Legend vs The Visual Outliner
Legend
legendapp.comThe Visual Outliner
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| Figure | Legend | The Visual Outliner |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Outlining Software | 8.5 (#6) | 6.9 (#21) |
| Purpose | Legend brings documents, notes, to-do lists, email, files, outlines, and projects into one productivity interface. | The Visual Outliner is a hierarchical multi-level outliner for organizing ideas. |
| Support | Legend offers email support and directs users to its forum for bug reports and feature requests. | The maker lists [email protected] as its support email. |
Plans
The Visual Outliner
- Visual Outliner for Windows FULL VERSION$59.95, paid once
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.
The Visual Outliner
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