Reviews of Tana Outliner

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List of user reviews and ratings for Tana Outliner

Total ratings

4.00 (Rating count: 48)

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Review summary

Overall, reviews praise Tana on mobile for fast capture, growing editing/structure features, and strong personal productivity potential, especially after the initial learning curve. Top pros: a mobile-first experience with inline editing/references; deep customization and automation; and a compelling alternative to desktop apps for organizing notes. Major cons recur: limited mobile editing (cannot edit/delete or reference notes yet), noticeable startup/save delays, and inconsistent parity with desktop (plus a login requirement in some cases). Users also wish for offline use. Progress is acknowledged and mobile features are steadily improving.

Pros

Mobile-first experience is maturing, with quick capture and growing inline editing and references.
Highly customizable and automation-friendly, enabling tailored personal workflows.
Strong value for personal management (e.g., ADHD) and a productivity boost after setup.
Notion-alternative potential: seen as more dynamic in some use cases once set up.

Cons

Mobile editing is severely limited: cannot edit/delete notes or reference other notes, leaving a read-only experience.
Starting up and saving can be slow or fail, causing noticeable delays.
Signing in requires an Apple or Google account; email sign-in isn't supported.
Mobile experience often lacks essential features compared with desktop, and can feel browser-bound or limited offline.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.70

All time rating average: 4.00

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Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-08	Ed*****	I keep getting th issue of saving local changes keep failing on my phone. And it took more than 5 mins to resolve. This is simpler unacceptable and make the app unusable no matter how much I initially like the app.
I keep getting th issue of saving local changes keep failing on my phone. And it took more than 5 mins to resolve. This is simpler unacceptable and make the app unusable no matter how much I initially like the app.
2026-04-19	Ma*****	Be prepared to stare at your phone for 5-10 seconds every time you open the app. But then it’s great. Just don’t try and use main outliner.
Be prepared to stare at your phone for 5-10 seconds every time you open the app. But then it’s great. Just don’t try and use main outliner.
2026-01-23	am*****	Only a few days into this and it has really improved my life. There is a learning curve with the setup and supertags but then becomes very intuitive. but it’s already better and more dynamic than notion. I have bad ADHD and a personal management app finally makes sense. I hope it will grow.
Only a few days into this and it has really improved my life. There is a learning curve with the setup and supertags but then becomes very intuitive. but it’s already better and more dynamic than notion. I have bad ADHD and a personal management app finally makes sense. I hope it will grow.
2025-10-18	Aa*****	Tana might be next gen some day but currently they have a mobile app that isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. The mobile app is STILL missing essential functionality and Tana both admits this readily on Slack and says that there is nothing the can do about it for quite some time yet. This is in October 25.
Tana might be next gen some day but currently they have a mobile app that isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. The mobile app is STILL missing essential functionality and Tana both admits this readily on Slack and says that there is nothing the can do about it for quite some time yet. This is in October 25.
2025-09-10	Md*****	App doesn’t allow you to use it without linking to Apple or Google account. Why can’t I just use my email? Weird.
App doesn’t allow you to use it without linking to Apple or Google account. Why can’t I just use my email? Weird.
2025-07-02	Ce*****	It’s not user friendly or very useful.
It’s not user friendly or very useful.
2025-05-21	An*****	May 2025 update (not a basic/general review—this is for current Tana users) I want to make sure folks don’t just see old reviews and think this is a super limited app compared to desktop—yes, there’s a ways to go, but since its rollout they’ve added basic references and in-line editing! It’s a solid MOBILE-first experience imho. Capture is just as quick and seamless as with the Tana Capture app, but now there’s solid ways to add structured data to your captures from mobile (most field types) and then edit/modify those captures. Plus, you can just start editing on the fly from any node in the app (Today, Home, a specific supertag, etc.). What I’d love to see Give Tana AI some love on mobile…it’s there in the app’s tagline. There’s a good but limited feature set that uses AI for voice memos, but seeing a more robust, novel, mobile-first implementation of AI would make Tana a cut above the rest.
May 2025 update (not a basic/general review—this is for current Tana users) I want to make sure folks don’t just see old reviews and think this is a super limited app compared to desktop—yes, there’s a ways to go, but since its rollout they’ve added basic references and in-line editing! It’s a solid MOBILE-first experience imho. Capture is just as quick and seamless as with the Tana Capture app, but now there’s solid ways to add structured data to your captures from mobile (most field types) and then edit/modify those captures. Plus, you can just start editing on the fly from any node in the app (Today, Home, a specific supertag, etc.). What I’d love to see Give Tana AI some love on mobile…it’s there in the app’s tagline. There’s a good but limited feature set that uses AI for voice memos, but seeing a more robust, novel, mobile-first implementation of AI would make Tana a cut above the rest.
2025-02-18	mo*****	Unless I’m totally missing something, there’s no simple way just to sit down (eg on an iPad) and add notes and/or organize thoughts you’ve been building up inside a Workspace. Instead, this app is just a glorified ‘capture tool’… a voice recorder when on-the-go. Perhaps the design concepts were to “streamline” the user experience by focusing on that, but honestly, they could’ve simply added one more tab at the top just to let you work with your data - IMHO unnecessarily crippling useful access to your data, and instead forcing you to operate inside a web browser. Not a fan of that limited view.
Unless I’m totally missing something, there’s no simple way just to sit down (eg on an iPad) and add notes and/or organize thoughts you’ve been building up inside a Workspace. Instead, this app is just a glorified ‘capture tool’… a voice recorder when on-the-go. Perhaps the design concepts were to “streamline” the user experience by focusing on that, but honestly, they could’ve simply added one more tab at the top just to let you work with your data - IMHO unnecessarily crippling useful access to your data, and instead forcing you to operate inside a web browser. Not a fan of that limited view.
2025-02-03	Dr*****	Amazing to see more and more of Tana unlock on the go. Can’t wait to see where this is going!
Amazing to see more and more of Tana unlock on the go. Can’t wait to see where this is going!
2025-01-06	Ce*****	I cannot see any option to edit the notes directly. I don't know what could be the reason; kindly update that as soon as possible.
I cannot see any option to edit the notes directly. I don't know what could be the reason; kindly update that as soon as possible.