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The table below compares features of notable ] software.
The table below compares features of ] software.


==General features== ==General features==
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| Rich text (export as HTML) | Rich text (export as HTML)
| Features adding, managing notes by category, importing text files, images, sounds, autosave. | Features adding, managing notes by category, importing text files, images, sounds, autosave.
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| BSD
| Linux,
| {{?}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Text, ], HTML, LaTeX, VYM, Freemind
| <small>attachments, plugins, user groups, ] editor ], folders, keywords</small>
|-
!
| Proprietary
| Windows XP/Vista/7
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Online collaboration possible with Bluebeam Studio in version 8.5 and later.}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Uses a TIP (tablet input panel) for text recognition.}}
| {{Yes}}
| Save as PDF, export as BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, plain text
| Tabbed interface, pressure sensitive ink, auto recognize text in ink which is searchable, includes PDF printer, spell check
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| XML | XML
| Features ability to annotate live web pages via DéjàNotes and share scripts. Notes may include rich text or HTML and can be printed and saved as a normal web page via the Firefox browser. | Features ability to annotate live web pages via DéjàNotes and share scripts. Notes may include rich text or HTML and can be printed and saved as a normal web page via the Firefox browser.
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!
| GPL
| Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}, third party programs for Android and Iphone, other via ]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| LaTeX, HTML, DocBook, Taskjuggler, PDF, Freemind, XOXO, iCalendar
| <small> org-mode is a major mode of ], fully customisable, use only plain-text, includes ToDos, spreadsheet, deadlines, encryption, reminders, agenda, calendar and many more </small>
|-
!
| Free trial and paid subscription
| Windows XP/Vista/7
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
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| One-click synchronising, sharing, password protection, automatic backup, remote access, on/offline functionality, superfast filing system, visual/area search
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! ] ! ]
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| Notes stored as XML. Free version can import & display HTML, PDF, JPG, WAV, PNG, MP3, GIF, AMR. Paid version can attach any filetype. | Notes stored as XML. Free version can import & display HTML, PDF, JPG, WAV, PNG, MP3, GIF, AMR. Paid version can attach any filetype.
| Supports many different platforms. | Supports many different platforms.
|-
! ]
| Proprietary
| iOS (iPad)
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes|Exports PDF}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|Mixing ink with text is a core feature. Native support for SVG makes mixing ink and text efficient, easy to share.}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Notes stored as SVG. Can export SVG, PDF, JPG via Email.
| Stylish and Functional: Transparent keyboard, Pages ribbon, Clipboard ribbon, Text Box drawing.
|-
!
| Freeware and paid
| Windows 2000/Vista
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}, pro version
| Plain text
| Features adding, managing notes by category, importing text files, etc.
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!
| Free, advertising based
| Web-based
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Html
| Syntax is MediaWiki based. Notes can be downloaded in a compressed file (zip) in wiki and html format (]), but not in txt
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| Web-based; export to ODF, Microsoft Word, PDF etc. via Google Docs | Web-based; export to ODF, Microsoft Word, PDF etc. via Google Docs
| no longer maintained | no longer maintained
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| GPL
| Linux
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}, but no pressure sensitivity
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| SVG
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|-
!
| Proprietary
| iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch)
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| PDF; can convert Word and HTML documents to PDF
| Email annotation summary, sync to Dropbox, or sync with computer via iTunes or free application. iPhone/iPod version is called "Aji Annotate".
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!
| Free trial
| Windows
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Import HTM, HTML, PDF, and TXT, export to RTF, DOC
| Automatically retrieves information from HTM, HTML, PDF, and TXT files, exports footnotes to Microsoft Office Word 2003/ 2007/ 2010, integrates with IE and Firefox.
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| Requires Java | Requires Java
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| Freeware
| Windows
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}, with external tools
| {{Yes}}, with external tools
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| xml, can attach any files/folders. Support import from tiddlywiki and copy/paste with formats from browsers and Microsoft Word
| bank-grade encryption/password protection, one-click blogging, wiki links, ] editor, portable, no installations are required.
