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Most of these software companies allow you to download an evaluation copy of their software. Evaluation periods are typically 30-60 days. After this period you are required to purchase a copy in order to keep using a software package. Prices of software as noted below are typically very reasonable.
Software: |
Free Trial Download? |
Price |
Company URL |
Text-based Tools: | |||
Zoot | Yes - 30 days |
U$99 |
|
Brainstorm | Yes - 30 days |
£20 (U$40 +/-) |
|
OneNote | Yes - 60 days |
U$199 |
|
ReadyNotes | Yes - 30 days |
U$17.95 (!) |
|
ADM | Yes - 30 days |
U$129 |
|
Info Select | No |
U$149.95 |
|
Ariadne | Yes - 45 days |
U$49.95 |
|
AskSam | Yes - 30 days |
U$149.95 - U$395 |
|
Personal Knowbase | Yes - 30 days | U$39.95 | www.bitsmithsoft.com |
Informaizer | Yes - 30 days | U$29 | www.informaizer.com |
MyInfo 2 | Yes - 40 days | U$34.95 | www.milenix.com |
MyBase | Yes - 30 days | U$55 | www.wjjsoft.com |
TreePad | Yes - 21 days | U$29.95 | www.treepad.com |
Texnotes 3.5 | Yes - 60 days | U$34.95 | www.gemx.com |
General Knowledge Base | Yes - 30 days | U$29.95 | www.baltsoft.com |
Infohandler | Yes - 60 days | U$74.90 | www.mdesoft.com |
Ultra Recall | Yes - 30 days/ 15 uses | U$49.00 | www.ultrarecall.com/ |
Visual-based Tools: | - |
- |
- |
The Brain | Yes - 30 days |
U$79.95 |
|
MindManager | Yes - 21 days |
U$199 |
|
Inspiration | Yes - 30 days |
U$109 |
|
Mindmapper | Yes - 30 days |
U$114 |
|
SmartDraw (drawing) | Yes - 30 days |
U$69 - U$198 |
|
Snag-it (screen capture) | Yes - 30 days | U$40 | www.techsmith.com |
NoteMap | Yes - 30 days |
U$99 |
|
Haystack | Yes - Open source | --- | haystack.lcs.mit.edu |
FreeMind | Yes - Open source | --- | http://freemind.sourceforge.net |
Axon | Yes - Software limitations | U$135 | http://web.singnet.com.sg/~axon2000/index.htm |
Content Savers: | - |
- |
- |
ContentSaver | Yes - 30 days |
€39.90 |
|
Scopeware Vision* | No available* |
Not available* |
www.scopeware.com
- OUT OF BUSINESS |
Everdesk | Yes - 30 days | U$59.99 | www.everdesk.com |
eGems Collector Pro | Yes - 30 days | U$30 | www.egems.com |
File Finders ** | |||
X1 | Yes - 30 days | U$74.95 + | www.x1.com |
dtSearch | Yes - 30 days | U$199 | www.dtsearch.com |
Wilbur | Free | Free | |
WhereIsIt | Yes - 14 days | U$39.95 | www.whereisit-soft.com |
Effective File Search | Yes - 30 days | U$29.95 | www.sowsoft.com |
Deductus | Yes - 30 days | U$29.95 | www.aolej.com |
ExplorerPlus | Yes - 30 days | U$39.95 | www.novatix.com |
Directory Opus | Yes - 60 days | A$75 | www.gpsoft.com.au |
Apple / Macintosh Products: | - |
- |
- |
TinderBox | Demo only | U$145 | www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox |
OmniOutliner | Yes - 1 day | U$29.95 | www.omnigroup.com |
Idea Keeper | Yes - ? | U$30 | No website could be found - shareware |
*Note from Scopeware web site: "To our customers, partners and friends: Mirror Worlds Technologies, Inc. has decided to cease operations effective May 15, 2004. Our products, including Scopeware Vision and NewsWatcher, have been discontinued and are no longer available for download, purchase, or continuing support. Inquiries may be directed to lnemeth@scopeware.com. We thank our customers for their interest and support."
** File finders - tools that "google" your hard drive and allow you to find files you are looking for based on some search of the content of the files. For our listing, these tools must search through e-mail, word, excel, and other documents. There are dozens of file finder software tools available. This listing is only a small sample of the currently available and popular tools. Please contact me if you would like to suggest another addition that you use and can recommend. I will add it to our list.
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