Microsoft OneNote has been one of our favorite note-taking apps for years, and it keeps getting better. The app is completely free to install on your Mac or Windows desktop and lets you format notes ...

Crucially, Joplin saves all my notes in Markdown. Unlike OneNote, my notes are now universally readable in plain text (.md).

OneNote is the best Microsoft program you’re probably not using. For me, it’s become the online home for much of my work: article drafts, interview transcripts, even random thoughts about how to ...