Comparison - Digital notebook

Winy vs OneNote

OneNote is a notebook of pages with Copilot built in; Winy is an infinite canvas where your own coding agents run live beside your notes.

Microsoft OneNote is a free digital notebook for typing, handwriting and drawing, organized into notebooks, sections and pages and synced through OneDrive.

Winy is a native infinite-canvas notebook for Mac, iPad and iPhone where real agent sessions such as Claude Code and Codex live as cards next to your notes, Pencil ink and images.

The real difference is where the AI lives: OneNote offers Microsoft Copilot inside your notes, while Winy puts the agents you already run on the board itself, where they can see your notes and ink.

At a glance

Question	Winy	Microsoft OneNote
What it is	Infinite-canvas notebook with live agent cards	Notebook of sections and pages
Platforms	Mac, iPad and iPhone	Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android and web
Layout	One infinite canvas per board	Free-form canvas on each page
Handwriting	Pencil ink at full frame rate	Digital ink, shapes auto-convert to clean polygons
AI	Your own agents: Claude Code, Codex, any CLI	Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Notebooks
Live terminals and agents	Yes, as cards on the board	Not built in
Sync	One board across your Mac, iPad and iPhone	OneDrive, OneDrive for Business and SharePoint
Collaboration	Single user; no multiplayer	Shared notebooks with sharing permissions
Pricing	Early access waitlist; no public pricing	Free; Copilot with Microsoft 365 plans

Which one is for you

Choose OneNote if

You need your notes on Windows, Android or the web as well as Apple devices.
You share notebooks with a team or class and rely on Microsoft 365.
You want Copilot to summarize and draft from your notes and Microsoft 365 files.
You want a free notebook with years of tags, sections and search behind it.

Choose Winy if

You want Claude Code or Codex running live on the page, not a chat about your notes.
You want to draw with the Pencil straight across a running terminal or a note.
You think spatially and want one infinite canvas instead of pages in sections.
You run several agents and want to see which are working or waiting by zooming out.

Questions

What is a good OneNote alternative for Mac?

OneNote runs on the Mac, so the question is usually what you want instead. Winy is a native notebook for Mac, iPad and iPhone built on an infinite canvas, with Pencil ink, notes, images and live agent sessions on the same board.

Is there a OneNote with AI agents?

OneNote has Microsoft Copilot, which answers questions and drafts from your notes. Winy is different: real agent sessions such as Claude Code and Codex run as cards on your board and can see the notes and ink around them.

Is OneNote free?

Yes. OneNote is free to download, and Copilot features come with Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, Premium and Copilot business plans.

Does Winy import OneNote notebooks?

No. Winy does not import OneNote notebooks today.

Is Winy available now?

Winy is in early access. You can join the waitlist on winy.ai.

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