# Workflowy: Note, List, Outline

> Notes App and To Do List

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id551139514](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id551139514)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id551139514`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** FunRoutine INC
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (8,209 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.3.2609071723
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2012-09-28
- **Size:** 147 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/workflowy-note-list-outline/id551139514)
- **Website:** [https://workflowy.com/](https://workflowy.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://workflowy.com/privacy-policy/](https://workflowy.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**Workflowy** is a distraction-free notes, to-do list, and outlining app for capturing ideas and organizing information. Its infinitely nestable lists help you structure everything from quick notes to complex projects, while powerful search, tags, filters, and linked items keep information easy to find and update.

Use Workflowy AI to summarize, rewrite, or brainstorm with your notes, and manage projects with kanban boards, calendars, date shortcuts, and one-swipe task completion. Share and collaborate in real time, assign items with @mentions, upload files and images, embed videos, and access your work across mobile, desktop, and web. Workflowy also supports offline use, automatic saving, synchronization, and multi-factor authentication.

## Rankings

- #19,597 — Overall
- #40 — writer's block
- #50 — note

## Review summary

Users praise Workflowy for its simple, fast, bullet-based outlining and strong cross‑device reliability. It scales well from simple lists to planning and notes, thanks to its flexibility and minimal UI. The main drawbacks reported are update‑driven UX changes that disrupt workflows and, in some cases, concerns about AI features and privacy. Overall, it remains a powerful, efficient tool for focused organization, with occasional rough edges when updates alter how it works.

### Pros

- Simple, clean, minimal UI that makes it easy to add and manage tasks
- Cross‑platform syncing across devices (web, iOS, Android, Mac/Windows) and reliable performance
- Fast and efficient for finding information thanks to the bullet/outline format and typing‑first workflow
- Highly flexible and customizable, adaptable to many workflows without feeling bloated
- Versatile for tasks, notes, planning, writing, and everyday organization

### Cons

- Updates can degrade UI/UX, breaking workflows (shifting items, selection) and sometimes making the interface feel static or less usable
- AI features introduced without clear user consent raise privacy concerns and cause some users to seek alternatives

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id551139514)