Keynote Reviews

Pros

I love how easy Keynote is to use. It allows me to focus on my presentation and not on figuring out the software.

Cons

I always have to save my gorgeous Keynote presentation as a Powerpoint because the venue I am presenting at doesn't support Keynote.

Pros

If you too never know where to start for your slide presentations from today you can worry no more, Keynote takes care of it!Templates, guides, animations: with Keynote anyone can make beautiful and functional presentations, it is a thousand steps ahead of all other presentation programs with its always fresh and cool templates.

Cons

Unfortunately there are few templates available and the interface is not so intuitive, only by really using the software a lot will you know how to find all the features, otherwise some things are so hidden that you think it doesn't have them.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe InDesign and Canva

Reasons for Switching to Keynote

Because within it there are templates, animations, shadows and effects already set to the best: I can think less and render much more.

Pros

The one and probably only pro I can think of is that it is readily available on your laptop, even if you have no internet connection.

Cons

It does nothing better than Google's presentation software and its being limited to mac and Apple ecosystem users is very limiting when it comes to sharing and cooperation

Pros

Keynote lets me design and create with a freedom and quality of product that is hard to match. As a graphic designer, I'm used to having control over all things and using programs that don't think for me. Yet, if you want a beautiful presentation program with high-end animation capabilities, you'll love Keynote too.

Cons

My files get pretty large in size and occasionally that can slow processing.

Alternatives Considered

Prezi

Reasons for Choosing Keynote

Ability to share the program with other contributors without version issues. Massive step up in the quality appearance of the presentation.

Reasons for Switching to Keynote

More capabilities and customization for Keynote.

Pros

I love that you can export a slide by dragging and dropping it into another package. It automatically creates an image of the slide. It's great for compiling reports from presentations, but also using the slides in the non-fiction personal development, business, and money books that I author and self-publish.

Cons

For what keynote is - a presentation slide show software - there's little I don't like about it. It seems to me there's a plethora of simple, easy-to-use tools that when combined and understood can create pretty much whatever you want. I err toward keeping it simple and clean so I rarely hit any roadblocks in terms of features or functionality. In fact I can't remember the last time I had any issues.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft PowerPoint

Reasons for Choosing Keynote

I found that of course keynote is primarily Mac but as far as I know it can work well with the competitor solutions. That said it's simple, clean, not overly complicated or trying to do too much (even though it can!) and fits nicely with my workflow. For whatever reason I used to struggle with the others.

Switched From

Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides

Reasons for Switching to Keynote

I didn't really enjoy using the Powerpoint or Sheets. There was something 'less pretty' about them. The word clunky comes to mind.

Pros

I like it comes free with my iPad and my iPhone. My presentations are saved on iCloud. So it is accessible between all Apple devicea and family. It’s free so I don’t have to pay. I can create and share presentations on my iPhone.
Usage and interface is very basic and easy.

Cons

It’s not easy to send presentations to other platforms. I need to convert format for other platforms.

Pros

The templates are top notch and make it really easy and intuitive to put together a classy, high quality presentation easily. As most of my work world moved to Zoom (and is planning to stay), being able to quickly create backgrounds, visual cueing and information sharing has been critical. There are lots of slide presentation apps but Keynote's taste and layout suggestions are just a bit nicer. I consistently get feedback and requests for "tips" about how I got my slides to look so good.

Cons

Converting Keynote slides into Google Slides takes a couple of steps to work around. You can covert directly in app to PowerPoint, .pdf, .gifs, etc but not Slides yet, which is the most common request from my end users.

Pros

Apple's Keynote software offers me everything I need in my presentation software. It's easy to style my slides and I can quickly build out a presentation deck. The best part is that it's free to download for Mac users.

Cons

I miss some of the more deeper technical settings that some other competitors might have.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft PowerPoint

Reasons for Choosing Keynote

It's easy to get quickly started with a presentation, and it's free to download with Mac

Switched From

Microsoft PowerPoint

Pros

ease of onboarding. its almost identical to powerpoint, and you can 'edit mask' which means you can easily remove the background or foreground.

