Workflowy
Launched 2010
101 features found available
In their words
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Pricing
Our most recent pricing details for Workflowy:
$0 Basic
$4.99/month or $49/year - Pro Membership
Features pertaining to how the app comports itself visually
It is possible to control how many strips of navigation are shown
Different sets of colors can be chosen to alter the appearance of the app window
What kind of content can be uploaded or inserted into notes?
The note app allows the edges of the picture to get dragged so it becomes larger or smaller
Features that pertain to how the app interfaces with its customers
There is a dedicated venue such as Discord where users can chat about the product in real time
The company has a specified URL at which users can discuss the product and ask questions in a format where answers can be upvoted to pinpoint the best one
There exists a publicly accessible site upon which users can upvote features they want to see implemented
The company offers a version of the product that can be used indefinitely at no cost
Company has averaged at least one blog post or newsletter per month over the past year that details recent feature updates
What measures are taken to ensure customer data remains private, even to employees of the companies themselves?
Can enable two-factor authentication from within the app (not only via third parties) to protect account access
Documented claim that all note data is encrypted at rest, on the server
An explicit policy describes how security is implemented, and what access employees have to data.
A documented claim exists that note content will not be accessed by employees
Note content can be created such that even a user who gained access to the note app's cloud database (employee or intruder) couldn't decrypt content (i.e., they couldn't obtain a usable decryption key even if possessing the database contents)
What options are available for formatting text and related content in a note?
Excluding text that gets colored as a side effect of some other formatting feature listed (e.g., highlight)
There exists a means to recolor the background behind specific text in more than one color
A note can preview content embedded from within another note.
A note can preview a specific block/section embedded from within another note or section.
A note can preview and edit content embedded from within another note or section.
A universal character encoding system which allows a wide range of characters (emojis, etc)
Videos can be placed in the body of a note, with controls to start and stop the video
Text can be indented (without bullets, block quote, or other incidental features)
What features are provided for interoperability between apps? How much lock-in is there?
App automatically syncs note & image data to the cloud without implementing extensions, and without signing up for a secondary account on a storage provider
What features does the note provider offer in terms of third-party integrations and utilities adjacent to the note content itself?
Pre-configured content (instructions, tasks, etc) can be duplicated from an existing source note
A browsable collection of pre-existing sample notes (e.g., "weekly budget") that can be copied into one's own notebook
Features specific to the mobile experience
How well can the app function without internet access?
Quick-searching for notes works when offline, after starting the app whilst disconnected from the Internet
Which platforms are officially supported?
An app is available that isn't a Progressive Web App
An iPad app (separate from iOS app) has been published to App Store
What options are there for navigating around the app and finding the note you're after?
A list of all notes containing a word or phrase can be produced
Using whatever mechanism the app provides to organize notes (e.g., tags, folders), can that mechanism be used as a full text search filter?
It's possible to assign a hierarchy identifier (such as a tag) to a line of text, such that the line (not the note itself) can be discovered when browsing the note hierarchy
It's possible to drag-and-drop, or otherwise relocate a branch of the organization hierarchy to a new location
Nodes in the note hierarchy can be colored
A hotkey is available that can be used to access an input box that searches notes, and a note can be selected from that list without using the mouse
Groups of notes can be accessed from a dedicated "Shortcuts" or "Favorites" area within the app
What features exist to share notes with the world?
Enable a specific user or multiple users to view and/or edit one's otherwise private note content
Does the app support formatting data in tables?
What to-do list and scheduling features does the app support?
What functionality is offered to capture content discovered on the internet?
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