MagicalPad® today unveils MagicalPad for Mac, the most significant milestone since the original MagicalPad, featuring visual notes, advanced mind mapping and visual task management. Users who are looking for MS OneNote® for iPad and Mac alternatives will just love MagicalPad.

MagicalPad for Mac is another key milestone that shows the company’s commitment to their vision of managing information in a freeform endless canvas like a dashboard and accessing it everywhere.
With this release the company now upped the level for productivity apps. It combines five main functions or uses in a nicely combined way, which make MagicalPad a unique notes productivity app. While these functions are powerful on their own, “the real magic comes from having them all connected in front of you on the same app on the same page.“ said Bouchra Ben, product manager for MagicalPad.

1. Visual Notes – full-featured note-taking & authoring using free form notes. Users can place textboxes, outlines, mind maps, photos, and drawings anywhere on the page. Once done, they can organize pages and notebooks, export content to a variety of formats and share with friends and colleagues.
2. Advanced mind mapping tools suitable for brainstorming and creative note taking. With unlimited mind-maps and outlines freely positioned anywhere on the same page this feature goes beyond regular mindmapping apps that offer only one mindmap per page.
3. Powerful outlining capabilities were the core of MagicalPad since its inception. Users can structure ideas and move them around the page, merge and split outlines, lists, mindmap branches, attach images, drawings, files and more. Outlines are best suited for hierarchical notes where users need to drag/drop to prioritize and vote for the best idea or outline a research paper for example. Users can create a mindmap of outline and regular note items.
4. Visual task manager is a powerful task management engine that sits within outlines and mind maps enabling users to visually manage tasks like a dashboard. Additional info like icons, tags, due dates, reminders, priority and attachments can be easily added and used to filter by.
5. MagicalPad also includes a dedicated task view where users can focus on tasks due today, tasks with a specific tag or belonging to a specific project for example. Users can switch from task view to page view at any time to keep focused on their tasks while taking more notes.

“With tons of keyboard shortcuts, big screen, mouse and trackpad gestures, users will find endless uses for this versatile app.” said Bouchra. They can also export and import their full notebooks easily using dropbox to move their content from the iPad to the Mac and vice versa. Update flags notify users when there is a newer version of the content on the cloud.
About MagicalPad
MagicalPad is a Chicago based start-up provider of innovative productivity applications for visually organizing and managing information and ideas to drive structured thinking, spark creativity, and enhance business innovation and team effectiveness.

MagicalPad for Mac is available here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magicalpad/id864851418?mt=12

MagicalPad for iPad is available here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magicalpad-hd/id463731782?mt=8

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MagicalPad®, today unveils MagicalPad for the iPhone, the most significant milestone since the original MagicalPad®, featuring iCloud integration, a stunning new IOS7 inspired user interface and the same powerful functionality. MagicalPad iPhone provides the same full iPad features adapted to the iPhone form factor; with iCloud, users can create and edit their content everywhere from any IOS device including iPads, iPad Minis, iPhones and iPod Touches.

The iPhone version also powerfully integrates note taking, handwriting/drawing, outlining and mind mapping all side-by-side in a fluid freeform page layout. Users can start working on their iPhone or iPod Touch, then edit their work on the iPad later; the user experience has been adapted to the iPhone screen size providing users with the tools they need when they need them making even complex tasks simpler and more engaging.

“MagicalPad iPhone takes us another step closer to our vision of accessing your content everywhere,” said Bouchra Benchekroun, MagicalPad’s Product Manager. “Also with the upcoming Mac version planned for the end of this year, users will get access to their content no matter what Apple device they use.”

MagicalPad has tens of great new features going beyond outlining, mind mapping and note taking. These include drawing / handwriting, photos, multi-selection tool, advanced pop-up edit, attachments, enhanced formatting, customizable notebooks, share to Facebook and Twitter, send to Evernote, in-place quick menus to add new elements, apply formatting to children, siblings or both, enhanced drag/drop and improved rendering engine.

MagicalPad for Mac is coming soon.

