Curio Press Resources

Overview

Curio is an intuitive, freeform notebook environment with all the integrated tools you need to take notes, brainstorm ideas, collect research, and organize your tasks and documents.

More information about Curio can be found here.

What’s New in Curio 25

The detailed Curio 25 release notes are here.

• [Pro] Smart Collections. The contents of list, mind map, and stack collection figures can now be dynamically filled and refreshed based on a query statement specified in the inspector panel, such as due<2m progress<100 group:due.
• Query-Based Search Shelf. The Search shelf has been completely overhauled to use the new query language introduced with Quick Find and used by the new query-based smart collections. This query language allows for much more flexible and sophisticated search queries.
• Query Language Enhancements. The query language used by Quick Find, the Search shelf, and query-based smart collections has been extended with support for project milestones; searching asset contents; sorting by startdue or organizer order; group, limit, and include commands; searching by kind; and you can now find figures with any tag, any resource, or any cross reference.
• Loads of other feature improvements based on customer feedback.
• Lots of fixes for reported issues.

The Curio Workflow

In Curio, create a project to represent a real-world project that you’re working on. Next fill it with everything related to that project including notes, 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 stacks to organize your data into powerful collections.

Anything placed into Curio can be associated with meta data such as tags, flags, checkboxes, priorities, ratings, resources, and start/due dates and durations for easy searching and task management.

And your project can include a daily journal for meetings or class notes, all neatly organized and sorted automatically.

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.

Requirements

Curio 25 is built as a universal app and runs on macOS 11 Big Sur through macOS 13 Ventura on Apple silicon or Intel.

Availability

Curio is available as a traditional license with one year of free major and minor updates when purchased from the Zengobi website. It is also available either by monthly or yearly subscription from the Mac App Store.

Traditional License Pricing

Curio is available here as a traditional license from Zengobi’s website.

• Curio 25 Professional is $119.99 ($89.99 for academia); upgrades are $79.99 ($59.99 for academia).
• Curio 25 Standard is $89.99 ($69.99 for academia); upgrades are $59.99 ($49.99 for academia).

All prices listed are US dollar. Crossgrades, discounted upgrades and multi-user volume discounts are also available. Information detailing what features are available in the Professional and Standard editions can be found here.

Trials

Launching Curio will begin a 2 week trial with all Professional features fully enabled and includes the bundled Welcome to Curio project which automatically opens on first launch and provides a guided tour and sample gallery.

If the trial expires without purchasing a license, Curio can be used 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.

Includes One Year of Free Updates

All new and upgrade traditional licenses include one year of free major and minor updates including new features, enhancements, and macOS compatibility updates. At any time after that period of free updates ends, an upgrade license can be purchased and Curio will update itself to the latest release and resume another year of free updates.

See our Frequently Asked Questions for more details on Curio Traditional Licenses.

Subscription Pricing

Curio is available here as a subscription from Apple’s Mac App Store.

• Curio Professional subscription is $7.99/month or $79.99/year.
• Curio Standard subscription is $5.99/month or $59.99/year.

All prices listed are US dollar. Information detailing what features are available in the Professional and Standard editions can be found here.

Trials

Without a subscription you can use Curio with the Standard feature set to explore the bundled Welcome to Curio project, which opens automatically on first launch, 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.

Then, when you’re ready to dive in and create larger projects or work with Professional’s features, 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 the subscription expires without renewal, Curio can be used 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.

Updates

All future major and minor updates are included and will be installed behind the scenes automatically and securely by macOS.

See our Frequently Asked Questions for more details on Curio Subscriptions.

Contact

Please contact us if you have any questions.