Storme
Productivity
Only for Mac
$19.99
Brainstorm different.
Storme is a brainstorm and whiteboard app that helps you explore, develop, and present media-rich ideas beautifully and effortlessly in a flexible free-form style.
Drop, group, and organize media onto a zoomable canvas with beautiful layout options. Add text, audio, and video notes, or create an attractive color-coded kanban board.
Want to make a quick sketch? Select the draw tool and start drawing. Want to capture a stunning web page? Simply drag it in. Prefer the written word? Add a text page and start typing. Or perhaps you wish to explore ideas both visually and verbally? Add a facing media or text page and inspire your written explorations.
Finally, a brainstorm/whiteboard app that helps creative people focus visually on developing and exploring their ideas so they can do what they do best—create.
FEATURES AT A GLANCE
• Add notebook pages that can contain up to two facing pages: media pages and text pages
• Drawing tool with several preset line widths, styles, and colors for quick sketches, diagrams, and annotations
• All drawings hover above media content so it's easy to create accurate outline drawings by tracing over images
• Eraser tool with unlimited undo/redo to make editing your drawings easier
• Drag and drop images, audio, video, and web links (visually in media pages or textually in text pages)
• Paste web clipping selections directly into media pages
• Add beautiful text notes with several preset colours and create brainstorm note boards or scrum kanban boards
• Format/layout media in several attractive grid-based styles
• Select from several preset themes for your text pages
• Share media pages, text pages, or entire notebook pages (including selections)
• Elegant pinch-to-zoom with birds-eye-view into table of contents with titles
• Beautiful page thumbnails view of notebook with options to split and join a selection of pages
• Full-screen support (edit text pages like a pro with auto-enlarged text)
• Smart transcode feature syncs large media to iCloud across devices instantaneously so your notebook can be viewed on other devices without delay
• Quick Look support of all media (select media and press space)
• Create PDF and/or printed notebooks with print support for different page sizes and edge-to-edge printing
• Customizable toolbars
• Apple help book
ONLINE USER MANUAL
http://bluemusesoftware.com/storme-help/english/overview.html
SAMPLE NOTEBOOK
http://bluemusesoftware.com/storme-sample/Sample.pdf
NB: This is sample output from the app (in this case printing a notebook with 0.25 inch margins).
SAMPLE WORKFLOW
http://bluemusesoftware.com/storme-workflow
SOCIAL MEDIA
https://twitter.com/StormeApp
https://instagram.com/MacStormeApp
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more Very cool app! Adding media and organizing it to look nice is a breeze. And the sketching feature is a godsend, since I like to do some markup while I organize ideas for my writing. Then when I have enough information and some good ideas and visuals for the content of my article, I can begin writing distraction-free in a full-screen text page. As a writer, I love the light text on charcoal background - super gentle on my eyes. I also appreciate how gorgeous the overall design is — quite beautiful and a joy to use. Highly recommended!
Very cool app! Adding media and organizing it to look nice is a breeze. And the sketching feature is a godsend, since I like to do some markup while I organize ideas for my writing. Then when I have enough information and some good ideas and visuals for the content of my article, I can begin writing distraction-free in a full-screen text page. As a writer, I love the light text on charcoal background - super gentle on my eyes. I also appreciate how gorgeous the overall design is — quite beautiful and a joy to use. Highly recommended!
DO NOT BUY. I had high hopes for this app.. but I have already emailed Apple demanding my money back. The app does not save even the simplest photo or text I input into it, it returns a variety of conflicting error messages claiming that it cannot sync becuase of edits made to the documents outside of the app… even though the test note I created was made soley inside Storme, it has frozen my 2-week old iMac twice in 30 minutes. Also, once downloaded it comes with absolutely zero instructions of how to use. Just an empty folder window. No no no.
Developer Response This review is for the initial release of the app many years ago which had some bugs that were fixed and is therefore no longer valid.
DO NOT BUY. I had high hopes for this app.. but I have already emailed Apple demanding my money back. The app does not save even the simplest photo or text I input into it, it returns a variety of conflicting error messages claiming that it cannot sync becuase of edits made to the documents outside of the app… even though the test note I created was made soley inside Storme, it has frozen my 2-week old iMac twice in 30 minutes. Also, once downloaded it comes with absolutely zero instructions of how to use. Just an empty folder window. No no no.
This review is for the initial release of the app many years ago which had some bugs that were fixed and is therefore no longer valid.
