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Posted by washere
Mar 9, 2020 at 02:34 PM
I don’t use subscription based apps, for a variety of reasons. TreeSheets I linked on the last page is free-floating. It’s free but unfortunately he’s stopped his donation link after raising $2000 over a decade though you can email him to donate if you insist. He’s a nice guy, doing it for the love of it as a hobby. It has free floating, but a grid based system, which means limitations OR advantages. Depends on purpose at hand. It has a somewhat small learning curve, though not really. It’s power is in creating templates that can look like anything you can imagine, quite wonderful and unlimited potential. He’s still developing and updating it when he finds time.
If you like something which gives you free floating (layout) power like TreeSheets but goes beyond a grid system, you’re looking at mindmaps (mm) really. I’ve used the big few commercial ones which are not cheap. I’ve tried the few famous free open source ones. The best mm for me is SimpleMind.
# easy user interface to begin with basics mm features
# can learn more advanced features (like Photoshop) if needed
# regularly updated, not virtual abandonware, by the small Dutch team
# Outliner layout panel view available, yes it’s an Outliner too
# Outliner import: opml, also other import types, and export too
etc etc
Basically it’s the most friendly yet simple-to-whatever-advanced level you want mm I’ve used and I used and/or dozens. The interface is the best on any mm.
The above alone should mean one has to buy it now. However it gets better, it is also on Windows, Mac+iOS & Android. It works wonderfully well with Android be it a phone or chromebook. Though the features are not as huge on Mobile platforms Android/ios as the desktop versions Windows & Mac, which have many more features. But the Android pro version is dirt cheap, also a free Android version.
The files can be opened on any OSb version of their software. Or exported to other apps. It also has multi mm types and ready to go templates. Complete template control for colors, etc. I use black background with florescent colors for cells and links etc, dazzling yet let’s one work for hours with no strain on the eyes or on laptop battery.
I think everyone who uses mm on Windows, Mac, Android/iOS, is missing out if they don’t use it. They have free versions too. Plus trial versions of Pro. I would buy the pro version if it was ten times the current price! It is very cheap for what it does. In any case it’s cheap. It has other advantages too beyond a forum post or my time now.
And also the cheap price you pay for the Pro version: is not for upgrades for a year or current X.yyy version for a few years as with many software. It’s for free lifetime upgrades. And they update a lot regularly. And not just bug fixes, they keep adding features, small and big features. If you’re an Outliner fan, it means you’re creative in some way shape or form.
I’ve no affiliation with them, don’t even know the names of the few Dutch people behind it. They have a YouTube channel to for tuts. Beyond mindmaps or whiteboard use, this is the best brainstorming software I’ve used or tested and I’ve tested well over a thousand productivity software over a few decades.