Curio 30

Productivity Supercharged

Capture and curate all your notes, research, and documents in Curio’s intuitive, freeform notebook environment. With its amazing array of integrated tools you can be more productive and focus on getting things done.

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The ultimate notebook.

Collect and manage everything.

Welcome to Curio’s freeform idea space environment.
Welcome to Curio’s freeform idea space environment.

Create a Curio project to represent a real-world project. Next fill it with everything related to that project including text notes, markdown, images, PDF’s, documents, web links, multimedia, and much, much more.

You can place this information anywhere on Curio’s freeform idea spaces. Or use Curio’s integrated mind maps, lists, tables, index cards, albums, pinboards, and Kanban-style stacks to organize your data into powerful collections and compositions.

Then use Curio’s incredible metadata such as tags, dates, percent complete, resources, priority, and rating to find, track, and manage it all.

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All the tools you need.

Stop juggling files and apps.

A mix of markdown, rich text, images, tables, and mind maps; plus ChatGPT integration.
A mix of markdown, rich text, images, tables, and mind maps; plus ChatGPT integration.

Curio’s intuitive environment provides a comprehensive collection of integrated tools and features so you can be more productive and stay focused on your creativity and research.

The key point is that everything related to your project is stored, managed, and tracked within a single project file using a single, well-integrated application. You’re not juggling a mess of files scattered about your hard disk with a disparate suite of apps.

It’s all in Curio.

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Continuous improvement.

New features based on your input.

Spread a PDF across an idea space and then to additional idea spaces for annotations and notes.
Spread a PDF across an idea space and then to additional idea spaces for annotations and notes.

With Curio you have an extraordinarily close connection to its development and support. In most cases feedback and requests are quickly incorporated in upcoming releases, and many support incidents are answered within hours.

This tighter feedback loop and rapid development cycle, with major releases appearing every few months, allows us to quickly react to customer requests, market trends, and competition.

Traditional licenses include one full year of free major updates so license holders and subscribers will enjoy a continuous stream of major productivity features and enhancements.

You’re in control.

It’s your project, your data.

The journal feature is perfect for daily classes or meetings; the cross-project Status shelf is on the right.
The journal feature is perfect for daily classes or meetings; the cross-project Status shelf is on the right.

Your Curio projects can end up containing a massive amount of data.

Your project data doesn’t reside on a corporate server or a big central database in the sky, tempting hackers or inaccessible due to a service outage, or at risk of the shifting focus of a VC investor.

This is your data on your Mac.

And, at any time, you can easily export all of your project data in plain text, rich text, markdown, PDF, and more.

Our amazing customers.

Welcome to the team.

Kanban task tracking with connected stack collections.
Kanban task tracking with connected stack collections.

We have an amazingly diverse collection of customers.

Designers gather inspiration and client requirements. Writers brainstorm plot and character development. Students take notes, annotate handouts, and collect research. Professors create and present lesson plans and assignments. Scientists gather lab results and images. Project Managers track tasks and feature checklists. Programmers plan new product features, sketch prototypes, and track competitors. Lawyers gather information, organize ideas and prepare cases. Entrepreneurs mind map ideas and plan new companies.

What will you do with Curio?

Flexible licensing.

Traditional license or subscription.

Custom cross references can be created between figures, idea spaces, and web locations.
Custom cross references can be created between figures, idea spaces, and web locations.

Purchase a traditional license from our website and get one full year of free major updates. Renew your license whenever you’re ready to enjoy another free year of updates.

Or, purchase a low-cost monthly or yearly subscription from the Mac App Store and know that you’re always on the very latest release as macOS silently handles installing updates.

It’s your choice.

Take Curio for a test drive.

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An idea space with multiple mind maps, plus the Stencils shelf.
An idea space with multiple mind maps, along with the Stencils shelf.

Curio includes a 2 week trial so you can check it out, risk free.

On launch, Curio will open the Welcome to Curio project and step you through the big features. It also includes a Samples idea space gallery so you can see what Curio can do.

If you’re eager for more details check out Curio’s complete online documentation and collection of videos below.

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Compositions

Introducing composition, Curio’s most powerful collection figure. Unlike other collections, this über collection is designed to contain and organize other collections!

This means normal figures like text, images, and files plus collection figures like lists, tables, stacks, mind maps can all exist within a composition collection.

Each composition is made up of one or more independent rows, with each row having one or more columns, and each column having one or more stacked figures. Simply drag-and-drop to dynamically create rows and columns.

The composition automatically lays out items, scooting and auto-spacing figures around as the composition is resized and contained figures are added, removed, and modified.

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Discounts on new licenses are available for qualifying staff, faculty, and students of accredited educational organizations.

