Scroll, a Tree/Gingko-like outliner for Mac/iOS/iPadOS

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Posted by satis
Nov 12, 2024 at 05:41 PM

Free download from Apple’s App Store, with a one-time $4.99 unlock for themes, unlimited nodes & tags, sync across platforms (using your own iCloud account), and export.

Design looks like a cross between the discontinued Tree outliner and Gingko (which I just looked up and noted Adriano is charging $117/year for).

Subtopics appear in a column to the right of main topics, but the text-entry box is a tiny five-line entry area at the bottom of the screen (which is where later edits are meant to take place too). Which is terrible, unfortunately.

But I experimented with pasting in text from a text processor and the resulting outline offered the unique visual power of a horizontal outliner which I’ve missed.

Not an app I’d recommend, but an interesting programming experiment that could have potential if it continues development. (It was last updated 2 weeks ago, and since the summer the app added theming and bug fixes.)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/outliner-scroll/id1597619594

Posted by tberni
Nov 12, 2024 at 08:15 PM

I see it as a primitive mix between Gingko and Speare. Everything will depend on the evolution of the development: whether it remains primitive or evolves to become a useful tool, beyond the current moment of proof of concept.

Topics to work on:

- Possibility of moving cards between columns by tapping and dragging.
- Possibility of seeing the entire tree structure.
- Text styles, formatting.
- Rich export.
- Import of outliner and mind map formats.

Good luck to the developers!

Posted by steveylang
Nov 20, 2024 at 11:41 PM

This looks interesting, the other comparisons are certainly valid but it also reminds me of something like Mindly but in a list-based, more space efficient format. I think simplicity and elegance are the main benefits here, kind of like Clear for to do lists.

Maybe this app would be good for laying down the main bones for a new project or brainstorming on the go, and then continuing in more detail in a more traditional PIM or outliner.

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