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Zoho Notebook

Zoho Notebook

4.5 (86)
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What is Zoho Notebook?

Notebook is a beautifully designed note-taking app which is available across iOS, Android, Mac, Web, Windows & Linux. Take notes, add files, create checklists, sketches, record audio, and capture moments and all your notes are instantly synced across your devices and to the cloud.

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Zoho Notebook Integrations

Google Drive logo
Google Drive
Slack logo
Slack
Google Workspace logo
Google Workspace
Microsoft Teams logo
Microsoft Teams
Zapier logo
Zapier
Customize and organize notes
Note the details
Create checklists
layout for Mac
Layout for Windows

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It's free.

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Key user insights about Zoho Notebook

Based on of verified reviews collected between April, 2018 and December, 2023
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Note taking

Based on 42 reviews
Users appreciate Zoho Notebook for its quick note-taking capabilities, which help them keep track of tasks efficiently. They find the app's free availability a significant advantage, making it an accessible option for many. Additionally, the color coding of notes is a feature that users find particularly useful for organizing their information visually.

Multimedia notes

Based on 27 reviews

Reviewers enjoy the flexibility Zoho Notebook offers in creating various types of notes, including audio notes, text, and drawings. They find the ability to add different media such as photos and videos enhances their note-taking experience. The option to record audio notes is especially appreciated for moments when typing is not feasible, making the app versatile for different needs.

Pros

  • Zoho Notebook is a absolute gorgeous note-taking app, just one of the best out there. Zoho has an affordable price and beautiful design.

  • This software has really help me organizing my days and help me planned for my schedule. The security provided also let my notes keep protected and secured and i feel happy with that.

  • I wanted something to save information a quick way, and I found this notebook plugin. Its been working like a charm better than expected.

  • If you don't need all the bells and whistles of Word or Notes, this is the perfect solution for notes and it integrates with Evernote. Want a fun way to take notes or liven up a to do list.

Cons

  • It does not support offline environment as it will always need internet connection to access back my notes in the program.

  • Until it has been around longer to be able to extend its list of integrations Zoho Notebook is still going to lag behind the leaders.

  • This is not going to prevent anyone from either collecting images or misusing them. It's just going to annoy users.

  • I found there is no image editing option in this tool.

Most Helpful Reviews for Zoho Notebook

Maisarah S. avatar
Maisarah S.
Marketing Executive
Telecommunications, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
April 30, 2021

"Sorting note and idea with Zoho Notebook"

Overall: Working with this software in managing my ideas, note and web-clip really let me to be more effective in those area. It has cloud storage that let me to save my note on my phone, then continue working with it from my computer or tablet.

Pros: I love taking a snapshot of website design or the marketing creative advertisement, and Zoho Notebook web clipper really help me to manage all the snapshot and organize it to its categorize and the date taken. It is really important for me, as i can referring back to the snapshot when i need idea for my marketing product.

Cons: Not many option for exporting my notes outside the software. I can only satisfies with the PDF option for working with my note with other software. The viewing option is also lack of option, as i can't set the viewing to 'details' as it will help me to see all the note better. An option to grouping the note also can help with organizing all my notes.

Switched From: Google Drive
Reasons for Switching to Zoho Notebook: Zoho Notebook is more efficient in saving my digital notebook.
Suhailah S. avatar
Suhailah S.
Administrative Assistant
Retail, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
April 19, 2021

"Zoho Notebook review"

Overall: This software has really help me organizing my days and help me planned for my schedule. The security provided also let my notes keep protected and secured and i feel happy with that. Taking notes with this software is very easy and fun sometimes.

Pros: Using this software to replace my old physical notebook into a digital notebook is really helpful as i can access to all my notes very easy from anywhere as long there are connection with the internet. Not only text of note, it also can support video and picture to be added on the notes.

Cons: The notification for the daily task is not really helpful as sometimes, it not triggering the notification for the event reminder that i has place on it. It has cost me a lot as i will be missing the event or the task that i has planned. Thing that i think they should add is a feature to share the note easily to a messenger application like Telegram.

Switched From: Any.do
Reasons for Switching to Zoho Notebook: I feel more comfortable arranging notes and task using Zoho Notebook and they offer a better feature for it.
Ryan E. avatar
Ryan E.
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
2.0
Value for Money
3.0
Likelihood to Recommend
6/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
June 8, 2021

"Extremely basic, even for a free option"

Overall: If you're looking for something simple, no-frills, and very stripped down, this may be a good option for you, but don't look for particularly sophisticated or advanced features like you might expect from Evernote or OneNote.

Pros: There are a few nice features offered by Zoho Notebook that are nevertheless not particularly functional or useful. You can, for example, choose your own picture to adorn the covers of your various notebook icons instead of simply picking a color. There is also available two-factor authentication, which is great for keeping things extra secure, and the interface is so pared down that it is almost impossible not to immediately figure out how the software works. It does also have good cross-platform support.

Cons: Zoho Notebook is missing a lot of extremely basic functionalities, many of which are related to its severely limited WYSIWYG editor. The font cannot be changed, there are extremely few formatting options, and the bits of formatting that you are allowed to use oftentimes change if you close and then reopen a note. Line breaks vs. paragraphs are extremely problematic (the software doesn't seem to recognize the difference between the two). It also lacks robust tagging or organizational features.

Alternatives Considered: Evernote Teams
David C.
Private Investigator
Security and Investigations, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
January 1, 2023

"It works, it's free."

Overall: Well like I said in the title, Zoho Notebook is free. Doesn't cost me a penny. It works, rather well. So what more could you ask for? Sure, it could be tweaked, but overall for a free app I think they've hit a home run.

Pros: Zoho Notebook is a free note taking app. Get it on almost any device. Has all of the core note features.

Cons: Zoho Notebook doesn't include all of the fancier features that may be seen in other products. It wouldn't be so bad to see more task management features.

Alternatives Considered: Microsoft OneNote
Reasons for Choosing Zoho Notebook: I'm not a fan of Microsoft and opted to try zoho first
Switched From: Google Keep
Reasons for Switching to Zoho Notebook: Bugs
Norzihan I. avatar
Norzihan I.
Recruiter
Telecommunications, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
9/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
February 11, 2021

"Saving notes online"

Overall: I really like that there are no limitation in creating my notes in this software and no space size limitation for the notes. The notes is so smart that it will automatically combines the content on the same folder and produce a interactive note cards.

Pros: I really like that the notes is saved on the cloud online, and i can access back to my notes anytime that i need and it is accessible from various type of electronics that i own like mobile phone and my Ipad. The checklist keep me on top of my daily task and as a reminder for things that i had planned.

Cons: The software will running slow if there are too much information/data in the notes especially for my sketch card when i am adding a sketch and attach it with audio and photo. There are some webpage that are not supported by this software and i can't use the website clipper to clip the website page.

Switched From: Google Drive
Reasons for Switching to Zoho Notebook: Zoho Notebook can saves a note in more creative ways and easy accessible to the note back.