If the email address you enter below is a school-issued email address, such as one with .edu, .k12, or other domain, we may be able to instantly qualify you for academic pricing when you press Continue.

👉 Your new license will be issued to this email address!

Otherwise, please upload your proof of academic eligibility, issued by the institution with your name and institution name, dated within the past 12 months.

Examples: a school ID card, report card, transcript, tuition bill or statement. PDF, JPG, HEIC, or PNG. Max 2MB.
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Enter your current license information to see your discounted license renewal and crossgrade options. License renewals include one full year of free major updates!

If upgrading from an old purchase of Curio 7 Core or Curio 11 Express from the Mac App Store then follow these instructions.

Find your current license key via the Curio > License menu item. (Or we can send it to you.)

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▸ Student or teacher? Click here to enter your credentials for an academic discount.

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If the registered email address you entered above is a school-issued email address, such as one with .edu, .k12, or other domain, we may be able to instantly qualify you for academic pricing when you press Continue.

Otherwise, please upload your proof of academic eligibility, issued by the institution with your name and institution name, dated within the past 12 months.

Examples: a school ID card, report card, transcript, tuition bill or statement. PDF, JPG, HEIC, or PNG. Max 2MB.
Questions or need a pre-validation code instead?

Get Started For Free

Curio is available with a 2 week free trial either from our website, with support for traditional license keys, or the Mac App Store, with support for monthly or yearly subscriptions.

Free

Perfect for smaller projects containing no more than 5 idea spaces. Compare ›

Standard

Kickstart your productivity with amazing features and functionality with projects unlimited in size. Compare ›

Buy upgrade or crossgrade

Upgrades as low as $59.99 ($49.99 edu).
Licenses include 1 year of free updates.

$5 per month billed annually or $7 billed monthly

Professional

Our flagship and most popular offering with advanced features for power-users and productivity gurus. Compare ›

Buy upgrade or crossgrade

Upgrades as low as $79.99 ($69.99 edu).
Licenses include 1 year of free updates.

$7 per month billed annually or $9 billed monthly
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Includes 2 week free trial with all Pro features enabled.

Mac App Store subscriptions include 2 week trial.

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Curio 30 runs on macOS Ventura 13 through macOS Sequoia 15 on Apple silicon or Intel.
Curio downloaded from Zengobi only works with traditional license keys, not Mac App Store subscriptions.Curio downloaded from the Mac App Store only works with Apple’s subscriptions, not license keys.
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Curio Traditional Licenses FAQ

Download Curio from our website and begin your 2 week free trial with all Professional features enabled. Once the trial expires, if you decide not to purchase a license, you can continue to use Curio with the Standard feature set to explore the bundled Welcome to Curio project and to create and edit your own projects each with up to 5 idea spaces. Larger projects are opened read-only for viewing, exporting, and printing.

When you’re ready for more, purchase a Standard or Professional license to enable the appropriate functionality. Licenses include a year of free major updates. At the end of this period your Curio app continues working normally — it does not expire or deactivate — however, you will no longer receive app updates. Whenever you wish, you can purchase a license renewal to extend your license with another year of free updates.

Curio Subscriptions FAQ

Download Curio from Mac App Store and you can use Curio without an active subscription with the Standard feature set to explore the Welcome to Curio project and to create and edit your own projects each with up to 5 idea spaces. Larger projects are opened read-only for viewing, exporting, and printing.

When you’re ready for more, start a 2 week free trial by subscribing to a Standard or Professional monthly or yearly plan from within Curio, which instantly unlocks the appropriate features. If you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period you won’t be charged for using Curio. You can manage and cancel your subscription by going to your account settings on the Mac App Store any time after purchase.

