As Apple dukes it out with the government there's another battle brewing on the tech front, this one between Microsoft and…Evernote.

Redmond just fired the first battle shot, releasing a tool that lets you easily transfer all your to-dos from Evernote to its own OneNote service. "OneNote and Evernote have a lot in common," Microsoft admitted. "But we think you're going to love OneNote's standout features."

While both services are available across platforms, OneNote offers additional benefits like free offline access to notes on mobile, unlimited monthly uploads, and the ability to "write anywhere on the page with free-form canvas," Microsoft said.

Other areas they converge? Both services let you share content with others and save content from the Web. But, with Evernote you'll need a paid subscription to do things like save email into your notes and digitize business cards, features that are available for free in OneNote, Microsoft said.

Convinced that OneNote is better? Head over to Microsoft's site to download the new importer.

The new Microsoft tool comes at rough time for Evernote, which has faced some major challenges in recent months, starting with the departure of CEO Phil Libin in July. The company recently laid off 13 percent of its workforce, or 47 employees, and closed three international offices — the second round of pink slips after letting 20 people go in January 2015. Evernote has also been paring down its services of late, recently shutting down its Market for physical goods and ditching three other products to refocus on its core app.