Curio
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Curio, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Curio's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No purchase required · projects limited to 5 idea spaces · larger projects open read-only |
| Standard license key | $99.99, paid once | Unlimited idea spaces · One year of updates included · one-time purchase; includes 1 year of updates |
| Professional license key | $119.99, paid once | Advanced power-user features · Curio CLI and MCP for eligible sustainers · One year of updates included · one-time purchase; includes 1 year of updates |
| Standard subscription | $5 a month | Standard features · Mac App Store subscription · Automatic updates · billed yearly |
| Professional subscription | $6 a month | Professional features · Mac App Store subscription · Automatic updates · billed yearly |
| Standard | $99.99, paid once | Unlimited idea spaces · educational price shown as $79.99 · One-time purchase; includes 1 year of updates |
| Professional | $119.99, paid once | Includes Standard plus CLI + MCP, Smart Kanban, formulas, synced figures and files, Mermaid diagrams, presentation mode · educational price shown as $99.99 · One-time purchase; includes 1 year of updates |
The facts
Each one read from Curio's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI services
- The product page lists ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Poe, Groq, Grok, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, and local LLM chat servers through Sleuth.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Curio CLI can query, read, update, import, export, and navigate project content, and includes an MCP server for supported AI clients.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Content and collections
- Curio supports rich text, Markdown, images, PDFs, documents, web links, multimedia, mind maps, lists, tables, index cards, albums, pinboards, and Kanban boards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Curio lists Apple Shortcuts actions, Calendar and Reminders task syncing, TaskPaper and OmniOutliner import/export, and support for DEVONthink items.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes use by designers, writers, students, professors, scientists, project managers, programmers, lawyers, and entrepreneurs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License updates
- A website license is a one-time purchase with one year of major updates; after that the app continues working but stops receiving updates until renewal.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Local projects
- Curio projects are local files on the Mac and the maker says work is not uploaded to remote data centers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Note sharing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Product
- Curio is a freeform notebook for notes, research, brainstorming, mind mapping, tasks, and documents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Project security
- Professional includes a project password feature.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The Mac App Store edition is sandboxed; the documentation says sandboxing can impose feature limitations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Zengobi directs users to email [email protected] and says it will write back as quickly as possible.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2004checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- North Carolina, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free-mode limit
- Free mode allows creation and editing of projects with up to 5 idea spaces; larger projects open read-only for viewing, exporting, and printing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Trial
- Curio starts with a 2-week fully functioning trial that enables Professional features.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform and requirements
- Curio 34 runs on macOS 15 Sequoia through macOS 27 Golden Gate on Apple silicon or Intel.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- macoschecked 20 Sep 2026
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