Meanwhile, Evernote offers tools for collecting media and storing it alongside text and other content, too, though it tends to be used more for things like checklists, and saving snippets from the web. Microsoft’s product offers users a free-form canvas where you can mix text, images, documents, handwriting, audio, video and more, the company says.

OneNote and Evernote are similar products in terms of their note-taking functionality. However, the company added that a tool for Mac users is already in the works, and will be released in the “coming months.” You’ll also want to have Evernote for Windows installed on that PC to make the transition process speedier. However, once your Evernote notes are imported to OneNote, they will sync across to all your other devices – including Mac, iOS and Android. Microsoft says you’ll need a PC running Windows 7 or later in order to use the tool.

Unfortunately, the new migration utility doesn’t work on all platforms just yet. Of course, Microsoft didn’t point out that Evernote has a free tier.īut the company did jab at Evernote’s cost, saying that if you want to shell out $50 per year for office productivity software, you could just pay a little more ($70/year) for Office 365 Personal, which includes not only OneNote, but also Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and Access. Microsoft even goes for the hard sell here, reminding OneNote potential customers that the app is free on all devices, while Evernote Premium is a $50 per year product. The “ OneNote Importer tool,” as the software is called, aims to address the switching costs that can hold back users from making a move to a competing platform. Microsoft today released a new tool that will make it easier for users of Evernote’s note-taking service to make the transition to rival application OneNote, a part of the Microsoft Office suite.

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