Coggle is a freeware mind mapping web application. Coggle produces hierarchically structured documents, like a branching tree. This contrasts with other collaborative editors, like Google Docs, which provide either linear (text document), or tabular (spreadsheet) document formats.
 An example of a Coggle | |
| Developer(s) | Coggle |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Type | Collaborative software |
| License | Freeware software as a service |
| Website | coggle |
Its authors promise that it will be "free forever"[1] although some features require a paid subscription.
Features
editSome of Coggle's notable features:[2]
Supported file formats
editCoggle supports export to PNG image and vector PDF formats, and import from plain-text outlines. There is also support for importing or exporting to the common FreeMind file format.[2]
Reception
editCoggle was voted among the top-5 mind-mapping applications by the readers of Lifehacker in April 2013,[4] three months after the website was first registered.[5]
Coggle has had a strong reception among the education community, praised for its simplicity[6] and ease of use[7] compared to other mind-mapping software.
PC World has criticized the visually simple user-interface for hiding too many elements, making advanced feature discovery difficult.[8]
References
edit- ^ "About Coggle". Coggle. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Coggle Blog Features Category". Coggle. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Mathjax in Use". Mathjax. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Five Best Mind Mapping Tools". Gawker Media. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "WHOIS information for coggle.it:". WHOis.net. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Just Coggle.it!". EduTechMag. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Coggle – A Simple Mind-Mapping Tool". Free Technology for Teachers. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Collaborate in real time with cross-platform mindmapper Coggle". PC World. Retrieved 10 May 2013.