Keynote

Apple's presentation software for creating visually compelling slides and designs.

MIXEDCreative

Pricing

Free

Learning curve

Easy

Time to value

Immediate

BEST FORSoloSmall Team

WORKS FOR

Designing visually compelling presentation slides, Creating polished presentations for work

KEY INSIGHT

Users often need to combine it with other tools to create a full presentation.

DOESN'T WORK FOR

Creating a complete presentation without using other tools

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What people reported, in their own words. Every line links to where it was said.

“I work on Mac Keynote, so there is a presentation mode where I can see what is on screen now, and what will be on screen next as soon as I click. The notes are there but they are only a last resort.”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-06-15
“You can drag a pdf into Keynote, and get a vector quality image. This feature is great”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-03-25
“Keynote is so much better for presentations that PowerPoint it's not even funny”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-01-13
“I'm the insufferable Apple fanboy that chimes in to mention Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.”
POSITIVE · Hacker News · 2025-12-09
“even some preinstalled premium apps, like Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GarageBand, iMovie, don't work unless you add an Apple Account to the system”
NEGATIVE · features · Hacker News · 2025-09-02