# Dynalist

> Productivity

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1195392808](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1195392808)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1195392808`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dynalist Inc.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (124 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.16
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-12
- **First published:** 2017-06-22
- **Size:** 22 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dynalist/id1195392808)
- **Website:** [https://dynalist.io/](https://dynalist.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://dynalist.io/privacy](https://dynalist.io/privacy)

## Description

Dynalist is a versatile productivity app for notes, outlining, project planning, and knowledge organization. It supports infinitely zooming bullet lists, checklists, # and @ tags, dates, cross-linking, image and LaTeX embedding, and flexible organization.

Share lists publicly or privately, bookmark items and search results, apply color labels, and navigate with powerful search. Pro features include Google Calendar synchronization and file uploads.

## Rankings

- #132,996 — Overall

## Review summary

Dynalist is loved as a simple, powerful outliner with strong cross-device syncing and fast performance. However, users repeatedly report stability issues (freezes, crashes), concerns about long-term support and updates, login problems, and mobile/UX gaps (non-native feel, missing features like mind maps). Data-large document performance and reliability also come up. Overall, it’s a trusted “second brain” for many, but reliability and active updates remain persistent drawbacks.

### Pros

- Simple and straightforward, yet powerful outline-based organization.
- Excellent cross-device syncing between desktop and iOS.
- Fast, lightweight, and responsive performance.
- Rich outlining features: hierarchical/nested lists, folders, multiple documents, and easy item movement.
- Trusted as a long-running, 'second brain' productivity tool with a clean design.

### Cons

- Stability and performance issues: freezes, crashes, white screen when typing, slow responsiveness on iOS.
- Perceived abandonment / lack of ongoing updates and support for years.
- Login/Auth friction or sign-in failures (third-party or direct) blocking access.
- Not native on iOS and missing mobile features (mind map editing, WYSIWYG, etc.), plus occasional UX quirks like auto-hiding panels and slow search.
- Data/storage concerns on large documents (memory issues, hangs, not built for heavy data) and unreliable saves.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1195392808)