Dynalist Reviews

It's the best note-taking application in my opinion. I love Dynalist and have been using it extensively for the last 10 months. There are tons of things I like about it -

1. Lightweight and cross-platform. I use it on my Ubuntu machine, Browser, and phone, and it works so flawlessly without any performance issues, no matter how big the document gets, it always runs smooth.

2. It's simple and not over-engineered. I don't lose my focus when I'm working on my notes. The UI/UX is absolutely uncluttered and I love it.

You can quickly organize notes via nested bullet points, link to other notes anywhere, and collapse/expand your notes for easy access to a very complex note structure.

I wish that there were more heading styling options. It seems that the developer has shifted their work to Obsidian.md and will not be developing many new features for Dynalist.

There are a couple of alternatives that may work better for others, but I preferred the feature set of Dynalist. Workflowy is more well-known and well-supported, but does not have heading options. The developer of Dynalist is now working on Obsidian.md, but it is much more complex and can really only be recommended to those who are 1) developers, 2) willing to pay a bit more, 3) willing to fiddle with plugins to customize their experience.

I needed a way to take complex, nested notes to get my creative ideas written down quickly while on the go. Dynalist helps me keep my thoughts organized, and allows me to quickly add new notes to previously created sections.

Super-easy to use and understand.

Very flexible & decent apps for MacOS, Web, iPhone & iPad.

Totally reliable & the sync is very fast with auto-save included.

I'd like two items

Dynalist is my favorite planning tool. It is an elegant and intuitive application with high utility! It lets me organize ideas into logical groups via bullet points and also allows nesting of lists. Points can be reordered on my list by copy-pasting it where I want to be based on priority. In addition, these lists can be expanded and collapsed, which makes consumption of large documents easier. The search functionality works blazingly fast and makes Dynalist powerful. Text editing features like bold, italics, strikethroughs, etc. make the tool more powerful. Everything is in the cloud and if you're a pro user like me, you can get daily backups of your work on dropbox and google drive. I use Dynalist for my personal as well as professional needs. I really love this tool!

One issue I have faced is that when I copy-paste text from lists using my keyboard, "Ctrl-c" and "Ctrl-v", it does not work as desired. I have observed this when working with big documents. In addition, if I want to upload a file, I know I have to drop the file into the workspace. The file gets uploaded and a link to the file is generated and is shown in a pop-up. If I close that pop-up, I still don't know how to access that file. I know I can access the file via the Upload Manager, but the UX is a little non-intuitive.

Definitely give it a trial and you will find that you will love using the product not just for work, but also for aspects around your personal life. It is very easy to use and extremely handy.

Dynalist helps me have a second brain - it lets me store useful information in a neat organized manner. It has helped me plan my work and personal life in a better manner.