Dropbox Paper
Launched 2015
121 features found available
In their words
Real-time editing for teams. Dropbox Paper is more than a doc—it’s a co-editing tool that brings creation and coordination together in one place. Read more
Pricing
Our most recent pricing details for Dropbox Paper:
$0 Basic
$9.99/month Plus
$16.99/month Professional
Features pertaining to how the app comports itself visually
Display option where the editor shows black background with white text
AI integrations offered by the app or a first-party plugin.
Tasks from notes can be viewed on a calendar
Native integration option to sync tasks from within the note app to Google Calendar
Native integration option to sync tasks from within the note app to Outlook Calendar
What kind of content can be uploaded or inserted into notes?
Content of the PDF can be viewed inside the note, rather than clicking on PDF and having it open in an external PDF viewer
The title and body of the PDF are automatically indexed in search
Interactive preview of a Tweet will be displayed, including any rich content
Playing and interacting with YouTube videos is possible from within a note
Features that pertain to how the app interfaces with its customers
Company offers on-site real time chat support, or a chat server in which the company participates
The company has a specified URL at which users can discuss the product and ask questions in a format where answers can be upvoted to pinpoint the best one
The company offers a version of the product that can be used indefinitely at no cost, without a note limit
What measures are taken to ensure customer data remains private, even to employees of the companies themselves?
Can enable two-factor authentication from within the app (not only via third parties) to protect account access
Documented claim that all note data is encrypted at rest, on the server
Documented claim that all note data and their attachments are encrypted on the server
An explicit policy describes how security is implemented, and what access employees have to data.
Note content can be created such that even a user who gained access to the note app's cloud database (employee or intruder) couldn't decrypt content (i.e., they couldn't obtain a usable decryption key even if possessing the database contents)
What options are available for formatting text and related content in a note?
Audio can be placed in a note with embedded controls to start and stop the audio
a vertical bar formatted to the left of the selected text allows for an indented "quote" styling
dotted points are used at the beginning of a paragraph to assemble unordered lists
A sub-list contained within an unordered list
Does text formatted as code get syntax highlighting?
Multiple languages can be selected to define the code syntax highlighting
A monospace font with its own background color can be invoked without breaking a line. Sometimes referred to as "inline code"
Numbers are used at the beginning of the line to assemble ordered lists
A sub-list contained within an ordered list
A set of links to each header in the note can be inserted into the note or sidebar
Videos can be placed in the body of a note, with controls to start and stop the video
What functionality specific to images is possible?
An image (such as jpeg, png, gif) can be inserted and viewed in the note editor
Words in the image are added to full text search, so the note will show up in search results that contain a word from within the image
One or more lines of text can be placed on the same line as an image
What features are provided for interoperability between apps? How much lock-in is there?
An entire account can be deleted (including all notes and personal data) without emailing the company
Notes can be deleted from an active account en masse without emailing the company
App automatically syncs note & image data to the cloud without implementing extensions, and without signing up for a secondary account on a storage provider
A list of different versions of the note from past various points with the ability to revert to any of them
What features does the note provider offer in terms of third-party integrations and utilities adjacent to the note content itself?
Date and time can be evaluated and inserted into a note
It's possible to setup callbacks to external services when a note changes
Pre-configured content (instructions, tasks, etc) can be duplicated from an existing source note
A browsable collection of pre-existing sample notes (e.g., "weekly budget") that can be copied into one's own notebook
The user can select part of a note or task and get a word+character count for just that selection
Features specific to the mobile experience
The mobile app provides a way to search for text of a note while inside of that note
How well can the app function without internet access?
Allows for offline use only if you've opened the app before going offline
Which platforms are officially supported?
An iPad app (separate from iOS app) has been published to App Store
What options are there for navigating around the app and finding the note you're after?
It's possible to create a link from one note to another note
A list of all notes containing a word or phrase can be produced
Search results can filter available collaborators of any shared note
Using whatever mechanism the app provides to organize notes (e.g., tags, folders), can that mechanism be used as a full text search filter?
A dialog is provided to look up other notes as link targets while creating a new link in a note
The app provides a means by which to arrange notes such that they can be browsed through a tree structure (e.g., tags, folders)
A note can be in multiple navigation hierarchies concurrently (i.e., because it has multiple tags)
What features exist to share notes with the world?
Collaborators can be referenced via an @ prefix, receiving a notification upon being mentioned
A counter exists to see how many times a shared/published note has been viewed
Multiple parties can edit a note concurrently with a real-time editing system that prevents merge errors if the same paragraph is concurrently edited
Enable a specific user or multiple users to view and/or edit one's otherwise private note content
The note owner has options for different levels of permissions when sharing a note with other users who have an account (ex: full access, read only, editable by others)
A conversation thread is available inline throughout any section of a shared note
All documents shared by collaborators can be accessed on a consolidated page
Does the app support formatting data in tables?
Highlight the background of any table cell with a variety of color options
What to-do list and scheduling features does the app support?
An option exists to designate who is expected to complete a task
A specific date and time at which a task is scheduled to be addressed
When the mobile app is opened, no more than two taps are ever necessary to add a new task
A task is automatically removed from the list, or can be configured to do so, once a task box is checked
What functionality is offered to capture content discovered on the internet?
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