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!
| 30 day trial and paid
| Window XP/Vista/7
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Text, image, pdf or other multimedia file
| Knowledge Capture, Organization and Comprehension. Ideal users include college and high school students.
|-
!
| GPL
| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
| {{No}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| XHTML, XML, PNG, JPG, GIF
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| Free
| Cross-platform (Web-based)
| {{No}}
| {{No}}, Support for Dropbox coming soon
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| HTML, can handle formatted text from Word.
| Designed for students in a lecture or class. Organizes notes based on ideas and concepts.
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| Freeware
| Windows XP/Vista
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Proprietary, export as RTF, TXT
| Enter, organise and format notes (rich text) in tree structure. Links between pages and with web pages are automatic. Encryption and full text searching available.
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!
| Proprietary
| Windows
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| HTML, RTF, TXT, HTA, XHTML, XML, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, MHT, PDF, DjVu (export to HTML, import Microsoft Word (DOC))
| Enter, organise and format clips (web, screen, MS Word, Excel, others), notes (rich text/html) in technical outline with complex tags (including date assignments) and concurrent context views. Outlines & RTF/HTML notes can be shared by online networking or offline sync.
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| Proprietary | Proprietary
| Windows XP Tablet PC edition, Windows Vista, Windows 7 | Windows XP Tablet PC edition, Windows Vista, Windows 7
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| Proprietary | Proprietary
| iOS (iPad, iPhone), Windows XP/Vista/7/Mobile/Phone 7, web, mobile web | iOS (iPad, iPhone), Windows XP/Vista/7/Mobile/Phone 7, web, mobile web
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| Sqlite based, zipped attachments, export to HTML | Sqlite based, zipped attachments, export to HTML
| Features text formatting, file attachments, tagging, searching, notes management by subject, encryption with AES algorithm, text files and OpenOffice.org documents import. Multilingual. | Features text formatting, file attachments, tagging, searching, notes management by subject, encryption with AES algorithm, text files and OpenOffice.org documents import. Multilingual.
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| Proprietary
| Windows
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| XML, proprietary compressed
| Enter, organise and format notes (rich text) in tree structure (with clones), includes standalone viewer, 30-day demo available
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| Proprietary, export: html, opml, rtf, txt, doc, pdf | Proprietary, export: html, opml, rtf, txt, doc, pdf
| Features adding, managing note entries, outlining, tabs, tagging, automatic indexing, audio recording, screen clipping, importing files (text, audio, video), link or embed files, etc. | Features adding, managing note entries, outlining, tabs, tagging, automatic indexing, audio recording, screen clipping, importing files (text, audio, video), link or embed files, etc.
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| Free or paid
| Cross-platform
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Html and Sqlite based
| Features rich text formatting, spellchecker, attachments, tagging, tasks, Lua scripting, printing etc. Built for big number of platforms including Windows, Linux, OS X, Nokia Maemo, Solaris, FreeBSD.
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| GPL
| Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| save as SVG, export to many including PNG, JPG, BMP
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| Proprietary
| iOS (iPad)
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Export as PDF
| Supports PDF, PPT, raw text, and image files. Full annotation feature set.
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| Free web service
| Web-based
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Web-based, ]
| Supports privacy settings on a note by note basis, real time search of public and private notes, note to note links and back-links, drag and drop of images and files from web sites and from the desktop.
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| PDF, PS, TIFF, CHM, DjVu, DVI, XPS, ODF, various others | PDF, PS, TIFF, CHM, DjVu, DVI, XPS, ODF, various others
| Can export PDF + notes, for sending to other Okular users | Can export PDF + notes, for sending to other Okular users
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!
| Proprietary, base licence $50
| Windows
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Save as pdf only, no export function (supports vector-graphical annotating internally only)
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| export to RTF, HTML, TXT, CSV | export to RTF, HTML, TXT, CSV
| Supports tags, hypertext, attachments, passwords. Portable. | Supports tags, hypertext, attachments, passwords. Portable.
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!
| Proprietary, free trial
| Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Proprietary (]); import and export of txt, csv, html (webclips) & xls
| Tabbed interface, outline tree interface, multiple pages, fast search, tagging, attachments and hyperlinks, portable (can run from USB stick or ]{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}})
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| Free
| Web-based
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Plain text, Html
| Notes can be tagged, made public or kept private. Allows setting reminders.