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Completely Redesigned With Stunning User Interface & Great New Features

Chicago―June 24, 2013―MagicalPad®, today unveils MagicalPad 3 for iPad, the most significant update since the original MagicalPad®, featuring a stunning new user interface and great new features. MagicalPad 3 is completely redesigned to powerfully integrate note taking, handwriting/drawing, outlining and mind mapping all side-by-side in a fluid freeform page layout. The user experience has been refined for a cleaner, simpler look, and the use of contextual menus makes even complex tasks simpler and more engaging. MagicalPad 3 has tens of great new features, including drawing / handwriting, photos, multi-selection tool, advanced pop-up edit, attachments, enhanced formatting, customizable notebooks, share to Facebook and Twitter, send to Evernote, in-place quick menus to add new elements, apply formatting to children, siblings or both, enhanced drag/drop and improved rendering engine.

“MagicalPad 3 redefines the way you take, organize and view notes,” said Bouchra Benchekroun, MagicalPad’s Product Manager. “We went back to the drawing board with our users and rethought every aspect of the app. With what we’ve been able to achieve together, we see MagicalPad 3 as a start a new note app category.”

“Just you & your content” is one of the mottos of MagicalPad; MagicalPad was always centered on simplicity and focused on the user’s content. “We took this concept to a whole new level with this release where the design recedes, and in doing so, elevates your content,” said Bouchra. MagicalPad 3 is a clear representation of these goals. It has a whole new structure and experience that is forward thinking and consistent with the new highly awaited IOS 7 simplistic UI paradigms.

MagicalPad 3 introduces Multimedia. Now users can insert photos, handwritten notes and drawings anywhere on the page. They can also attach drawings and photos to outline or mind map items. With transparent background drawings you can circle elements within the page or quickly point to something with a drawn arrow. Drawing editor also gives you instant bigger view for inserted drawings and images and allows you to quickly annotate, highlight and add to them.

With MagicalPad 3, full screen mode is now available so you can work on your content with no UI distraction. Quick menu allows users to add an outline, a photo, or any other element anywhere on the page. Context menus for selected elements give you access to the most used functionality and formatting. You will never need to go to a toolbar for most functionality.

The new customizable notebooks look stunning on the retina display. You can select from many beautiful colors with realistic leather texture or customize with your own photo from the photo library or the iPad camera. The notebooks page now has more help information accessible from the help icon, which makes MagicalPad a fun experience for new users.

With improved formatting in MagicalPad 3, users can quickly format many elements at once using the multi-select tool. They can also apply formatting to siblings, children or both for an outline element. Formatting selectors are now even better offering gorgeous color selectors, quick access to recent colors, custom color palette, color spectrum shades, color wheel, favorite colors and more. Colors now have opacity built-in to them so you can create semi-transparent items that overlap.

The new pop-up editor is a great way to take notes and attach elements to them. Users can freely capture and manage content in the page or edit each note or outline item as a stand-alone note, and then close it to see the big picture. Attach multiple photos and drawings to each element, drag and drop to freely organize any element on the page, zoom in on the details, and zoom out to see the whole story with prioritized/structured and connected notes.

Multi-select tool is an entirely new way to quickly and easily select multiple outlines, mind map elements and notes in order to move, copy or format. You can also multi-select outline items and move to another outline – great for GTD, or just move them up the priority stack within the same outline.

MagicalPad is a Chicago based start-up championing innovative apps for visually organizing and managing information and ideas to drive structured thinking, spark creativity, and enhance innovation and effectiveness.

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MagicalPad Introduces iPad Notes Exclusively for Business Users; Reminds You of Minority Report – The Movie

MagicalPad™ brings a new meaning to organizing iPad notes and structuring ideas. Business users now have a better way to plan projects, organize meetings, uncover new creative ideas and communicate more effectively.

Boston, Massachusetts October 25, 2011

MagicalPad™ brings a fresh approach to iPad notes, much more than a conventional note-taker, outliner or mind-mapping app. This notes app shows an amazing success with thousands of business users in less than a month including C level executives. Built exclusively for the business user, MagicalPad is truly a business tool helping users structure their thoughts, organize ideas, and visually present information to support decision making and prioritize actions.