• Updated to use WKWebView instead of deprecated WebView for webpage captures
• Fixed crash reporting to properly work with Firebase Crashlytics
• Removed support for macOS 10.13 due to WebView deprecation
1.3.3 07/18/2024
• Added support for customizable toolbar with button labels for macOS Big Sur
• Added toolbar buttons to add 'Table' and 'List' to text pages
• Added support for persisting custom page layout margins for printing notebooks
• Added better page layout defaults (user must still change 'Any Printer' default to real or virtual printer for full page coverage)
• Added tip to alert user to Control+resize notebooks before printing for full page coverage using current page layout settings
• Added tip to alert user they can access their music, photo, and movie libraries from the Media toolbar item
• Improved support for secure coding
• Fixed empty page thumbnails when using split pages due to changes introduced in macOS Big Sur
• Fixed bug introduced in macOS Big Sur where media dragged into text pages would not open when hyperlink was clicked
• Updated to Google Firebase for crash analytics
1.3.2 03/24/2021
• Fixed camera/microphone device authorization crash when adding previously unauthorized audio/video notes + photo captures on macOS 10.14 or later
• Fixed broken media hyperlinks in text pages
1.3.1 01/24/2020
• Improved text notes to allow font sizes up to 288 points
• Fixed some minor icon-related bugs
• Storme now requires macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
• Updated Mac App Store Dark Mode app previews and screenshots
1.3 12/15/2019
• Added support for Dark Mode on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) and later
• Improved main window toolbar icons
• Improved visibility of scrollers for text pages with custom backgrounds
• Fixed zooming lag artifact for page thumbnail titles in table of contents view
1.2.9 12/01/2019
• Fixed window dragging bug on macOS Mojave (10.14.1) when dragging on a workspace view the entire window dragged
1.2.8 01/17/2019
• Fixed text page margin bug when adding a new left/right-facing text page to the current page
• Fixed blank thumbnail rendering bug when adding a left/right-facing page to the current page in the thumbnail view
1.2.7 08/16/2018
• Fixed crash bug when copy/pasting text notes due to incompatible changes in macOS High Sierra
1.2.6 06/22/2018
• Minor bug fixes and improvements (v1.2.5)
• Fixed bug where loading external audio/video assets sometimes caused a warning alert to appear indicating the audio/video could not be opened (v1.2.4)
• Improved iCloud image transcoding so that images that are already small in size are compressed minimally (v1.2.4)
• Improved iCloud audio transcoding to include original audio title/name in metadata so it is available via iCloud sync on other devices (v1.2.4)
• Fixed bug in iCloud Preferences pane where video size units were being overwritten with the size value (v1.2.4)
• Fixed bug in window/notebook resizing sheet where height field was sometimes blank (v1.2.4)
• Removed support for older OS X El Capitan due to iCloud Drive incompatibilities (v1.2.3)
• Dramatically improved page thumbnail loading time at app launch which is especially evident for notebooks with dozens of pages (v1.2.2)
• Added in-app ratings sheet to make it easy to show some love and support for indie software (v1.2.1)
• Added support for choosing arbitrary drawing colors with opacity selection (v1.2)
• Added support for choosing from three drawing line styles: solid, dashed, and dotted (v1.2)
• Added support for drawing straight lines when in drawing mode by pressing the Option modifier (v1.2)
• Added support for pasting macOS screen capture/web clipping selections directly into media pages (Control-Shift-Command-4) (v1.2)
• Added flashing of text page scrollers after obtaining keyboard focus when scrollable content exists (v1.2)
• Fixed media scaling bug when moving windows between retina and non-retina devices (v1.2)
• Fixed bug where adding media already in the canvas adds a duplicate even though alert indicates that the media was already added (v1.2)
• Fixed UX issue where multiple alerts would pop up when dragging in many media items that have already been added to the canvas (v1.2)
• Fixed UX issue where thumbnails for facing text pages were slightly shrunk on startup until they were scrolled or edited (v1.2)
1.2.5 05/03/2018
• Fixed bug where loading external audio/video assets sometimes caused a warning alert to appear indicating the audio/video could not be opened (v1.2.4)
• Improved iCloud image transcoding so that images that are already small in size are compressed minimally (v1.2.4)
• Improved iCloud audio transcoding to include original audio title/name in metadata so it is available via iCloud sync on other devices (v1.2.4)
• Fixed bug in iCloud Preferences pane where video size units were being overwritten with the size value (v1.2.4)
• Fixed bug in window/notebook resizing sheet where height field was sometimes blank (v1.2.4)
• Removed support for older OS X El Capitan due to iCloud Drive incompatibilities (v1.2.3)
• Dramatically improved page thumbnail loading time at app launch which is especially evident for notebooks with dozens of pages (v1.2.2)
• Added in-app ratings sheet to make it easy to show some love and support for indie software (v1.2.1)
• Added support for choosing arbitrary drawing colors with opacity selection