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!
| Proprietary, free trial
| Windows Vista/7
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Imports xls, xlsx, doc, docx, html, jpg, gif, png into pdf format.
| Convert back and forth from pdf to listed formats.
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| web service
| Web-based
| {{dunno}}
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| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Web-based; import ] (]), ] text (]), ]s (]), ], and ] (]) files,; export to blog.
| supports image, video, text, file attachments, keyboard shortcuts, wiki markups, etc.
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| Web-based, GPL
| Web-based, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| Web-based; Html, wiki, local storage in sqlite database
| Wiki based note taking software on the desktop uses Adobe Air application and synchronises with notoair.com
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| web service
| Web-based, iPhone app
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| HTML
| Notes are stored encrypted for extra security/privacy
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| ]
| cross-platform (Python, web-based)
| {{Yes}}, via plugin
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}, via plugin
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| ], HTML, ], JSON etc.
| extensible via plugins
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| , HTML, PDF, wiki-formats | , HTML, PDF, wiki-formats
| Reminders, todo-lists, formulae in LaTeX | Reminders, todo-lists, formulae in LaTeX
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| Shareware or freeware
| Windows
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| save as .treedb export as html, doc, txt, rtf, rvf.
| save notes in tree structure support formatted text, table, image, hyperlink
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| Proprietary
| Windows
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Database, proprietary compressed
| Can merge notes to RTF, HTML. Is also an outliner.
|-

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| Free
| Windows XP, Vista and 7
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| .RTF and .TXT
| All in one note taking software with backups and other cool features!
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| Free or paid
| Windows
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| xls, xlsx formats
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| XML, export to PDF | XML, export to PDF
| Fast boot, smooth curves | Fast boot, smooth curves
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| Artistic, GPL
| Linux, Windows
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}, using ] or another ]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
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| wiki-format, export to HTML and Txt2Tags
| Python based, wiki markup, outlining, forumlae
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The table below compares features of notetaking software.

General features

Name License Platforms Tabbed sections Synchronizing PDF annotate, save Whiteboarding Keyboard text entry Write notes via pen-ink Handwriting recognition Printing Formats Remarks
A.nnotate Free or paid Web-based ? ? Yes No Yes ? ? Yes PDF, .doc, .docx, images, web pages Mostly oriented to including comments in PDF and Microsoft Word documents.
AllMyNotes Organizer Free or paid Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 ? ? No No Yes No No Yes Proprietary, encrypted. Supports import from plain text, RTF, images. Exports to plain text, html, rtf. Access restriction by password, alarms, tasks, icons, rich text, file attachments, outlining, portable, skins, multilingual, autobackup, capture text via tray icon, spell checker, auto-backups (history).
BasKet Note Pads GPL Linux No No No No Yes No No No Rich text (export as HTML) Features adding, managing notes by category, importing text files, images, sounds, autosave.
Bloknot BSD Linux, Web-based ? No No No Yes No No Yes Text, Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, VYM, Freemind attachments, plugins, user groups, WYSIWYG editor Tinymce, folders, keywords
Bluebeam PDF Revu Proprietary Windows XP/Vista/7 Yes ? Yes Online collaboration possible with Bluebeam Studio in version 8.5 and later. Yes Yes Uses a TIP (tablet input panel) for text recognition. Yes Save as PDF, export as BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, plain text Tabbed interface, pressure sensitive ink, auto recognize text in ink which is searchable, includes PDF printer, spell check
CintaNotes freeware Windows ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? export to Unicode text or XML Tagging and searching for tags
DéjàClick Proprietary Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes XML Features ability to annotate live web pages via DéjàNotes and share scripts. Notes may include rich text or HTML and can be printed and saved as a normal web page via the Firefox browser.
