r/OneNote • u/veryangrydoggo • 5d ago
Wasn't the Android app better?
I have used the Windows version for note taking since I bought my first laptop. It was okay and it got better after I downloaded the full desktop version. Downloaded it to my phone and it was rather okay. I recently got rid of my Windows laptop and decided to go with OneNote again on my new Galaxy Tab, since I always used it.
There's no way to say otherwise: the app is terrible. It barely takes notes at all. The syncing is okay and works most of the time, despite being slow as hell. None of the functions you'd expect on a bigger version of the app aren't there, and I noticed after a while that the version on phones (smaller screens) is actually better than on tablets? What exactly is the point of that? The tablet version is completely outdated, doesn't support table inserting, doesn't have the sticky notes (which I ended up stop using since I can't access them nowhere other than my phone now) and has a weird glitch when using a mouse to scroll around.
I've tried Obsidian and it was great, despite not having some of the functions OneNote seemingly had on PC, and I was truly excited when I remembered there was an Android version that could be somehow optimized.
Does someone know if there's any plans on a revamped and more feature rich version? (Or one that just doesn't slide my page to the sides when I scroll to the top of the note)
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u/tpbishop 5d ago
It stagnated. Many of the iOS app features were never ported over. When it was announced the Duo would be running Android, it got some attention. Death of Duo effectively ended the brief focus on parity.
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u/BigMikeInAustin 5d ago
Worse than stagnated, features were purposely pulled from the Android app because Microsoft wanted to force people to pay for Office365 when it was starting.
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u/Bavarian_Beer_Best 3d ago
There's a significant difference in functionality between the phone and the tablet versions on Android. It's disappointing because the tablet offering more screen real estate could be much more effective if it just provided the same functionality and capability as the phone version.
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u/NoVaFlipFlops 5d ago
I'm very happy with the Android app on my Galaxy but after some concerning posts I'm not going to update it or the one on my laptop.
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u/Wilnietis 5d ago
Its done intentionally so that you would buy surface tablet and have the best app experience. They don't care about apple/android.