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FreeStandardProProfessional
Notebook Environment
book
Project notebook environment with intuitive freeform idea spaces.
infinity
Maximum number of idea spaces per project notebook.
5 max Unlimited Unlimited
text
Rich text figures with support for bundled and custom figure styles.
markdown
Markdown text figures with extensive syntax support for bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, highlight, inline code, links, wikilinks, headers, emoji, images, lists, checklists, tables, block quotes, and code blocks.
images
Embedded and aliased files, images, PDF’s, audio, videos, Mail messages, web links, web preview cards, and embedded live web views.
links
[[Wikilinks]] and backlinks, markdown links, links to selected text or embedded PDF text, jump actions, jump anchors, idea space link figures, and hyperlinks.
sections
Hierarchical Organizer sections for independent divisions in larger projects.
text
Integrated Journal for a project diary, meeting notes, or class notes.
group
Follow Figures and Bundle Figures for lightweight figure groupings.
backup
Automatic project backups for peace of mind.
themes
Bundled appearance themes to change the look of your Curio interface.
appicon
Custom app icons for sustainers to enjoy.
Collections
composition
Compositions, our most powerful collection figure, can contain text, images, files, plus other collections like lists, mind maps, and tables, all arranged into one or more independent rows, with each row having one or more columns, and each column having one or more stacked figures.
mindmap
Mind mapping with left, right, top-down, and org chart arrangements; branch boundary shading; relationship lines; date calculations.
list
Lists from simple to-do’s to complex hierarchical lists, numbered or bulleted, checkboxes, level styles, date calculations.
album
Albums of photos or documents, such as PDFs, with optional captions.
indexcard
Index cards for organizing your notes.
table
Tables with headers and footers.
pinboard
Pinboards for freeform collections of text and images.
stacks
Stacks for Kanban-style task tracking.
toc
Table of Contents list or mind map.
focus
Focus mode to help you concentrate on specific figures or branches.
Meta
meta
Figure meta including checkmarks; percent complete; local project tags, cross project tags, and nested tag sets; start, due, duration, done, plus smart date calculations; priorities; ratings; resources; notes; custom click actions.
statusbar
Status bar to view and edit figure meta data.
search
Search and Quick Find to quickly find and jump to idea spaces and figures with simple or complex queries including regular expressions and boolean logic.
Multimedia and PDFs
image
Resample images to optimize format, compression, dimensions, and/or DPI.
brush
Brush and pen sketching with support for iPad+Apple Pencil via Sidecar.
text
Integrated equation editor for LaTeX, AsciiMath, or MathML rendering of inline or standalone equations.
pdf
Spread PDF to spread the pages of a PDF across multiple idea spaces for inline annotations and note-taking alongside each PDF page.
Flowcharting
shapes
Flowcharting shapes for idea graphs, diagrams, and prototyping.
lines
Sticky lines with numerous arrowhead choices; straight, curved, or orthogonal.
Assistants
compass
Sleuth window and Sleuth sidebar shelf for integrated Internet searching via popular research and image sites like Google, Wikipedia, and more.
ai
AI Services such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Perplexity, Poe, and Groq are also available from within Sleuth.
Import / Export
importexport
Import/export as text, image, PDF, HTML, CSV, OPML, and 3rd party mind map formats.
pdf
PDF Mirror live export of your project as a PDF to any specified location, including synced cloud services.
calendar
Sync tasks to Calendar & Reminders.
library
Local library shelf to easily list, find, preview, open, and drag in files anywhere on your Mac or within custom scope folders, including support for DEVONthink items.
evernote
Evernote integration for quick access to your notes in the cloud.
checklist
TaskPaper import and export and OmniOutliner Pro OPML import.
curiota
Works with Curiota: our free, always available menu bar app for quickly jotting down ideas, taking notes, or collecting files when inspiration strikes.
Pro Power User Functionality
sync
Synced figure instances where one or more copies of figures can share content and meta ("transclusion") across an entire project.
textfile
File-backed text figures display the content of embedded or aliased rich text or markdown files, located on disk on in the cloud, as editable text figures.
layers
Figure layers allow for more flexible layouts and arrangements.
references
Cross references, with custom types like Agree and Evidence, can be created between figures, idea spaces, and web locations for more organized research.
status
Status shelf for easy cross-project task tracking at a glance.
querylist
Query-based collections allow you to create list, mind map, or stack collections that contain the dynamic results of a query, like due<2w or #active.
masters
Master figure styles & stencils, master idea space styles & templates, and master markdown styles for dynamic updates throughout a project.
present
Presentation mode for group brainstorming sessions, plus Present in Window for remote window sharing.
customdata
Custom figure data allows custom keys and formatted values to be associated with your project figures and available for search queries.
variables
Custom variables for use throughout your project for dynamic text replacements.
customshare
Custom sharing actions to export data to other apps via 3rd party app URL schemes.
themes
Custom appearance themes to fine-tune the look of your Curio interface.
externallibrary
External project library to support Spotlight searching of project assets.
repository
External repositories for sharing styles, stencils, and templates with colleagues.
lock
Project password for project security.

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Curiota: Curio’s Little Buddy

Curiota is our free, out of the way yet always available menu bar app that allows you to quickly jot down ideas, take notes, or collect files when inspiration strikes.

You can also send text or files into Curiota via macOS Services, the macOS Share button, the print dialog’s Save PDF to Curiota option, a browser bookmarklet, and even AppleScript.

While Curiota can be used even if you don’t own Curio, when combined with Curio you have a powerhouse combination since Curiota helps you collect notes and files outside of Curio. Then, when you’re back in Curio, you can view, search, and access all your collected Curiota information directly using Curio’s Library.

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