Cloud Outliner vs Be
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cloud Outliner
This app helps you structure your thoughts and tasks into clear, organized lists. It offers visual organization, synchronization across devices, and rich editing features for easy management of your ideas and plans. Share your organized content easily with others.
- Multi-level document management
- Drag & drop reordering
- Swipe to indent
- Rich text formatting
- iCloud synchronization
- Export to PDF and OPML
- Password protection
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Cloud Outliner helps you turn ideas and tasks into clear, structured lists. Capture thoughts instantly, organize them visually, and keep everything synchronized across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad with iCloud. With rich editing, intuitive gestures, and easy sharing, staying organized has never been easier. Install Cloud Outliner and bring clarity to your work and life. Key Features Organize and Protect • Multi-level document manager • Color tags for quick highlights • Password protection • Custom templates • Duplicate documents Powerful Outline Editor • Drag & drop to reorder • Swipe to change indentation • Multi-select for bulk actions • Checkboxes and auto-numbering • Notes for list items • Rich text formatting and highlighting • Collapse or expand any level • Filters, undo/redo, copy/paste • Link and phone number detection • Read-only mode • Wireless keyboard support with shortcuts Sync and Share • Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud* • Mac version available • Export to PDF, OPML, plain text • Import OPML files • Print via AirPrint • Share by email or messenger Extra • Light and Dark mode • Clean, intuitive design • Portrait and landscape support * Sync with Mac requires Cloud Outliner Pro for macOS, sold separately.
Be
Organize your life and tasks with a flexible system that aligns your actions with your priorities. This multidimensional tool functions as a planner, organizer, note-taker, and habit tracker with a clean, intuitive interface.
- Multidimensional to-do list
- Life organizer and planner
- Goal and habit tracking
- Self-management tool
- Clean and intuitive UI
- Data structuring and navigation
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«Be-Do App» is a unique, flexible and very effective system to organise your life and get things done while staying focused on your true priorities. It’s a great way to always keep your being and doing attuned – so that your actions lead to results that are true to yourself. Be-Do is a multidimensional to do list, a planner, an organiser, an outliner, a note book, a tool for your self management, work life balance and habit forming. The user interface is clean and carefully designed. A set of simple and powerful techniques like indenting-outdenting, expanding-collapsing sections, in-place editing and sliding rows allow you to enter, structure and navigate your data with ease and power. Privacy policy: https://www.app-artisan.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.app-artisan.com/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cloud Outliner at Free against Be's $2.99. Cloud Outliner also leads on ratings volume (751 vs 1). Be's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Cloud Outliner is free to download; Be costs $2.99 up front. Cloud Outliner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Be sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Be holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cloud Outliner has 751 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cloud Outliner ships an update every 6 months, Be every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cloud Outliner | Be |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (751 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 751 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denys Ievenko | Alessandro Luethi |
Customer experience
Cloud Outliner
Be
Bugs and requests
Cloud Outliner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Issues with restoring Pro purchases on new devices
- Inconsistent syncing behavior between iOS and macOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for attaching files and images
- Improve export options beyond OPML
- Introduce a true dark mode with black text on dark background
- Add keyboard shortcuts for common actions
- Enhance the ability to move and reorganize outline items
Be
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cloud Outliner
- Unlock Pro Features$4.99
Be
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$0.491 Month
- Yearly subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Year
