Comparison

Outliner vs EZ Outliner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Outliner

Organize your thoughts, tasks, and projects with a powerful outlining tool. Create structured lists, track project progress with visual indicators, and collaborate with others. Sync your work across devices and cloud storage for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Create structured outlines
  • Track project progress with pie charts
  • Sync with cloud storage (OneDrive, Dropbox)
  • Collaborate with other users
  • Drag and drop editing
  • Search and filter outlines
  • Archive old outlines
Features
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CarbonFin Outliner allows you to organize your thoughts, tasks, and projects. Easily create a todo list for today, or track an entire project anywhere you are. Share your outlines, edit them online, and collaborate with other Outliner users. Highlights • Create outlines full of notes, structured lists, tasks, or detailed projects • Sync your outlines automatically to Outliner Online, OneDrive, or Dropbox for web or desktop editing • Get a quick view of project progress - tasks with subtasks show a pie-chart indicating percent completed Organize • Search through all your outlines or an individual outline • Tag your outlines, and filter based on tag • Archive old outlines to hide them from view without deleting Easy-to-use Editor • Drag and drop to move items within an outline • Copy, paste • Undo, redo • Expand all, collapse all • Optional outline numbering • Zoom in to focus on a single subtree Outliner Online • Securely synchronize your outlines with Outliner Online • View and edit your outlines in any web browser • Import and export outlines as plain text or OPML • Keep all your devices synchronized • Share an outline with other Outliner users to collaborate OneDrive and Dropbox • Sync your outlines with OneDrive or Dropbox to allow quick import/export • Seamlessly access and edit across your iOS devices and PCs -= Recent version history =- Version 3.20 • iOS 27 support • Updated Dropbox and OneDrive integrations • Bug fixes Version 3.19 • iOS 26 support and adoption of liquid glass Version 3.18 • iOS 18 support • Dark and tinted app icons Version 3.17 • Minor bug fixes Version 3.16 • Minor bug fixes • iOS 17 support Version 3.15 • Fixed Dropbox integration • Show a warning when unlinking Dropbox/OneDrive if there are unsynced outlines • iOS 16 support Version 3.12 • Dark mode • Added confirmation to "Delete Completed" • Changing "Archived" won't update the outline's modification time • iOS 13 support Version 3.11 • OneDrive sync support Version 3.10 • Sync the order of outlines across devices (CarbonFin outlines only) • iOS 12 support Version 3.9 • iPhone X support • iOS 11 support Version 3.8 • Open In... support • Ability to hide the outline list on iPad • Minor UI tweaks

About

EZ Outliner

Create and organize outline documents from any device. This app supports unlimited outlines, color-coding, and printing. Sync your work across devices with an account for seamless access anywhere.

Highlights
  • Unlimited outline creation
  • Color-coded organization
  • Printable outlines
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Versatile use cases (lists, plans, speeches)
Features
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EZ Outliner aims to be a simple yet easy to use outliner application, allowing you to create powerful and easy to read outline documents from any device, anywhere. Use EZ Outliner to create shopping and grocery lists, plans, schedules, outline speeches and presentations, to do lists, or anything else which takes the format of an outline. EZ Outliner currently contains everything you need to create basic outlines, but I will expand and add more based on user requests and feedback. Here is just a list of some of the things EZ Outliner can already do. - Create a virtually unlimited number of outlines for every use case and occasion! - Color code your outlines for better organization. - Print your outlines, from any device! Properly formatted outline printing is supported on all devices, as long as a printer is available. - Sync your outlines between devices. If you sign in with an Ape Apps account, you can sync your outline files across all of your devices. Work on a grocery list or presentation at home, then pull them up on your phone when you need them! The goal of EZ Outliner is to be quick and easy to use. If there are features you would like to see added, or if you can think of changes that will improve the app, e-mail me or let me know in the comments. This app is for you guys, so help me make it the best it can be!

Screenshots

Outliner4 screens
EZ Outliner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Outliner at 87% against EZ Outliner's 0%. Outliner also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). EZ Outliner's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

EZ Outliner is free to download; Outliner costs $4.99 up front. EZ Outliner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Outliner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Outliner holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outliner has 88 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Outliner's written reviews are positive against 0% of EZ Outliner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Outliner ships an update every 4 months, EZ Outliner every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Outliner versus EZ Outliner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutlinerEZ Outliner
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (88 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings88 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarbonFinBrandon Stecklein

Customer experience

Outliner

All ratings88 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews323 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.2%
Negative7.1%

EZ Outliner

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Outliner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unexpected error: 500 when saving data
  • Pane that lists outlines won't go away or resize
  • Keyboard takes up too much screen space

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add due dates and priority levels for tasks
  • Improve export and sharing options (e.g., PDF, Word)
  • Implement better organization and search capabilities
  • Introduce a desktop companion app for easier editing
  • Add support for voice notes and other multimedia

EZ Outliner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Outliner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

EZ Outliner

One-time1
  • EZ Outliner Premium$7.99

Questions

Is Outliner free?
Outliner costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is EZ Outliner free?
EZ Outliner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Outliner or EZ Outliner?
Outliner is rated higher. Outliner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while EZ Outliner averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Outliner or EZ Outliner have ads?
EZ Outliner shows ads; Outliner does not.
Which is updated more often, Outliner or EZ Outliner?
Outliner ships an update every 4 months, and EZ Outliner every 7 months. Most recently, Outliner was updated on September 22, 2026 and EZ Outliner on August 15, 2026.

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