If you are a writer, physicist, or business owner, taking notes is extremely important. Back in the day, paper and pen were the ultimate tools to take down notes and important details. Now, tech companies have provided many online tools one can use to take notes. Two of the most popular ones are Microsoft OneNote and Google Keep. These two have been compared and “Microsoft OneNote vs Google Keep” is a frequently asked question on the web.

• Import Google Keep To Onenote
• Export Google Keep To Onenote

Today, we take a deep dive into the question: Microsoft OneNote vs Google Keep.

Overview

And use this feature in 'OneNote Batch' to recreate the TREE STRUCTURE in OneNote with this.est file. Evernote Stacks will import as OneNote Section Groups. Evernote Notebooks will import as OneNote Sections. Google Keep Transfer Google Keep notes to OneNote, hold on labels, checkboxes, images, background color. In ' OneNote Batch ': Click ' Google Keep ' feature in 'Import' tab. Check an OneNote section which you want to import notes into. Check ' Import Google Keep labels as OneNote Gem Keyword Tag s', if you want to keep the Google Labels in OneNote.

OneNote is a note-taking platform created by the tech giant, Microsoft. Google Keep, also known as Keep Notes, is the Google version of OneNote. While they generally function the same, a great number of features make them very different.

PC

Google Keep Interface

Google Keep, as with most packages in Google G Suite, does not come as a desktop application. It exhibits as a web app. For the sake of this comparison, we will use Keep web as the desktop app.

Google Keep has a very plain interface with a white background. It has an option to enable dark mode to protect the eyes.

All the notes are on the main screen. There is an input field and a search bar present at the top. As Google Keep is present only on the web, users can access the notes by visiting https://keep.google.com. You can also download the Chrome extension and app, and write notes on the go. Alongside the text, a user can also draw images with the mouse or pen.

Microsoft OneNote Interface

OneNote is a multi-faceted application that offers notebooks, sections and pages (notes). It comes as both a web application and desktop application. OneNote web has a few less features than the desktop application. Users can access their notes on the web by visiting https://www.onenote.com.

The OneNote application has the unique capability of saving images, text, notes, etc. in component so that they can overlap each other. As with all Office apps, there is a standard navigation bar at the top that separates drawing, text and importing tools.

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Editing and Tools

The most important part of Microsoft OneNote vs Google Keep is the features and tools present in both platforms.

Google Keep desktop offers these tools: simple text, local pictures, images, links, text indentations, text labels, to-do checkboxes, draw and reminders.

The only downside of Google Keep’s reminding feature is that it only allows one reminder per note at a time. However, you can assign labels to certain notes to distinguish between them. These labels can be searched.

Google Keep does not offer extensive text formatting tools; it copes and saves text in the plain format.

OneNote, on the other hand, offers the following formatting tools:

Fonts, font size, bold text, italics, underline, text color, text highlight, file upload, tables, links, draw (pen, pencil, highlighter), tags, quotes, text indentation, quotes, shapes, lists, audio, codes, headings (1 – 6), pictures, meeting details, and citation.

Some additional features in OneNote are assistant, password, and dictate.

The Assistant is an AI tool that can perform basic tasks like bold text, paste text, and create a to-do list.

The password feature on sections offers security. You cannot set passwords on the mobile app because this feature is available only in desktop version. You have to enter passwords in all devices, mobile and desktop, to access all password-protected sections.

The dictate tool is another AI-based tool that converts speech to text. The user must speak before the AI can transcribe into text.

PC Conclusion

For the desktop version, Microsoft OneNote wins by a long shot. Google Keep is still a fairly new product compared to OneNote. It’s simple design makes it unique, but not enough to overcome Microsoft OneNote.

Mobile

Tools

Both the desktop and mobile versions of Google Keep have the same features.

OneNote mobile does not come with some of the features in the desktop version: dictate, password setup, and rich editing tools like tables and heading, etc. The mobile app, however, comes with a StickyNotes feature that lets the user change the color of sticky notes and attach images.