Freeform Layout

Freeform layout is what makes MagicalPad powerful; users can create unlimited outlines and notes on the same page and move them around on the screen to create their own information dashboard. “It reminds you of Minority Report – the movie,” said Lisa T. a MagicalPad user. Business users are using MagicalPad for brainstorming, meeting notes, project planning among other day to day productivity tasks.

Highly Interactive

MagicalPad is highly interactive, users can move things around, expand and collapse lists to focus on the right level of details, and they can zoom in on a specific area of their dashboard or zoom out to see the full picture. This way, users always have everything in front of their eyes and are able to focus on what’s important and interact with their content like never before.

Connected to the Cloud

MagicalPad plays well within the cloud. With impressive sharing options including Dropbox, Evernote, Google Docs and email, users can easily export their notes in different formats including PDF, OPML, RTF and a native MagicalPad Xchange file format (MPX), which is great for sharing with other MagicalPad users.

About MagicalPad

MagicalPad is a Massachusetts based start-up provider of innovative mobile and web-based applications for visually organizing and managing information and ideas to drive structured thinking, spark creativity, and enhance business innovation and team effectiveness.

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Finally, an iPad Note Built for the Touchscreen! MagicalPad™ Introduces Freeform Notes for iPad

It might just be starting a new category of productivity apps. MagicalPad™ brings a fresh approach to notes for iPad, much more than a conventional note-taker, outliner, or mind mapping app. By introducing freeform notes for iPad, MagicalPad users truly make full use of the iPad touchscreen using multi-gestures to freely organize their content.

Boston, Massachusetts October 05, 2011


“Your iPad Note is now free to move about the screen” jokingly said Brian, a frequent business-traveler and user of MagicalPad. Users truly make full use of the iPad touchscreen making notes for iPad using MagicalPad more effective than a conventional note-taker, outliner, or mind mapping app. MagicalPad™ provides a better way to take notes, build outlines and checklists while brainstorming, planing projects or running meetings, and helps users communicate more effectively.


Freeform layout puts users in control of their content, they can place and organize notes, outlines and checklists with unprecedented interactivity and flexibility, and seamlessly share them with other users and apps, which drastically expands productivity and enhances structured thinking and decision-making. With thousands of users in the first couple of weeks only, MagicalPad is becoming the iPad note of choice for business users. “This is the best iPad note application for structuring your ideas” said Stacy M, a MagicalPad user.

Sparks Creativity.


MagicalPad™ provides an intuitive visual framework that fosters clarity, innovative thinking and communication to improve business results. It allows users and groups to quickly take notes while brainstorming to keep the flow of ideas coming, then organize them later with drag and drop ease and structure them in a beautiful dashboard-like setting to give every idea the attention it deserves.
With Video mirroring using the iPad HDMI adapter, your HDTV or HD projection screen becomes a bigger version of your MagicalPad to brainstorm, vote for items, rank and prioritize ideas and plans with your team. This makes it great for collaboration and presentation for school and business.

Structures Thoughts.


“Structured thinking demands structured notes” said Adil Berdai, founder of MagicalPad. Users can focus project planning using structured lists to quickly capture and organize stakeholder input, prioritize goals and actions and optimize most valuable resources. With unlimited checklists and outlines on the same page, freeform layout, unlimited hierarchy with expand & collapse and drag & drop features, users have everything in front of their eyes and are able to focus on what’s important and interact with their content like never before.

Enhances Productivity.


Dynamic structured view of the data is what makes MagicalPad unique; we always visualize, consume, share, and think of information in organized structured way. MagicalPad is a note app that delivers on this promise allowing users to take iPad notes the way they think – Naturally.
“The power of this app is in its simplicity – your content is the STAR” said Bouchra Benchekroun, product manager of MagicalPad. The minimalistic white design of MagicalPad lets the app get off the user’s way and enables users to focus on their content. They can just add lists and notes anywhere on the iPad screen and start typing, then worry about formatting and structuring later. Or they can start from a high level outline, then flesh out the details by splitting lists and using drag/drop to move items to where they belong.

