Cloud Outliner
Cloud Outliner creates interactive, customizable notes for arranging plans, projects, and ideas.
What Cloud Outliner is
Cloud Outliner creates interactive, customizable notes for arranging plans, projects, and ideas. Its editor supports drag-and-drop reordering, multi-selection, checkboxes, automatic numbering, item notes, rich text, and highlighting. A multi-tier document manager, color stickers, password protection, templates, and document duplication help organize outlines. Users can search by outline name or text, expand or collapse items, filter checked and unchecked entries, and choose light or dark themes. The app is available on iOS and macOS, and the maker says outlines can sync through iCloud and Evernote. Export options include PDF, OPML, and plain text; HTML export is listed for macOS. Sharing options include email and instant messenger, as well as services such as Reminders, Notes, Messages, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The iOS version also lists read-only mode, indentation gestures, portrait and landscape support, and wireless keyboard shortcuts. Both platform downloads are free with in-app purchases. Pro plans offer cross-device syncing and remove banners and ads; the yearly plan includes a seven-day trial, and a lifetime option is listed. The maker's privacy policy says outline data is stored on its servers for synchronization and is not used by the maker.
Good
- Editor supports checkboxes, notes, and rich text.
- Search, filters, and collapse controls aid navigation.
- Exports include PDF, OPML, and plain text.
- Free downloads are available for iOS and macOS.
- Password protection and customizable templates are included.
Watch out
- HTML export is listed for macOS only.
- Sync between Apple devices requires Pro.
- Pro plans have no listed prices.
- Outline data is stored on the maker's servers.
Who it suits
Cloud Outliner suits people who want structured notes for plans, projects, or ideas on iOS or macOS. It may also fit users who need search, filtering, exports, or outline syncing, though Pro is needed for some sync options.
Verdict
Cloud Outliner offers flexible outline editing and organization across iOS and macOS, with multiple export formats. Check the platform-specific export and Pro sync limits when choosing how to use it.
Plans and prices
From Cloud Outliner's own pricing page, checked 23 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly Pro | Priced on request | Pro features · Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac · No banners or ads · Automatically renews unless cancelled through App Store settings |
| Yearly Pro | Priced on request | Pro features · 7-day trial · Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac · No banners or ads · Automatically renews unless cancelled through App Store settings |
| Lifetime Pro | Priced on request | Pro features · Single purchase unlocks Pro on iPhone, iPad, and Mac · No banners or ads |
| Cloud Outliner – Nested Lists (Mac) | Free | Free download · In-app purchases · iOS sync requires Cloud Outliner Pro for iOS, sold separately |
| Cloud Outliner - Nested Lists (iPhone/iPad) | Free | Free download · In-app purchases · Mac sync requires Cloud Outliner Pro for macOS, sold separately |
| Cloud Outliner for Mac | Free | Mac app · iCloud sync with iOS requires separate iOS Pro purchase |
| Cloud Outliner 2 for iOS | $4.99, paid once | iPhone, iPad and iPod touch · App Store purchase |
| Upgrade to Pro for Mac | $9.99, paid once | In-app purchase · unlocks Pro features |
The facts
Each one read from Cloud Outliner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional sharing
- The maker lists sharing to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reminders, Notes, Email, and Messages.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Autosave
- The Mac App Store listing says documents are autosaved.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Checklists and numbering
- Outlines can include optional checkboxes and automatic numbering in three styles.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The privacy policy says user personal data is stored and processed on servers in the United States, and may be temporarily processed in other jurisdictions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Editing controls
- The apps include drag-and-drop reordering, multi-select, undo and redo, copy and paste, and link or phone-number detection.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Export and sharing
- Outlines can be exported to PDF and OPML; HTML export is listed for macOS only, and sharing options include email and instant messenger.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Hierarchy and nesting
- The editor supports multi-level document structures with indentation changes, collapsing and expanding.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- It imports and exports OPML and exports to PDF, HTML on macOS, plain text and other sharing destinations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Cloud Outliner synchronizes through iCloud and Evernote.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Keyboard support
- The iOS edition supports wireless keyboards and shortcuts, while the Mac listing advertises customizable shortcuts.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence and extensibility
- The terms prohibit reverse engineering, decompiling, modifying, copying or distributing the software, indicating proprietary licensing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: complexity and value
- An independent 2012 review found the app effective for simple outlines but limited for complex documents and considered the $4.99 price too high at that time.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: editing and crashes
- Mac reviewers reported difficult text selection, awkward cursor behavior and crashes triggered by right-clicking outline points.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: formatting
- An iPad reviewer says the same text colors in light and dark modes make black or white text unavailable and can reduce readability.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: printing
- Multiple Mac reviewers reported that printing did nothing or remained broken for months, sometimes requiring PDF workarounds.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: synchronization reliability
- An App Store reviewer reports inconsistent syncing that resulted in lost data and requests conflict-resolution indicators.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notes
- Individual outline items can contain notes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Organization
- The product provides color tags, password protection, templates and document duplication.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Outline editor
- The editor supports drag-and-drop reordering, multi-selection, checkboxes, automatic numbering, item notes, rich text formatting, and highlighting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Praise: ease of use
- App Store reviewers describe the design as intuitive, easy to edit and useful for organizing ideas and tasks.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: outlining and OPML
- Reviewers value compressed nesting, easy movement of entries and OPML exchange with other outliners.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company identity
- Retexlab describes itself as the new business name of Xwavesoft and a privately owned productivity-software company founded in 2009.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters and owner
- A XwaveSoft press release identifies Odessa, Ukraine as its base and Denys Yevenko as owner.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- iOS features
- The maker lists read-only mode, indentation gestures, portrait and landscape support, and wireless keyboard shortcuts as iOS features.checked 8 Oct 2026
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