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title: "Apple Notes vs OneNote: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Apple Notes or OneNote more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Note taking apps set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Apple Notes vs OneNote: Which is searched more?

Is Apple Notes or OneNote more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Note taking apps set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Apple Notes and OneNote
- **Competitive set**: Note taking apps
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Apple Notes Share of Search**: 1.6%
- **OneNote Share of Search**: 39.2%

## Is Apple Notes or OneNote more popular in search?

- In September 2026, OneNote had more branded searches than Apple Notes among note taking apps worldwide. OneNote had about 1.8 million branded searches, while Apple Notes had 74,000. OneNote made up 39.2% of all note taking app searches we track, and Apple Notes accounted for 1.6%.
- OneNote was ahead of Apple Notes in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Apple Notes’ share of searches among note taking apps worldwide held steady at 1.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 74K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, OneNote’s share of searches among note taking apps worldwide moved from 39.7% to 39.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.8M.

## How did search popularity change for note taking apps worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, OneNote overtook Google Keep to become the leader among note taking apps worldwide, with 39.2% of the searches.

## Month by month

| Month | Apple Notes estimated searches | Apple Notes Share of Search | Apple Notes rank | OneNote estimated searches | OneNote Share of Search | OneNote rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 1.6% | 7 | 1.8M | 39.7% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 74K | 1.8% | 7 | 1.5M | 36.3% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 74K | 2.3% | 7 | 1M | 31.2% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 1.7% | 7 | 1.5M | 35.3% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 74K | 1.8% | 7 | 1.5M | 37.5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 74K | 1.8% | 7 | 1.5M | 37.5% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 74K | 1.8% | 7 | 1.5M | 37.5% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 74K | 2% | 7 | 1.2M | 33% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 60.5K | 1.7% | 7 | 1.2M | 33.8% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 60.5K | 2% | 7 | 1M | 32.4% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 74K | 1.9% | 7 | 1.2M | 31.9% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 74K | 1.6% | 7 | 1.8M | 39.2% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apple Notes’ and OneNote’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Apple Notes**: Measured on the search term “apple notes”.
- **OneNote**: Measured on the search term “onenote”.

- [Apple Notes profile](/demand/global-en/brands/apple-notes)
- [OneNote profile](/demand/global-en/brands/onenote)
- [All note taking apps worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/note-taking-apps): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Apple Notes or OneNote more popular in search?

In September 2026, OneNote had more branded searches than Apple Notes among note taking apps worldwide. OneNote had about 1.8 million branded searches, while Apple Notes had 74,000. OneNote made up 39.2% of all note taking app searches we track, and Apple Notes accounted for 1.6%.

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