Widgets

On Android devices, both Microsoft OneNote and Google Keep offer widgets.

Google Keep has two widgets: Quick Capture and Note List. With the Quick Capture widget, the user can write instant notes. With the Note List widget, a user can see their notes on the home screen. It comes with numerous options including all notes, pinned notes, user-created text labels, and labels.

OneNote offers five widgets. A user can use these widgets to create notes, start just the text note, start the audio recording, take a photo, and open the recent notes.

Sharing and Collaboration

As regards sharing and collaboration, Google Keep wins this round.

Both the mobile and desktop versions of Google Keep possess the sharing option, whereas OneNote does not.

With Google Keep, you can add people to collaborate, send a copy of the note to collaborations via other apps, convert into a document, and edit in Google Docs.

OneNote desktop is only able to share the notes with the view and edit permissions, while the mobile app only supports sending the note in the plain text and in PDF format.

Which one is for you?

The answer to this question depends largely on the features you need to use.

If you want to use the mobile version, then both OneNote and Keep will do the job. If you want to use the desktop version, then OneNote is the way to go.

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OneNote Batch Import Evernote 2.3 or Later

New Features

Quick Notes

Convert Quick Notes to Normal OneNote Pages

Restore page title, remove quick notes background.

Export Pages to HTML

Improve “Export Pages to HTML” to fit for “Mac OneNote Batch”.

Update History

Home Tab

List Media Files

List all media files in selected notebooks or sections

• Click the media file in list will jump to the location in OneNote page.
• Click the 'Export' button will export all media files in list.
• Click 'Delete' button to delete all media files in list.

Quick Notes

Convert Quick Notes to Normal OneNote Pages
Restore page title, remove quick notes background.
​Save as Chm
Save selected notebook or section to .chm file
​Pack Local Link Docs
Scan local links in selected OneNote notebooks, and pack the files with the links. With the package, we can restore the files to another computer like original path.
Support Gem relative link local files, and Gem variable link local files ( include %USERPROFILE%, %ONEDRIVE%, %ONEDRIVEFORBUSINESS% ).
​Check Links
Check and Remove Links
​List Tags
List paragraph with tags in notebooks or sections.
​Statistics
Statistics for selected notebooks, section groups, sections, pages. Count Words, paragraphs, images …
​List Images
List all images in selected notebooks or sections. Click the image will jump to the location in OneNote page.

• 'Export' button to export the list images.

​List Attach Files
List all attach files in selected notebooks or sections.

• Click the attach file in list will jump to the location in OneNote page.
• Click the 'Export' button will export all attach files in list.
• Click 'Delete' button to delete all attach files in list.

​Verify Pages
Verify and rectify pages of specify notebooks.
Check the known page error, and fix them.
​List Cloud Attachments
List all cloud attachments in checked sections.
​Save as ePub
Export a checked OneNote section, and save as an .epub file.
It convert OneNote internal links to ePub internal links also.
Search Tab

Search and Delete Duplicate Notes
Search Duplicate Notes
You can search notes in checked notebooks and sections only.Search duplicate notes by similar title.

1. Search duplicate notes by similar title and content.
2. Search duplicate notes by content.
3. Search duplicate notes condition with similar content 25%
4. Search duplicate notes condition with similar content 50%
5. Search duplicate notes condition with similar content 85%

Choose and Delete Duplicate Notes

1. Sort duplicate notes by time
2. Right click menu
   a. Check Selected notes
   b. Reverse check selected notes
   c. Check all notes
   d. Check the last modified notes
   e. Uncheck selected notes
   f. Uncheck all notes
   g. Check level 1 notes
   h. Check all level 2 notes

​Replace
Replace in selected OneNote notebooks or sections.
​Search Attachments by Name
Search attachments ( Attach file and Media file ) by file name.
​Replace Section Names
Batch replace checked section names.
​Search inside Attachments
Search multiple keywords inside OneNote attach files.
Search the content of the PDF attachments. It open the PDF attachments saved in OneNote, and search keywords inside the attachments.
​Search
Search keyword in selected OneNote notebooks or sections.
Search Scope:

• Search in Title
  Enhanced search capabilities. We can search OneNote page with title.
• Search in Paragraphs of Tags
  Search the paragraphs of tags in checked notebooks.
• Search hyperlinks
  Search hyperlinks in checked notebooks.