emacs org-mode GPL Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows Yes Yes, third party programs for Android and Iphone, other via version control No No Yes No No Yes LaTeX, HTML, DocBook, Taskjuggler, PDF, Freemind, XOXO, iCalendar org-mode is a major mode of Emacs, fully customisable, use only plain-text, includes ToDos, spreadsheet, deadlines, encryption, reminders, agenda, calendar and many more
eNoteFile Free trial and paid subscription Windows XP/Vista/7 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ? Yes One-click synchronising, sharing, password protection, automatic backup, remote access, on/offline functionality, superfast filing system, visual/area search
Evernote Freemium Android, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista/7/Mobile/Phone 7, Palm Pre and web application No Yes Yes No Yes Maybe. No support for ink notes in Mac desktop version; can't mix ink with text ? Yes Notes stored as XML. Free version can import & display HTML, PDF, JPG, WAV, PNG, MP3, GIF, AMR. Paid version can attach any filetype. Supports many different platforms.
exoNotes Proprietary iOS (iPad) No No Exports PDF Yes Yes Mixing ink with text is a core feature. Native support for SVG makes mixing ink and text efficient, easy to share. ? Yes Notes stored as SVG. Can export SVG, PDF, JPG via Email. Stylish and Functional: Transparent keyboard, Pages ribbon, Clipboard ribbon, Text Box drawing.
Exstora organiser Freeware and paid Windows 2000/Vista ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes, pro version Plain text Features adding, managing notes by category, importing text files, etc.
FileIt.in Free, advertising based Web-based No No No No Yes No No Yes Html Syntax is MediaWiki based. Notes can be downloaded in a compressed file (zip) in wiki and html format (atom), but not in txt
Gnote GPL 3 Linux No Yes Yes, print to PDF No Yes ? ? Yes NoteXmlFormat, HTML, PDF Port of Tomboy to C++, wiki-style linked notes
Google Notebook web service Web-based No ? No No Yes ? ? Yes Web-based; export to ODF, Microsoft Word, PDF etc. via Google Docs no longer maintained
Gournal GPL Linux No ? ? ? Yes Yes, but no pressure sensitivity ? Yes SVG
iAnnotate PDF Proprietary iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes PDF; can convert Word and HTML documents to PDF Email annotation summary, sync to Dropbox, or sync with computer via iTunes or free application. iPhone/iPod version is called "Aji Annotate".
Idea Rover Free trial Windows Yes ? No No Yes ? ? Yes Import HTM, HTML, PDF, and TXT, export to RTF, DOC Automatically retrieves information from HTM, HTML, PDF, and TXT files, exports footnotes to Microsoft Office Word 2003/ 2007/ 2010, integrates with IE and Firefox.
Jarnal GPL Any Java enabled platform: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows No Yes, various client/server options Yes Yes Yes Yes, but no pressure sensitivity ? Yes ad-hoc (zip compatible archive containing an SVG per page, a config file, optional background PDFs/images). Can export to txt, html, jpg, pdf. Requires Java
KNote Freeware Windows No Yes, with external tools Yes, with external tools No Yes No No Yes xml, can attach any files/folders. Support import from tiddlywiki and copy/paste with formats from browsers and Microsoft Word bank-grade encryption/password protection, one-click blogging, wiki links, WYSIWYG editor, portable, no installations are required.
Knowledge NoteBook 30 day trial and paid Window XP/Vista/7 ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Text, image, pdf or other multimedia file Knowledge Capture, Organization and Comprehension. Ideal users include college and high school students.
KeepNote GPL Windows, Linux, Mac OS X No ? No No Yes ? ? No XHTML, XML, PNG, JPG, GIF
Lecture Pad Free Cross-platform (Web-based) No No, Support for Dropbox coming soon No No Yes No No Yes HTML, can handle formatted text from Word. Designed for students in a lecture or class. Organizes notes based on ideas and concepts.
Linked Notes Basic Freeware Windows XP/Vista ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes Proprietary, export as RTF, TXT Enter, organise and format notes (rich text) in tree structure. Links between pages and with web pages are automatic. Encryption and full text searching available.
MagicView Proprietary Windows ? Yes No No Yes ? ? Yes HTML, RTF, TXT, HTA, XHTML, XML, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, MHT, PDF, DjVu (export to HTML, import Microsoft Word (DOC)) Enter, organise and format clips (web, screen, MS Word, Excel, others), notes (rich text/html) in technical outline with complex tags (including date assignments) and concurrent context views. Outlines & RTF/HTML notes can be shared by online networking or offline sync.