• Added support for choosing from three drawing line styles: solid, dashed, and dotted
• Added support for drawing straight lines when in drawing mode by pressing the Option modifier
• Added support for pasting macOS screen capture/web clipping selections directly into media pages (Control-Shift-Command-4)
• Added flashing of text page scrollers after obtaining keyboard focus when scrollable content exists
• Fixed media scaling bug when moving windows between retina and non-retina devices
• Fixed bug where adding media already in the canvas adds a duplicate even though alert indicates that the media was already added
• Fixed UX issue where multiple alerts would pop up when dragging in many media items that have already been added to the canvas
• Fixed UX issue where thumbnails for facing text pages were slightly shrunk on startup until they were scrolled or edited
1.2.4 07/23/2017
• Removed support for older OS X El Capitan due to iCloud Drive incompatibilities (v1.2.3)
• Dramatically improved page thumbnail loading time at app launch which is especially evident for notebooks with dozens of pages (v1.2.2)
• Added in-app ratings sheet to make it easy to show some love and support for indie software (v1.2.1)
• Added support for choosing arbitrary drawing colors with opacity selection
• Added support for choosing from three drawing line styles: solid, dashed, and dotted
• Added support for drawing straight lines when in drawing mode by pressing the Option modifier
• Added support for pasting macOS screen capture/web clipping selections directly into media pages (Control-Shift-Command-4)
• Added flashing of text page scrollers after obtaining keyboard focus when scrollable content exists
• Fixed media scaling bug when moving windows between retina and non-retina devices
• Fixed bug where adding media already in the canvas adds a duplicate even though alert indicates that the media was already added
• Fixed UX issue where multiple alerts would pop up when dragging in many media items that have already been added to the canvas
• Fixed UX issue where thumbnails for facing text pages were slightly shrunk on startup until they were scrolled or edited
1.2.3 07/18/2017
• Dramatically improved page thumbnail loading time at app launch which is especially evident for notebooks with dozens of pages (v1.2.2)
• Added in-app ratings sheet to make it easy to show some love and support for indie software (v1.2.1)
• Added support for choosing arbitrary drawing colors with opacity selection
• Added support for choosing from three drawing line styles: solid, dashed, and dotted
• Added support for drawing straight lines when in drawing mode by pressing the Option modifier
• Added support for pasting macOS screen capture/web clipping selections directly into media pages (Control-Shift-Command-4)
• Added flashing of text page scrollers after obtaining keyboard focus when scrollable content exists
• Fixed media scaling bug when moving windows between retina and non-retina devices
• Fixed bug where adding media already in the canvas adds a duplicate even though alert indicates that the media was already added
• Fixed UX issue where multiple alerts would pop up when dragging in many media items that have already been added to the canvas
• Fixed UX issue where thumbnails for facing text pages were slightly shrunk on startup until they were scrolled or edited
1.2.2 07/09/2017
• Added in-app ratings sheet to make it easy to show some love and support for indie software (v1.2.1)
• Added support for choosing arbitrary drawing colors with opacity selection
• Added support for choosing from three drawing line styles: solid, dashed, and dotted
• Added support for drawing straight lines when in drawing mode by pressing the Option modifier
• Added support for pasting macOS screen capture/web clipping selections directly into media pages (Control-Shift-Command-4)
• Added flashing of text page scrollers after obtaining keyboard focus when scrollable content exists
• Fixed media scaling bug when moving windows between retina and non-retina devices
• Fixed bug where adding media already in the canvas adds a duplicate even though alert indicates that the media was already added
• Fixed UX issue where multiple alerts would pop up when dragging in many media items that have already been added to the canvas
• Fixed UX issue where thumbnails for facing text pages were slightly shrunk on startup until they were scrolled or edited
1.2.1 06/25/2017
• Added support for choosing arbitrary drawing colors with opacity selection
• Added support for choosing from three drawing line styles: solid, dashed, and dotted
• Added support for drawing straight lines when in drawing mode by pressing the Option modifier
• Added support for pasting macOS screen capture/web clipping selections directly into media pages (Control-Shift-Command-4)
• Added flashing of text page scrollers after obtaining keyboard focus when scrollable content exists
• Added a menu item to easily rate Storme on the Mac App Store and show some love and support for indie software
• Fixed media scaling bug when moving windows between retina and non-retina devices
• Fixed bug where adding media already in the canvas adds a duplicate even though alert indicates that the media was already added
• Fixed UX issue where multiple alerts would pop up when dragging in many media items that have already been added to the canvas