Handle the Result of Searched

• Delete the Pages of the Result
  Search pages, and select pages, delete them.
• Move the Pages of the Result to other Section
  Search pages, and select pages, move them to a specify OneNote section.
• Export the Pages of the Result
  Search pages, and select pages, export them as .doc, .pdf, .mht to a Windows folder.
• Save the Result of Search to a OneNote page
  Search paragraphs, and select paragraphs, save them to a OneNote page.

​Search (Perl Regular Expressions)
Edit Tab

New Sections by List
According the List ( .txt file ), OneNote Batch will create sections.
Enable / Disable Pages Spelling Check
Enable / Disable pages Spelling Check for selected Notebooks or Sections.
Clean Pages Authors
Clean all authors information in all pages of selected notebooks or sections.
Clean Page Title
Clean all pages title in selected sections.
Line spacing of text ( not paragraph spacing )
Adjust how much space appears between lines of text ( not paragraph spacing ). The line spacing size must greater than the font size.
Remove All Empty Paragraphs

• Remove all empty paragraphs
• Remove all extra empty paragraphs, and keep one only.
• Remove all indents

Hide/Show Page Date Time
Hide/Show page date & time.

​New Pages by List
According the List, OneNote Batch will create a page with a title ( the title is a List Item ).
support create subpages.
0 space = Level 1 page
1 – 4 spaces or 1 tab key = Level 2 page
> 4 spaces or 2 tab keys = level 3 page
​Font
Setting Pages Title Font

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​Page Color
Setting pages color.
​Remove Bullet Point
Remove point from bullet paragraphs. Restore bullet paragraphs to normal text paragraphs.
​Table of Contents of Headings
Create table of contents of headings for the pages in checked sections. And append 'Go to TOC' label on every heading paragraphs.
​Refresh OCR Text
Refresh the OCR text so that OneNote can regenerate the OCR text in the pictures.
​New Page List
According the List, OneNote Batch will create a page with a title ( the title is a List Item ).
support create subpages.
0 space = Level 1 page
1 – 4 spaces or 1 tab key = Level 2 page
> 4 spaces or 2 tab keys = level 3 page
Export Tab
Export pages to Rtf files
Export pages in selected OneNote notebooks or sections to .rtf files.
One page save as one rtf file.
Export as .lnk files
Export selected notebooks, sections, pages link as .lnk files.
Export sections to PDF, Doc, Xps, Mht, Html, Emf
Export a section to a PDF file. Batch export sections to PDF, Doc, Xps, Mht, Html, Emf files. ​Export Pages to Pdf
Export pages in selected OneNote notebooks or sections to .pdf files.
One page save as one pdf file.

1. Keep page color.
2. Keep headings.

Export Google Keep To Onenote

​Export pages to Txt files
Export pages in selected OneNote notebooks or sections to .txt files.
​Export to EMF
Export pages in selected OneNote notebooks or sections to .mht files.
​Convert 2007 to 2010
Convert all 2007 .one files in a folder and its sub-folders to 2010 ( 2013, 2016 ) .one files.
​Backup
Backup all notebooks. You can use this feature to backup all shared notebooks.
​Export Pages to HTML
Export pages in selected OneNote notebooks or sections to .htm files.

1. One page save as one htm file.
2. Export attach files with pages.
3. Export Pages to HTML Files, Convert onenote: Links to Relative Links between HTML Files
   Convert OneNote internal onenote: links to relative links between HTML files.
4. Export Pages to HTML Files Using Gem HTML Exporter
   Using Gem HTML exporter to export OneNote pages to HTML files.
   Include some new features:
5. Convert OneNote internal onenote: links between pages into HTML links between HTML files.
6. Convert OneNote internal onenote: links between paragraphs into HTML anchor between HTML paragraphs.
7. Export attachments.

