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Craft

Craft is a document and note workspace for people who want to write, arrange ideas, and share finished material without moving every project into a separate task board or database.

Apple SiliconIntelFree plan with paid Plus, Family, and Team subscriptions
Official destinationsFree plan with paid Plus, Family, and Team subscriptions · Freemium subscription

macOS 12.0 or later

Availability

Available for macOS

Apple Silicon; Intel

Implementation

Cross-platform document application with a Mac edition

Evidence last checked

Verification

2026-08-21

Reviewed Overview

Craft is a document and note workspace for people who want to write, arrange ideas, and share finished material without moving every project into a separate task board or database. On the Mac app, documents sit inside spaces and folders, while a document view can expose its headings as a table of contents in the sidebar. That makes it useful for a working set of notes that needs both a writing surface and a navigable structure. Craft also supports styling, media, links, tasks, calendar context, collections, sharing, and publishing, so an individual can begin with a straightforward document and add more structure only where it helps. The current free plan has a 1,500-block limit and 1 GB of storage; Plus removes content limits and adds more storage, history, and assistant capacity. That plan split matters for people who expect Craft to become a long-running reference library. Craft is available on Mac but is not Mac-only: the developer also documents iOS, Windows, and web use. Buyers should therefore try its cross-device workflow and sharing model before treating it as an offline-only notebook or a replacement for a dedicated team project-management system.

Reviewed Features

  • Create and style documents with formatting, media, links, and structured blocks, then reuse document styles across notes and documents.
  • Use spaces, folders, document navigation, and a Mac sidebar table of contents to keep a growing set of documents reachable.
  • Share a document with collaborators, a view link, an editable link, or a published link from the Mac experience.
  • Choose a Free plan with 1,500 blocks and 1 GB of storage, or a paid Plus plan with unlimited documents and expanded storage.

Reviewed Workflows

  • Draft a document, use headings to create a sidebar table of contents, then return to a section without losing the wider outline.
  • Organize project documents into folders and spaces, then share the finished document with a controlled access setting when feedback is needed.

Cautions

  • The Free plan is capped at 1,500 blocks and 1 GB of storage; sustained document-heavy use may require a paid plan.
  • Craft is cross-platform rather than Mac-only, so buyers who require an exclusively local or offline-only notes workflow should verify its sync and sharing choices first.

Verification Sources

These official or authorized sources support only the fact groups listed with each link. They were checked on the date shown; pricing, compatibility, and availability can change.

Screenshots

Craft on Mac with the document table of contents visible in the left sidebar beside a styled document.
Craft on Mac showing the folder sidebar used to organize documents and spaces.

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