Outline: Knowledge Organizer 4+

Ideas, Notes and Projects

Gorillized

    • 4.2 • 217 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Welcome to Outline: simple yet powerful knowledge management app

Outline is an intuitive note-taking application for OS X with convenient structure resembling real paper books: notebooks, sections, groups of sections and pages help to keep order in notes, regardless of their complexity.

Outline is perfect for students, teachers, physicians, lawyers, executives and everyone who's daily life involves extensive note-taking of any kind. It can be coupled with Outline for iPad and
Microsoft OneNote, which makes notes multi-platform.

**Enjoy your notes**
Type anywhere on a page. Much like in a good old paper notebook you just do it your way, without the constraints of a tool! Limits are a thing of the past: arrange your ideas in Outline as they grow and populate the canvas, wherever they may lie.

**Organize your data**
The flawless organization of Outline visually portrays the hierarchy of your ideas. Create pages, sections and groups of sections within a notebook and have them customized to that specific subject. You won't get lost, but pleased with the simplicity of such structure.

**Make your notes awesome**
Use various formatting: сhange font size and color, apply styles and highlighting, create numbered and bulleted lists, tables and hyperlinks. Visualize your notes with associative icons - add tags, create To-do lists not to miss a thing.

**Attach files and insert printouts**
To collect related documents in one place, add them as file attachments. PDF files can be inserted as printouts for annotation. This way Outline becomes a universal tool for storing and working with your data.

**Protect your notes**
Sensitive data deserves special attention and security. You are free to choose where to store your data with Outline - locally or in your favorite cloud. Section password protection will keep your information safe using industry standard encryption algorithms. You have fine grained control when to automatically lock protected sections.

**Be mobile with Outline for iPad**
Get the desktop grade experience with this beautiful and powerful iPad app. You will find the same features in the smaller form factor. Do not forget to try inks!

 **Use with Microsoft OneNote**
Outline works with local OneNote files on your iPad or Mac. you can also synchronize with OneDrive or Sharepoint to can collaborate on notes with colleagues who use OneNote.

Microsoft OneNote file format support:
▪ OneNote 2010+ - supported
▪ OneNote 2007 - read-only
▪ OneNote 2003 - not supported

Microsoft Sync Services support: 
▪ SharePoint on-premise 2010+ - supported
▪ OneDrive Personal - supported
▪ OneDrive for Business - supported
▪ SharePoint Online - not fully supported at the moment, you can access only top level site

**Stay tuned**
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and stay updated!
Facebook: www.facebook.com/outlineapp
Twitter: www.twitter.com/outlineapp

Your questions, comments and feature requests are kindly welcome at our Support Centre: support@outline.app
Terms of Use: https://outline.app/terms

What’s New

Version 4.2403.0

Your Unified Note-Taking Solution for Mac, iPad, & iPhone

Excited to unveil the latest iteration of Outline, now seamlessly integrated across all your Apple devices - Mac, iPad, and iPhone. This update brings a host of new features and improvements:

iOS
• Refreshed UI on iOS devices for a more intuitive experience.
• Outline Widget for iPhone: Quickly capture notes or manage your to-do list from Today View.
• Convenient Page Creation: Easily add pages to your last open section with a single tap.
• Enhanced ink capabilities for smoother note-taking.
• Improved section navigation for seamless transitions.
• Stay informed with updated notification alerts.
• Enhanced Backup functionality on iOS for added peace of mind.
• Improved page zoom on iOS for enhanced readability.
• Streamlined compact mode on iPad for enhanced usability.
• Refined text selection on iOS for smoother editing.

Mac
• Export ALL pages with the enhanced print-out feature.
• Fixed section tabs and tags for flawless navigation.
• OS X Services integration improvement for a smoother workflow.
• Effortless printing to Outline on Mac with PDF services folder.

Download the latest version now and experience seamless note-taking between your Apple devices like never before!

Ratings and Reviews

4.2 out of 5
217 Ratings

217 Ratings

Aramistech.com ,

Great App only missing 2 things for me to make it Awesome

This app is great, it really is. It will replace your OneNote app and give you back the power to save your notes where ever you want, webdav, icloud, dropbox, etc. Really great to have this instead of syncing everything to the cloud I can save the notes locally if I wish or to the network server at the office. The only two things I have an issue with is that you cannot set a custom font and size when you start a note, i have to manually change the font size, bold everytime, you also cant pick the type of font you want to use. Come on that should have been an option from the begining. The other one is that I cannot mark a note as a favorite so it shows up like in most used section or favorites section.

Other than the things I mentioned this app is really good and if you dont want to use the cloud and want more control of your data but like OneNote this is the app for you. Check it out, on their website they give you a free 14 day trial at least you can try it and decide if you want it. I tried for a few days and bought it.

Meyers.Family ,

Nice Features - Kind of Quirky

Within the app, you can’t move a section group to a different notebook. However, going into the folder system and dragging the specific “section group” - folder group into a new notebook works. Kind of odd. If you want to close a notebook that is stored in iCloud, you have to basically “Move to Trash” for the notebook. That is a scary warning, because all you want to do is close it. Reading the fine print however, states that "deleted cloud notebooks can no longer be accessed in t he app but remain in the cloud”. Isn’t that the same as “CLOSING” a notebook. It’s just the way it is stated that creates a little anxiety.
A few quirky things, but essentially the best alternative to using OneNote (Office365) for Macs, which will only store URLs on your OneDrive, so the notebooks can’t be backed up. Overall a nice basic OneNote without all the bells and whistles that OneNote has and that I don’t use anyway.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback!

Dr. Fobes ,

Beware: App will make your Mac laptop overheat

I have never written a negative review before, but this app has pushed me to do so. Initially, I absolutely loved this app; however, after using it for a graduate course its limitations are readily apparent. One day I suddenly began recieving messages stating that I needed to quit programs because I exceeded my application memory, which shocked me since I have a 2017 MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM. After researching the problem, I figured out that not only was this program hogging more than 5GB of RAM by itself, but it was so taxing on the computer that it was causing my computer to overheat (i.e. the fan kicks into overdrive after this program is open for a matter of minutes). The company’s response was that I have a broken link and it can be fixed through the context menu (which isn’t the case). Future efforts to contact them have yielded no results. Any company that charges a $40 premium for their software better make sure that they are deliveringa quality product that doesn’t make a brand new computer using the latest microchips, RAM, and SSD’s overheat. Unfortunately, that’s not the case with this program.

App Privacy

The developer, Gorillized, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More