​Export to Doc
Export pages in selected OneNote notebooks or sections to .doc files.
One page save as one doc file.
Support WordNote.

• Convert OneNote headings to Word headings.
• Append attachment of OneNote page to Word docx file.
• Convert Gem’s Keyword Tags to WordNote tags.
• Convert OneNote To-Do tags to WordNote checkboxes.

Import Tab
Import PPT slides as Images
Import multiple PowerPoint Presentations. Convert PPT slides to images, and import to a OneNote new page.
Import Files as Printout
Batch import Files (.txt, .rft, and so on.) into OneNote as printout, and set file name as OneNote page title. It need the file can be printed in your Windows. ​Outlook Notes
Import Outlook notes to OneNote selected section with categories tags.
​Text Files
Import .txt files to selected section
​Outlook Mails

1. Import Outlook Mails000b, Choose an Outlook folder, and import all mails into OneNote. Next time, it will import the newer mails into OneNote when you do it again.
2. Import Outlook Mails with date as prefix in title000bYou can import Outlook mails and customize the OneNote page title( Use the received date time as prefix for page title )
3. Summary email subject as To-Do list in split date page.
4. Import Outlook emails, and summary as To-Do list in split date page.

​RSS
Download web pages by specified RSS hyperlink, and save into OneNote.
​Import Pdf as Printout
Batch import Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) into OneNote as printout, and set file name as OneNote page title, best installed Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader. Insert associated attach file after print document to OneNote.
​Import Ppt as Printout
Batch import Microsoft PowerPoint presentations (.ppt, .pptx) into OneNote as printout, and set file name as OneNote page title, best installed MS PowerPoint. Insert associated attach file after print document to OneNote.
​Import Doc as Printout
Batch import Microsoft Word documents (.doc, .docx) into OneNote as printout, and set file name as OneNote page title, best installed MS Word. Insert associated attach file after print document to OneNote.
​Doc Files
Import .doc files into OneNote as plain text format, is not printout,
​Import Images
Import selected images into OneNote. This feature will create a page for an image.
​Import HTML Files
Import a set of associated HTML files, Change hyperlinks to OneNote page links in each other
​Import Folder
Import Html folder with tree structure into OneNote.
​Import Images
Import selected images into OneNote. This feature will create a page for an image.
​Import ePub
Import an eBook .ePub file into specify notebook. And keep the links in catalog of epub don't broken.
​Import PDF as Plain Text
Import PDF Files as plain text into OneNote.
​Import PDF

​Evernote

Import EverNote into OneNote

1. Import EverNote export format file (.enex) into specified OneNote section.
2. Create OneNote sections in specified OneNote notebook or section group with .enex file name.
3. Directly import EverNote notebook into specified OneNote section.
4. Create OneNote sections in specified OneNote notebook or section group with EverNote notebook name.
5. Import EverNote tags as Keyword tags into OneNote.
6. Import EverNote To-do (Checkbox) as OneNote To-do tag (Checkbox) with checked/uncheck status.
7. Import EverNote 2.3 export format file (.enx) into OneNote.
8. Just import today EverNote notes.
9. Just import today and yesterday EverNote Notes.

Import Evernote Stacks and Notebooks Tree Structure

This feature need you export Evernote Notebook Stacks Tree Structure to .est file by 'Evernote Batch' at first.
And use this feature in 'OneNote Batch' to recreate the TREE STRUCTURE in OneNote with this .est file.

• Evernote Stacks will import as OneNote Section Groups.
• Evernote Notebooks will import as OneNote Sections.

​Google Keep
Transfer Google Keep notes to OneNote, hold on labels, checkboxes, images, background color.
Others
Move multiple sections into another notebook
Use this feature, we can move multiple selected ( checked ) sections in a local notebook into another local notebook.
This feature show in Sections Tree context menu ( Right click mouse menu ).