Legend vs Workflowy
Legend
legendapp.com
Workflowy
workflowy.comSide by side
| Figure | Legend | Workflowy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $6.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Outlining Software | 8.5 (#6) | 8.3 (#11) |
| Spec score · Outliner Software | 8.3 (#11) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Integrations | The Browser Pane can open websites and web apps within Legend, with plugins listed for Gmail, Outlook, Office 365, GitHub, Shortwave, Jira, and ChatGPT. | Listed integrations include Readwise, Kindle Highlights, Google Calendar, Web Clipper, and Zapier, with an API for custom integrations. |
| Organization | Users can create Boards with multiple Panes for different work areas and switch between contexts. | Users can nest items to organize content, zoom into a bullet to focus, and search the document in real time. |
| Purpose | Legend brings documents, notes, to-do lists, email, files, outlines, and projects into one productivity interface. | Workflowy describes itself as a note-taking app built around a single, infinite document and list. |
| Support | Legend offers email support and directs users to its forum for bug reports and feature requests. | Workflowy directs users with questions to [email protected]. |
Plans
Workflowy
- BasicFree
- Pro$6.99 a month
- Pro (annual billing)$6.99 a month
- Workflowy Teams$6.99 a month
- Pro (monthly billing)$8.99 a month
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.
Workflowy
Workflowy is a note-taking app built around one expandable document and list. Users can nest items, focus on a bullet by zooming into it, and search across the document in real time. A bullet can become a checkbox, heading, board or table. Tags, dates, backlinks, mirrors and templates help connect or reuse material. Workflowy says it saves automatically and synchronizes across devices. Its API can read and write Workflowy data for apps, scripts and automations. Users can also enable multi-factor authentication with an authenticator-app code and recovery codes. The free Basic plan includes 100 nodes per month and 100 MB of uploads; reaching the node limit brings up a subscription prompt, though users can continue adding nodes. Pro lists unlimited nodes and uploads at $6.99 per month billed annually or $8.99 per month billed monthly. The annual option lists a seven-day trial. Workflowy supports web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, and lists a Chrome extension. Its integrations include Readwise, Kindle Highlights, Google Calendar, Zapier and Workflowy Desktop MCP.