Dynalist Reviews & Product Details

It's the best note-taking application in my opinion. I love Dynalist and have been using it extensively for the last 10 months. There are tons of things I like about it -

1. Lightweight and cross-platform. I use it on my Ubuntu machine, Browser, and phone, and it works so flawlessly without any performance issues, no matter how big the document gets, it always runs smooth.

2. It's simple and not over-engineered. I don't lose my focus when I'm working on my notes. The UI/UX is absolutely uncluttered and I love it.

3. Minimalistic approach of Dyanlist is highly appreciatable. You become aware of the environment pretty easily and you don't have to "find" things as the option visibility is pretty straightforward.

4. I like the customization features because the app isn't bombarded with 100s of options. The limited customization lets you invest more in the work and less in the looks.

5. Synchronization between devices is neat and blazing fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not something that I dislike, but an improvement that I'd suggest is - In the app, there should be a separate section for bookmarks saved from the web. At the moment, I have to create a separate file where the URLs get saved, but this should be by default. In the top-left corner, there can be another option to show "Bookmarks from Web" next to the default bookmark section of Dynalist. It will also prevent from the notes getting mixed up from bookmarked URLs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can quickly organize notes via nested bullet points, link to other notes anywhere, and collapse/expand your notes for easy access to a very complex note structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish that there were more heading styling options. It seems that the developer has shifted their work to Obsidian.md and will not be developing many new features for Dynalist. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Super-easy to use and understand.

Very flexible & decent apps for MacOS, Web, iPhone & iPad.

Totally reliable & the sync is very fast with auto-save included. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'd like two items

- Better restore / backup facility

- Reminders / Notifications Functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dynalist is my favorite planning tool. It is an elegant and intuitive application with high utility! It lets me organize ideas into logical groups via bullet points and also allows nesting of lists. Points can be reordered on my list by copy-pasting it where I want to be based on priority. In addition, these lists can be expanded and collapsed, which makes consumption of large documents easier. The search functionality works blazingly fast and makes Dynalist powerful. Text editing features like bold, italics, strikethroughs, etc. make the tool more powerful. Everything is in the cloud and if you're a pro user like me, you can get daily backups of your work on dropbox and google drive. I use Dynalist for my personal as well as professional needs. I really love this tool! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One issue I have faced is that when I copy-paste text from lists using my keyboard, "Ctrl-c" and "Ctrl-v", it does not work as desired. I have observed this when working with big documents. In addition, if I want to upload a file, I know I have to drop the file into the workspace. The file gets uploaded and a link to the file is generated and is shown in a pop-up. If I close that pop-up, I still don't know how to access that file. I know I can access the file via the Upload Manager, but the UX is a little non-intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.