Microsoft Windows Journal Proprietary Windows XP Tablet PC edition, Windows Vista, Windows 7 No ? No ? Yes Yes handwritten notes are searchable Yes Proprietary
Microsoft Office OneNote Proprietary iOS (iPad, iPhone), Windows XP/Vista/7/Mobile/Phone 7, web, mobile web Yes Yes OneNote 2010 and OneNote 2007 Service Pack 2 and beyond have it built in. A Save As PDF add-in is available for earlier versions of OneNote 2007. Yes, Office OneNote version Yes Yes Yes Yes Proprietary Supports image search, audio and video-recording, screen clipping, importing from Web pages, and drawing; import from any Windows application by means of a simulated printer. Does not support regular expression searching. Good integration with other applications from vendor's Office suite. Tabbed interface provides good features for organizing and re-organizing pages. When used with Tablet PC ink, can search ink for text across all notes or a subset.
MyNotex GPL Linux ? Yes No No Yes No No No Sqlite based, zipped attachments, export to HTML Features text formatting, file attachments, tagging, searching, notes management by subject, encryption with AES algorithm, text files and OpenOffice.org documents import. Multilingual.
My Yellow Notepad Proprietary Windows ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes XML, proprietary compressed Enter, organise and format notes (rich text) in tree structure (with clones), includes standalone viewer, 30-day demo available
Circus Ponies NoteBook Proprietary Mac OS X ? ? Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Proprietary, export: html, opml, rtf, txt, doc, pdf Features adding, managing note entries, outlining, tabs, tagging, automatic indexing, audio recording, screen clipping, importing files (text, audio, video), link or embed files, etc.
NoteCase Pro Free or paid Cross-platform ? Yes No No Yes No No Yes Html and Sqlite based Features rich text formatting, spellchecker, attachments, tagging, tasks, Lua scripting, printing etc. Built for big number of platforms including Windows, Linux, OS X, Nokia Maemo, Solaris, FreeBSD.
NoteLab GPL Linux, Mac OS X, Windows ? ? No No Yes Yes ? Yes save as SVG, export to many including PNG, JPG, BMP
Noterize Proprietary iOS (iPad) ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Export as PDF Supports PDF, PPT, raw text, and image files. Full annotation feature set.
NotePub Free web service Web-based ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Web-based, HTML Supports privacy settings on a note by note basis, real time search of public and private notes, note to note links and back-links, drag and drop of images and files from web sites and from the desktop.
NoteScribe Proprietary Windows ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes save as .NSE (NoteScribe), export to .rtf supports image, video, text, PDF, spreadsheet attachments, generate citations and bibliographies
Okular GPL Linux, Unix ? No Yes. Notes saved in separate file No Yes No No Yes PDF, PS, TIFF, CHM, DjVu, DVI, XPS, ODF, various others Can export PDF + notes, for sending to other Okular users
PDF Annotator Proprietary, base licence $50 Windows ? ? Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Save as pdf only, no export function (supports vector-graphical annotating internally only)
PDF Studio Proprietary Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, web-based ? ? Yes No Yes ? ? Yes PDF Review and markup PDF documents.
Personal Knowbase Proprietary Windows ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes export to RTF, HTML, TXT, CSV Supports tags, hypertext, attachments, passwords. Portable.
RightNote Proprietary, free trial Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista ? No No No Yes ? ? Yes Proprietary (sqlite); import and export of txt, csv, html (webclips) & xls Tabbed interface, outline tree interface, multiple pages, fast search, tagging, attachments and hyperlinks, portable (can run from USB stick or Dropbox)
Scriblets Free Web-based ? No No No Yes No No Yes Plain text, Html Notes can be tagged, made public or kept private. Allows setting reminders.
Soda PDF Proprietary, free trial Windows Vista/7 Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Imports xls, xlsx, doc, docx, html, jpg, gif, png into pdf format. Convert back and forth from pdf to listed formats.
