq vs Heptabase
• Microsoft OneNote vs Amplenote
• Capacities vs Heptabase
• Notability vs Notejoy
• Microsoft OneNote vs Craft
• Zoho Notebook vs Anytype
• Craft vs Anytype
• SiYuan vs Capacities
• Standard Notes vs Dash
• Craft vs Amplenote
• Obsidian vs Amplenote
• Zoho Notebook vs Craft
• Obsidian vs SiYuan
• Zoho Notebook vs Amplenote
• Obsidian vs Craft
• Anytype vs Heptabase
• Obsidian vs Heptabase
• Microsoft OneNote vs Anytype
• Amplenote vs Anytype
• Microsoft OneNote vs Notejoy
• Evernote vs Amplenote

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