Compare Curio Editions

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FreeStandardProProfessional
Notebook Environment
Project notebook environment with intuitive freeform idea spaces.
Maximum number of idea spaces per project notebook.
5 max Unlimited Unlimited
Rich text figures with support for bundled and custom figure styles.
Markdown text figures with extensive syntax support for bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, highlight, inline code, links, wikilinks, headers, emoji, images, lists, checklists, tables, block quotes, and code blocks.
Embedded and aliased files, images, PDF’s, audio, videos, Mail messages, web links, web preview cards, and embedded live web views.
[[Wikilinks]] and backlinks, markdown links, links to selected text or embedded PDF text, jump actions, jump anchors, idea space link figures, and hyperlinks.
Hierarchical Organizer sections for independent divisions in larger projects.
Integrated Journal for a project diary, meeting notes, or class notes.
Follow Figures and Bundle Figures for lightweight figure groupings.
Automatic project backups for peace of mind.
Bundled appearance themes to change the look of your Curio interface.
Custom app icons for sustainers to enjoy.
Collections
Compositions, our most powerful collection figure, can contain text, images, files, plus other collections like lists, mind maps, and tables, all arranged into one or more independent rows, with each row having one or more columns, and each column having one or more stacked figures.
Mind mapping with left, right, top-down, and org chart arrangements; branch boundary shading; relationship lines; date calculations.
Lists from simple to-do’s to complex hierarchical lists, numbered or bulleted, checkboxes, level styles, date calculations.
Albums of photos or documents, such as PDFs, with optional captions.
Index cards for organizing your notes.
Tables with headers and footers.
Pinboards for freeform collections of text and images.
Stacks for Kanban-style task tracking.
Table of Contents list or mind map.
Focus mode to help you concentrate on specific figures or branches.
Meta
Figure meta including checkmarks; percent complete; local project tags, cross project tags, and nested tag sets; start, due, duration, done, plus smart date calculations; priorities; ratings; resources; notes; custom click actions.
Status bar to view and edit figure meta data.
Search and Quick Find to quickly find and jump to idea spaces and figures with simple or complex queries including regular expressions and boolean logic.
Multimedia and PDFs
Resample images to optimize format, compression, dimensions, and/or DPI.
Brush and pen sketching with support for iPad+Apple Pencil via Sidecar.
Integrated equation editor for LaTeX, AsciiMath, or MathML rendering of inline or standalone equations.
Spread PDF to spread the pages of a PDF across multiple idea spaces for inline annotations and note-taking alongside each PDF page.
Flowcharting
Flowcharting shapes for idea graphs, diagrams, and prototyping.
Sticky lines with numerous arrowhead choices; straight, curved, or orthogonal.
Assistants
Sleuth window and Sleuth sidebar shelf for integrated Internet searching via popular research and image sites like Google, Wikipedia, and more.
AI Services such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Perplexity, Poe, and Groq are also available from within Sleuth.
Import / Export
Import/export as text, image, PDF, HTML, CSV, OPML, and 3rd party mind map formats.
PDF Mirror live export of your project as a PDF to any specified location, including synced cloud services.
Sync tasks to Calendar & Reminders.
Local library shelf to easily list, find, preview, open, and drag in files anywhere on your Mac or within custom scope folders, including support for DEVONthink items.
Evernote integration for quick access to your notes in the cloud.
TaskPaper import and export and OmniOutliner Pro OPML import.
Works with Curiota: our free, always available menu bar app for quickly jotting down ideas, taking notes, or collecting files when inspiration strikes.
Pro Power User Functionality
Synced figure instances where one or more copies of figures can share content and meta ("transclusion") across an entire project.
File-backed text figures display the content of embedded or aliased rich text or markdown files, located on disk on in the cloud, as editable text figures.
Figure layers allow for more flexible layouts and arrangements.
Cross references, with custom types like Agree and Evidence, can be created between figures, idea spaces, and web locations for more organized research.
Status shelf for easy cross-project task tracking at a glance.
Query-based collections allow you to create list, mind map, or stack collections that contain the dynamic results of a query, like due<2w or #active.
Master figure styles & stencils, master idea space styles & templates, and master markdown styles for dynamic updates throughout a project.
Presentation mode for group brainstorming sessions, plus Present in Window for remote window sharing.
Custom figure data allows custom keys and formatted values to be associated with your project figures and available for search queries.
Custom variables for use throughout your project for dynamic text replacements.
Custom sharing actions to export data to other apps via 3rd party app URL schemes.
Custom appearance themes to fine-tune the look of your Curio interface.
External project library to support Spotlight searching of project assets.
External repositories for sharing styles, stencils, and templates with colleagues.
Project password for project security.