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Curio

The all-in-one notebook for Mac: Markdown notes with wikilinks, mind maps, tasks, Kanban boards, and visual brainstorming.·zengobi.com

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Curio is a note-taking, mind mapping, brainstorming, and task-management application for macOS. It offers a freeform digital notebook environment where users can combine rich text, markdown, images, PDFs, web links, and multimedia within a single project file. Built-in tools include mind maps, lists, tables, index cards, pinboards, and Kanban-style stacks for organizing information, plus AI research assistance through its Sleuth feature.

What it's for

Gathering inspiration and client requirements (designers)Brainstorming plot and character development (writers)Taking notes, annotating handouts, and collecting research (students)Creating and presenting lesson plans and assignments (professors)Gathering lab results and images (scientists)Tracking tasks and feature checklists (project managers)Planning product features, sketching prototypes, and tracking competitors (programmers)Gathering information, organizing ideas, and preparing cases (lawyers)Mind mapping ideas and planning new companies (entrepreneurs)

Features 20

AI service integration via Sleuth for research and chat assistance
Automatic project backups
Custom idea space templates and figure stencils
Flowcharting shapes and sticky connector lines
Focus mode to concentrate on specific figures or branches
Import/export as text, markdown, image, PDF, HTML, CSV, and OPML
Integrated equation editor for LaTeX, AsciiMath, and MathML
Kanban-style stacks for task tracking
Mermaid diagrams and markdown code blocks (Professional)
Mind mapping with multiple layout arrangements (left, right, top-down, tree, org chart)
Presentation mode
Query-based Organizer Filters and dynamic Smart Filters
Rich text and markdown note-taking with LaTeX equation support
Search with regular expressions and boolean logic
Spread PDF across idea spaces for page-by-page annotation
Sync figures/files to local or cloud storage
Sync tasks to Calendar & Reminders
Synced figure instances (transclusion) across a project
Tables, lists, index cards, albums, and pinboards
Wikilinks and backlinks between notes

At a glance

free tierfree trial

TypeDesktop app

DeploymentInstalled (local)

PlatformsmacOS

ForDesigners, Writers, Students, Professors, Scientists, Project Managers, Programmers, Lawyers, Entrepreneurs

CompanyZengobi

Integrations

GoogleWikipediaChatGPTGeminiCopilotClaudePerplexityPoeGroqGrokMistralDeepSeekQwenDEVONthinkCalendarRemindersMailTaskPaperOmniOutliner ProCuriota

Pricing

License keys are one-time purchases (Standard $79.99 / Professional $99.99, with academic pricing available) that include a year of free updates. Subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly through the Mac App Store and managed by Apple, start from $5/month.

FreeFree

Great for trying Curio and small projects.

Projects restricted to 5 idea spaces

StandardQuote

One-time license key purchase: $79.99 ($69.99 edu), including one year of free major updates; renewals from $59.99 ($49.99 edu) when renewing from Curio 32, otherwise $69.99 ($59.99 edu). Also available as a Mac App Store subscription (monthly or yearly, billed by Apple).

ProfessionalQuote

Most popular plan. One-time license key purchase: $99.99 ($89.99 edu), including one year of free major updates; renewals from $79.99 ($69.99 edu) when renewing from Curio 32, otherwise $89.99 ($79.99 edu). Also available as a Mac App Store subscription (monthly or yearly, billed by Apple).

Quantity purchases of 20 or more license keys receive an automatic 20% discount at checkout.