Legend vs MemPad
Legend
legendapp.comMemPad
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| Figure | Legend | MemPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Outliner Software | 8.3 (#11) | 7.6 (#22) |
| Organization | Users can create Boards with multiple Panes for different work areas and switch between contexts. | Sibling nodes can be sorted ascending or descending, and the index structure can be modified with buttons, a context menu, or hotkeys. |
| Purpose | Legend brings documents, notes, to-do lists, email, files, outlines, and projects into one productivity interface. | MemPad is a plain text outliner and note-taking program with a structured index. |
| Support | Legend offers email support and directs users to its forum for bug reports and feature requests. | Help is provided as a MemPad file in English, and the maker lists an email address for contact. |
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In their own words
Legend
Legend brings notes, documents, tasks, email, files, outlines, and projects into one productivity interface. Users organize work in Boards made up of Panes, which provide separate work areas and context switching. Panes can show Outline, grouped, List, or Calendar views, and filters can use prefixes, item contents, words, or tags. Writing features include Markdown, formatting hotkeys, backlinks, and mirrors that connect notes with tasks. The Agenda view sorts tasks by priority and date. Legend says it syncs in real time across devices and collaborators, works offline, and resolves changes after devices reconnect. Its privacy policy describes client-side encryption before item data syncs to Firebase, with optional password encryption. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 10 Panes, one plugin sync account, and unlimited documents and items. Basic costs $5 a month billed annually; Pro costs $9 a month billed annually. The Browser Pane is not available in the mobile app, though saved links can open in a browser.