Microsoft OneNote vs Craft
Microsoft OneNote and Craft are both productivity options. Here's how they compare on official platforms, features, and positioning — sourced from each vendor's own site, not from ratings or reviews.
Side-by-side summary
Best for Microsoft OneNote
Positioned for individuals and teams already in the Microsoft ecosystem who want free-form, notebook-style note-taking with handwriting and voice capture across all their devices.
Best for Craft
Positioned for individuals and teams who want a unified, design-focused workspace for notes, daily journaling, and documents that can be published or shared directly from the app.
Feature comparison
Every feature listed here comes directly from each vendor's own official site.
Microsoft OneNote
- Notebook, section, and page hierarchy for organizing notes
- Handwriting and digital ink with stylus support for sketching and annotating
- Voice transcription to capture notes from audio
- Real-time collaboration for multiple users working on shared notebooks
- Full-text search across notebooks
- Copilot in OneNote for drafting plans, generating ideas, and organizing information
- Free version, with additional features included in Microsoft 365 subscriptions
Craft
- Block-based documents supporting docs, tasks, calendar events, and whiteboards
- Daily Notes for daily capture and reflection
- AI writing assistance for composing and refining content
- Templates for jumpstarting different project types
- Direct publishing and sharing from within the app
- Cross-device sync for capturing ideas instantly and refining them later
- MCP and API integrations with tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Apple Shortcuts
Pros and cons
Microsoft OneNote
- Notebook, section, and page hierarchy for organizing notes
- Handwriting and digital ink with stylus support for sketching and annotating
- Voice transcription to capture notes from audio
- Real-time collaboration for multiple users working on shared notebooks
- Full-text search across notebooks
- Copilot in OneNote for drafting plans, generating ideas, and organizing information
- Free version, with additional features included in Microsoft 365 subscriptions
We don't publish a "cons" list for either product. No vendor's official site documents its own product's weaknesses, so there's no sourced basis for one — and we'd rather say that plainly than invent one.
Craft
- Block-based documents supporting docs, tasks, calendar events, and whiteboards
- Daily Notes for daily capture and reflection
- AI writing assistance for composing and refining content
- Templates for jumpstarting different project types
- Direct publishing and sharing from within the app
- Cross-device sync for capturing ideas instantly and refining them later
- MCP and API integrations with tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Apple Shortcuts
We don't publish a "cons" list for either product. No vendor's official site documents its own product's weaknesses, so there's no sourced basis for one — and we'd rather say that plainly than invent one.
Key differences
- Microsoft OneNote lists Notebook, section, and page hierarchy for organizing notes, Handwriting and digital ink with stylus support for sketching and annotating, Voice transcription to capture notes from audio, Real-time collaboration for multiple users working on shared notebooks, Full-text search across notebooks, Copilot in OneNote for drafting plans, generating ideas, and organizing information, Free version, with additional features included in Microsoft 365 subscriptions that Craft doesn't list.
- Craft lists Block-based documents supporting docs, tasks, calendar events, and whiteboards, Daily Notes for daily capture and reflection, AI writing assistance for composing and refining content, Templates for jumpstarting different project types, Direct publishing and sharing from within the app, Cross-device sync for capturing ideas instantly and refining them later, MCP and API integrations with tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Apple Shortcuts that Microsoft OneNote doesn't list.
Choose Microsoft OneNote if…
Choose Microsoft OneNote if this fits: Positioned for individuals and teams already in the Microsoft ecosystem who want free-form, notebook-style note-taking with handwriting and voice capture across all their devices.
Choose Craft if…
Choose Craft if this fits: Positioned for individuals and teams who want a unified, design-focused workspace for notes, daily journaling, and documents that can be published or shared directly from the app.
Facts on this page are sourced from each vendor's official site (linked below), not from ratings or reviews. Products change — verify anything that matters to your decision directly on the vendor's own site before switching. See our Disclaimer and Sources Policy.
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