Connected to the Cloud.


MagicalPad plays well within the cloud. With impressive sharing options including Dropbox, Evernote, Google Docs and email, users can easily export their notes in different formats including PDF, OPML, RTF and a native MagicalPad Xchange file format (MPX), which is great for sharing with other MagicalPad users. Enterprise and business users can easily share project and meeting notes; students can seamlessly share class or project notes. “It is magical! I can import a project to MagicalPad from Mindjet, Curio, Merlin, or any other software or app that supports OPML, work on it on my iPad using MagicalPad with great flexibility, then export it back to continue working on it on my laptop” said Ben Nabil, one of the first users of MagicalPad.

Visit http://www.magicalpad.com for more information.

You can also view a quick video demo on YouTube.

About MagicalPad


MagicalPad is a Massachusetts based start-up provider of innovative mobile and web-based applications for visually organizing and managing information and ideas to drive structured thinking, spark creativity, and enhance business innovation and team effectiveness.

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MagicalPad Brings a Fresh Approach to Note-taking; Much More than a Conventional Note-taker, Outliner, or Mind Mapping App for the iPad

Through an intuitive and innovative design, MagicalPad allows professionals and students to take notes, organize ideas, build outlines, prioritize actions and share their thoughts seamlessly.

Boston, Massachusetts September 21, 2011


MagicalPad, a Massachusetts based start-up provider of innovative mobile and web-based applications for visually organizing and managing information and ideas, announced last week the launch of MagicalPad™ – an iPad app that brings a fresh approach to note-taking, much more than a conventional note-taker, outliner, or mind mapping app for the iPad. MagicalPad™ enables users to take control of their notes through freeform layout to place and organize notes, outlines and checklists with unprecedented interactivity and flexibility, and seamlessly share them with other users and apps, which drastically expands productivity and enhances structured thinking and decision-making.

Structured. Natural. Beautiful. Magical.


MagicalPad™ provides a better way to take notes, build outlines, brainstorm, organize information, plan projects, organize meetings, uncover new creative ideas and communicate more effectively. “MagicalPad enables users to control their information spark their creativity and have fun.” said Adil Berdai, founder of MagicalPad.


Users can focus project planning using structured lists to quickly capture and organize stakeholder input, prioritize goals and actions and optimize most valuable resources. With unlimited checklists and outlines on the same page, freeform layout, unlimited hierarchy with expand and collapse and drag & drop features, users have everything in front of their eyes and are able to focus on what’s important and interact with their content like never before.

Connected to the Cloud.


MagicalPad plays well within the cloud. With impressive sharing options including Dropbox, Evernote, Google Docs and email, users can easily export their notes in different formats including PDF, OPML, RTF and a native MagicalPad Xchange file format (MPX), which is great for sharing with other MagicalPad users. Enterprise and business users can easily share project and meeting notes; students can seamlessly share school notes. “It is magical! Now I can exchange files with Mindjet, Curio, Merlin, or any other software or app that supports OPML.” said Ben Nabil, one of the first users of MagicalPad.

MagicalPad™ Features

Built to Last


MagicalPad’s team has a vision for making MagicalPad mobile and web solutions in the center of today’s productivity toolset for professionals and students; the iPad app is just the beginning according to their founder and product management.


With impressive built-in features, great customer service, strong vision and inspiring product roadmap, MagicalPad™ has already won the hearts of thousands of users in the first week only. “MagicalPad is poised to top the charts from looking at the overwhelming response, record downloads and huge positive feedback we received so far. I think we’re off to a good start,” said Bouchra Benchekroun, product manager with MagicalPad.


MagicalPad™ is available today globally for a very special introductory price $0.99 only and may be purchased through iTunes.

Visit http://www.magicalpad.com for more information.

You can also view a quick video demo on YouTube.

About MagicalPad


MagicalPad is a Massachusetts based start-up provider of innovative mobile and web-based applications for visually organizing and managing information and ideas to drive structured thinking, spark creativity, and enhance business innovation and team effectiveness.

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