Introducing Curio 8.

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A new, modern interface for the most elegant, powerful, and creative digital notebook, ever.

Integrated environment.

Curio includes everything you need to take notes, create mind maps, manage documents, sketch out ideas, and much, much more.

All in a single, amazingly intuitive application.

Task master.

Curio supports lots of different meta data so you can instantly find what you need and sync all your tasks with your Mac OS X Calendar.

Plus so much more.

Styles, stencils, and templates. Evernote integration. Sleuth internet assistant. Audio/video recording. Google Docs. WebViews. YouTube & Vimeo videos. Index cards. Everything you need to be incredibly productive, all in a single app.

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“I have yet to review a better, friendlier, or more powerful tool for taking on any project under the sun.”

— Macworld

“Taken together, Curio is one fast-loading, responsive package with fantastic potential and tons of flexibility.”

— MacLife

“If you haven’t tried Curio before, now is the time.”
9/10
— Mac.AppStorm

“Everything cool about Curio just got better.”
— TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)

What’s New In Curio 8? Check out all the new Curio 8 features and screenshots →

Curio 8 is, by far, the most ambitious Curio release since its inception ten years ago.
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New User interface

You’ll love the simplified and modernized user interface with detachable inspector popovers. The entire UI was rebuilt and redesigned from scratch for ease of use.

Insert Popover

A new, incredibly simple method for inserting figures, lists, mind maps, index cards, WebViews, new audio/video recordings, Google Docs, and much, much more.

Insert YouTube and Vimeo Videos

Curio now makes it super easy to insert a streaming YouTube or Vimeo video directly into your idea space.

Live PDF Views and Annotations

Edit PDF’s live within the idea space with support for annotations and markup.

Mind Map Boundaries

Curio mind maps now support colored boundary areas that enclose a parent figure and all of its children.

Easier List, Mind Map, and Table Styling

The method for customizing collection styles is now much, much easier to manage and control.

Calendar and Reminder Syncing

Calendar and Reminder syncing has been greatly improved with support for iCloud-based calendars and reminders, and sharing existing calendars.

Made for Lion and Mountain Lion

Curio now requires Mac OS X 10.7.4 or above. Major portions of Curio have been completely rebuilt to take full advantage of the newest Apple OS X releases, including native full screen & autosave support.

Retina Ready

High-resolution images for the user interface are included so Curio 8 looks gorgeous on retina displays.

Easy Sharing

The new Share button is a fantastic, easy-to-use method for sharing your Curio creations with others.

Organizer Documents

Drag text, image, and PDF files or weblinks directly to the Organizer allowing full-window viewing and editing. The Organizer therefore becomes a more versatile binder of notes and documents.

Organizer Filter Bar

Quickly filter the Organizer based on last modified date, label, tag, or title.

Idea Space Split View

With a single click you can now view more than one idea space at once either side-by-side or above-below.

Figure Stacks

A new mouse-wheel technique makes flipping through dozens of index cards incredibly fast and easy.

Faster and More Robust Code

Tons of internal refactoring and rewriting have made Curio faster, more optimized, and much more robust.

More Robust File Format

No more monolithic asset library containing all data. Instead individual asset files provide a more robust solution, allows for Dropbox browsing of previews.

Shared Repositories

A powerful, extensible repository system allows you to share templates, styles, stencils, color swatches, and Sleuth modules, through network shares or Dropbox.

Evernote Enhancements

Curio has adopted Evernote’s OAuth authentication, which will be required on November 1st, 2012 for all 3rd party access, and their latest API for more robust access.

Improved Audio/Video Recording

Curio now uses Apple’s new AV Foundation framework to provide robust audio and video recording features.

Feature Set Clean-Up

Please note some features, like Dossier and Flashlight, have been removed to tidy Curio 8’s feature set.

Curio = Curio

No more Core, Standard, or Pro editions. This simplifies purchasing, support, and development, and guarantees you have all the great features at your fingertips.

Reviews and Sightings

Thousands of customers around the world are happy, productive, and positively thrilled with Curio. Here’s a quick sample.

Macademise reviews Curio 8 for research and discusses iThoughtsHD+Curio

Listen to George discuss Curio 8 and brainstorming on the Systematic podcast

Macworld awards Curio 8 a fantastic 4½ out of 5 mice

Mac.AppStorm awards Curio 8 a near-perfect 9 out of 10

MacLife awards Curio 8 an excellent score of 4½ out of 5

Macworld UK awards Curio 8 a brilliant 4 out of 5

TodaysTopTech says he cannot live without Curio and gives it a gold award

Curio is a creativity powerhouse at TotalApps

Curio is a giant creative application must-have at OliverNielsen.com

Thoughts and Things says "if you have a Mac, get Curio"

A note about the Curio-Evernote integration at Creativityist

Curio gets 5 stars at The MacMania Podcast

Curio helps rough out magazine design at Citysnaps

Video: a scientist shows how he uses Curio as an amazing lab notebook

Macgasm calls Curio a powerhouse application for creative people

A pretty darn sweet review of Curio at TUAW

NYTimes: "Zengobi Curio Does Everything"

A quick overview at The Mind Mapping Software blog

A wonderful write-up at jkOnTheRun

Curio is a top recommended program at M2volt

George discussing the Curio-Evernote integration on YouTube

Madhavi is in love with Curio at A Writer’s Blog

Curio mapping a digital mind at Smoking Apples

A nice review of Curio at Creativityist

A super review of Curio on MacSparky