Springpad web service Web-based ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes Web-based; import Microsoft Word (DOC), OpenDocument text (ODT), text files (TXT), HTML, and Hangul Word Processor (HWP) files,; export to blog. supports image, video, text, file attachments, keyboard shortcuts, wiki markups, etc.
Swarm Doc Web-based, GPL Web-based, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows ? Yes No No Yes ? ? Yes Web-based; Html, wiki, local storage in sqlite database Wiki based note taking software on the desktop uses Adobe Air application and synchronises with notoair.com
threetags.com web service Web-based, iPhone app ? Yes No No Yes ? ? Yes HTML Notes are stored encrypted for extra security/privacy
TiddlyWeb BSD cross-platform (Python, web-based) Yes, via plugin Yes Yes, via plugin No Yes ? ? Yes TiddlyWiki, HTML, TXT, JSON etc. extensible via plugins
TiddlyWiki BSD cross-platform (browser, web-based) Yes, via plugin Yes Yes, via plugin No Yes ? ? Yes HTML extensible via plugins and user scripts
Tomboy LGPL cross-platform ? Yes No No Yes ? ? Yes NoteXmlFormat, HTML, PDF, wiki-formats Reminders, todo-lists, formulae in LaTeX
TreeDBNotes Shareware or freeware Windows ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes save as .treedb export as html, doc, txt, rtf, rvf. save notes in tree structure support formatted text, table, image, hyperlink
WhizFolders Proprietary Windows Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Database, proprietary compressed Can merge notes to RTF, HTML. Is also an outliner.
Typhoeus Stickies Free Windows XP, Vista and 7 ? ? No No Yes No No Yes .RTF and .TXT All in one note taking software with backups and other cool features!
xl Notes Free or paid Windows ? ? No No Yes ? ? Yes xls, xlsx formats notetaking add-in for Microsoft Excel
Xournal GPL Linux, Windows, Mac OS X No ? Yes No Yes Yes, with pressure sensitivity No Yes XML, export to PDF Fast boot, smooth curves
Zim Artistic, GPL Linux, Windows ? Yes, using Mercurial or another Distributed Version Control System No No Yes No No Yes wiki-format, export to HTML and Txt2Tags Python based, wiki markup, outlining, forumlae
Name License Platforms Tabbed sections Synchronizing PDF annotate, save Whiteboarding Keyboard text entry Write notes via pen-ink Handwriting Recognition Printing Formats Remarks

Formatted text features, others

Software name Drawing atop text Text box, flow diagram Outline bulleting with indent Text and paragraph formatting Insert hyperlink Insert image Insert table Insert audio Insert video Insert SWF Other objects Attachment Spell check Search
AllMyNotes Organizer Yes Yes Yes No No No No Alarms, check-boxes, bullets, phones, advanced links Yes Yes Yes
AM-Notebook Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
BasKet Note Pads Yes Yes Yes No No No No tags (check boxes, etc.) Yes Yes No
Bloknot No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
emacs org-mode Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No advanced linking, bullets, tags, checkboxes, full spreadsheet, embedding of programming code, formulars, markup Yes Yes Yes
Evernote No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Check-box, line, tags Yes Yes Yes
exoNotes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Resizable touch-to-drag text box, SVG polyline No No No
Keepnote Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes
KNote Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No tags, wiki links Yes Yes Yes
Lecture Pad Yes Yes, and between notes. Yes Yes No No No Advanced links, lists. Yes Yes Yes
Linked notes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes
Notecase Pro Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No bullets, line, flags, tasks, bookmarks, clones Yes Yes Yes
Noterize Yes Yes Yes Yes WebSnaps Yes Yes
OneNote Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OLE, bullets, line, flags Yes Yes Yes
treedbnotes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OLE,bullets,line Yes Yes Yes
WhizFolders Yes Yes Yes Yes No advanced links, nested lists No Yes Yes
Typhoeus Stickies Yes Yes Yes No No No No images, web links, date/time colour, text formatting, more Yes No No

See also

References

  1. One instance can be begun in server mode or a web server (webdav?) used. See manual page
  2. Can save to PDF with this add-in: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en
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