Workflowy

An infinite nested list tool for organizing thoughts, notes, and tasks.

MIXEDOperations

Pricing

Freemium

Learning curve

Easy

Time to value

Immediate

BEST FORSolo

WORKS FOR

organizing thoughts and notes, personal project management

KEY INSIGHT

It's a simple, infinite outliner best for individual thought organization, not for team collaboration or complex project management.

DOESN'T WORK FOR

context switching, collaborative workflows for teams

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

“I wished Workflowy would've explored, but since Workflowy isn't open source or plugin-based, I took things into my own hands”
NEGATIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-07-07
“Workflowy is great for taking notes in meetings, allowing ad-hoc moving things around. It's also great for reference material”
MIXED · features · Hacker News · 2026-01-31
“I tried workflowy and other tools but I keep coming down to using text files because of how fast it helps me to offload memory on a scratchpad.”
NEGATIVE · ease of use · Hacker News · 2025-06-12
“workflowy hierarchic as well as checklist_manifesto workflows, they were all still disjointed and provided negative value in the use of the APPLICATIONS”
NEGATIVE · features · Hacker News · 2025-02-19
“Workflowy has added some unique features like mirror nodes that Dynalist never had”
MIXED · features · Hacker News · 2024-07-28