• Fixed UX issue where thumbnails for facing text pages were slightly shrunk on startup until they were scrolled or edited
• Fixed previously removed erase shortcut that was still erasing when dragged on the media page canvas
1.2 04/04/2017
• Added support for swapping workspace canvas items in layout grids via context menu
• Fixed bug where overlapping drawings did not always correctly restore their z position relative to other drawings on load
• Fixed UX issue where text fields in alert dialogs were partially shadowed due to Sierra auto-layout bug
• Fixed media page canvas scrollers remaining visible after showing/hiding tab bars
• Removed draw/erase shortcut modifiers since they created UX inconsistency when used on canvas media items
• Improved vertical scroller appearance for text pages in both dark and light themes
1.1.1 03/20/2017
• Added draw and erase support with easy single-click selection of pen width and pen color (accessible from the toolbar)
• Added shortcut modifier support for drawing and erasing in the media page canvas with Option and Shift-Option drag modifiers
• Adding lists and tables to text pages now accessible from the Format menu instead of the toolbar
• Improved handling of media page item selections on loss/gain of focus (dimmed selection highlight on loss of focus)
• Improved user feedback of the focused media page (flash scrollers) when two facing media pages exist after a swipe or selection
• Improved modifier key constraints when moving media page items
• Fixed UX issue caused by opening new documents when the Quick Look preview is open
• Fixed crash bug when selecting Open in New Notebook on a notebook page with two facing pages from the table of contents view
• Fixed media page item border, shadow, and and corner radius lag on rapid zoom
• Fixed bug in text pages when swiping away then swiping back where scroll position would often change
• Fixed bug in page thumbnails view reducing initial drag sensitivity to avoid accidental brief drags on rapid clicks
• Fixed bug in notebook page swiping to reduce initial swipe sensitivity to avoid accidental partial initiation of swipes
1.1 02/17/2017
• Added support for scale-resizing text notes with Command modifier so text scales with note resize
• Added show/hide grid support for media pages
• Added bring to front/send to back Content menu keyboard shortcuts
• Added Option/Command modifiers and better visual feedback for resizing notebook/pages/window in the Window menu
• Updated Apple help book
• Fixed crash bug when editing text notes and pressing Command-N to open a new document
• Fixed bug where editing text notes and clicking another window failed to properly relinquish key window status of the original window
• Fixed bug where pinned text notes could still be edited
• Fixed bug where a page thumbnail was not always correctly updated after editing a text note
1.0.4 01/23/2017
• Added context menu item to wrap text notes to their containing text to more easily support one line text note labels
• Added undo/redo support for text note changes (change text, change color, make plain text, wrap to label)
• Added Content menu item to center canvas in media pages (also available in context menu)
• Added support for changing the window theme to dark or light to occur instantaneously for all open windows instead of on next open
• Fixed a crash bug that arose when a media page with a lot of content was still loading, then selecting delete/undo/redo delete page the from the page thumbnails view
• Fixed a bug that caused the app to hang when opening large notebooks with many media items in a single media page
• Fixed a save warning issue "the file has been changed by another application" which arose when saving documents after moving them to/from iCloud and the local file system
• Fixed a bug that made it difficult to click and show the insertion cursor in an empty text page or a text page with only a small amount of text
• Fixed a bug that caused previous/next/first/last page notebook shortcuts to override standard text editing shortcuts; notebook shortcuts remapped
• Fixed a bug where centering the media page canvas caused contextual scrollers to remain visible after centering
1.0.3 01/15/2017
• Fixed a bug that caused the Preferences panel to show at each launch.
• Fixed mislabeled shortcut keys for arrow key navigation in the Content menu.
• Fixed a crash bug that arose when vertical arrow keys were used in the Table of Contents view.
• Fixed a crash bug that arose when horizontal arrow keys were used in the Page Thumbnails view.
1.0.2 01/05/2017
• Added option to use dark or light window theme in Preferences
• Improved appearance of empty media pages and thumbnails
• Fixed copy & paste of text notes in the media page so they show correctly
• Fixed dragging of Safari web links so they now drag into the media page
• Fixed undo of text page theme changes so background and foreground changes are undone
• Fixed open media browser for text pages so it opens when clicked in the toolbar
• Fixed copy & paste of joined pages so they don't reverse order in the pasted copy
• Fixed splitting of facing pages causing a crash in certain situations
1.0.1 01/04/2017
• Updated to use WKWebView instead of deprecated WebView for webpage captures
• Fixed crash reporting to properly work with Firebase Crashlytics
• Removed support for macOS 10.13 due to WebView deprecation
more Version 1.3.3 07/18/2024
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