Effie. A new writing app with optional mind-map view

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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Dec 22, 2021 at 11:00 PM

I just learned about a writing app called Effie. It looks like an interesting option. Here are some of the main features:

- Clean, inviting markdown editor
- It encourages the building of outlines in a document, then gives you the ability to view and edit the outline as a mind-map/diagram
- It has native apps for Mac, iOS and Windows (I’ve only tried the Mac version so far)
- It exports to PDF, DOCX and markdown text files. Export diagrams as images.
- It allows you to publish a doc for sharing online

A couple of negatives so far:

- While it is not a web-based app, all your documents are stored and synced through their cloud storage
- They discourage using the app offline—though you can. I suspect it relates to syncing issues if you update the same document on separate devices before getting back online.

If you’re interested in learning more, the website is: https://www.effie.pro

Steve

Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 24, 2021 at 12:12 AM

Thanks, Steve. It’s actually a very nice app, especially on Mac/iOS.

A bit like Bear, but with folders instead of (nested) tags and a rather nice mindmapping feature that works with bullet lists (which are automatically turned into folding outlines).

So far it’s been syncing well for me, but I’ve put very little data into it, so it’s early days…

Cheers!
Bill

Posted by satis
Dec 24, 2021 at 05:13 PM

Looks interesting. The use of their proprietary cloud is a little disappointing but more so is the lack of OPML interchange, which would seem to be a natural here.

Also: no import?

Posted by Luhmann
Dec 24, 2021 at 09:44 PM

I hate when apps don’t make their pricing clear on their website, but you can find it on the app store page: 4.99/mo or 29.99/year

Posted by steveylang
Dec 25, 2021 at 05:38 AM

Thanks for the post, it does look really interesting and has a very attractive interface. I’ve tried about 20 different Obsidian themes, and none look as nice as this. I’d probably take the mindmapping option here, over the Obsidian graph view.

With the markdown formatting, it’s too bad it doesn’t seem to have links (or backlinks function.) Maybe in a future update…

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