Cons

some animations you cannot do but yo can in powerpoint, and when you save a presentation it is not simple to shrink the size of the whole file.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft PowerPoint and Canva

Reasons for Switching to Keynote

I didnt choose it over them, rather in tandem.

Pros

I'm a big fan of Keynote. I think it's the easiest application to create beautiful presentations.
It has a lot of features that can make my life easier. For example, Keynote allows me to embed videos and photos into my slides. I can even record myself presenting the slide show and then, I can send the link to my clients.

Cons

Native templates are a bit poor, but you can find awesome ones on the net.

Pros

Very sophisticated yet easy to use
User interface is vastly superior to Powerpoint
Easily convertible to Ppt format if required.
Compatible with ppt format
Super animations
Fully compatible with the rest of the Apple suite
Using Keynote with a projector is a breeze!

Cons

File size is surprisingly high.
Some bullet are not reproduced adequately when importing to ppt format
Imported files for ppt format sometimes have to be rearranged
Font compatibility between ppt files

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft PowerPoint

Switched From

Microsoft PowerPoint

Reasons for Switching to Keynote

Keynote is Free with he purchase of a Mac. Updates are free and so are upgrade. Amazing product with it usability and most importantly the end results : presentations are stunning!

Pros

The interface is easier to understand that powerpoint, and has a lot of more features. It's important to clarify that this is an Apple product, available on Macs, iPhones and iPads. There's an option to access Keynote from a web browser on a PC once you setup an iCloud account, so you can create / modify files from the web, but it will depend of your browser and internet connection.

Cons

It's Mac / iOS only, doesn't have a PC app. A desktop app for PC integrated to an iCloud account would be great to attract PC users

Pros

There's never been a product easier than Keynote I have ever used in my entire career.
I use Keynote for presentations, pitch templates, UI design, graphic designing and sometimes video as well. This software is simple by design and just lets you experiment by giving a blank canvas.

For creative people, sometimes not having a bunch of templates is a boon because it frees you up from restrictions imposed by simply looking at a template and how it can be. Keynote let's you CREATE and that's the best part about it.

Cons

With more shapes and pre-loaded media, Keynote could go to a whole new level altogether. But other than that, there's nothing missing with Keynote.

Pros

I am a die hard apple fan. I have only ever owned a Mac desktop or laptop. That being said, I grew up on Powerpoint. I like the cleaner look than the old versions of powerpoint I used to use. Even using powerpoint on a Mac, always had a very "PC" vibe to it. Creating slides is very simple. I don't have much of a need for presentations now, but I think it would be very easy to hit the ground running.

Cons

My only con completely contradicts my pros. When I was in school, we used a lot of powerpoint. I was constantly looking for the old features instead of getting used to the new, cleaner layout. I think it would just take a presentation or two for a long time Microsoft user to get used to Keynote.

Pros

It is an Apple product and comes with best quality. I had always been using PPT or Prezi, but since I discovered this gem, I have stopped using anything else. It has all the functionality that you can imagine in a top or popular software (Prezi or PPT) and the best part is it comes free with purchase of any Apple product. I might never go back to PPT, it is so cliche.

Cons

There was nothing much to not like, but if I have to pick up something, then it will the fact when we export Keynote to PPT we might lose some formatting or fonts etc. Other than that, there is nothing that bothers me using Keynote.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft PowerPoint, Doodly, Google Slides, Canva and Prezi

Reasons for Choosing Keynote

I wanted to try Keynote and once I tried it, I could not go back to any of my previous choices. Keynote was so easy to use and full of quality features.

Switched From

Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides and Prezi

Reasons for Switching to Keynote

Keynote is not only simple, but has features contained in paid softwares.

Pros

This is an easy software to learn. Ports over easily from PowerPoint. I love the drag and drop features

Cons

I don't see many Cons with this software once you get past the learning stage

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft PowerPoint

Reasons for Choosing Keynote

We are a Mac School, plus cost considerations

Reasons for Switching to Keynote

We are a Mac School, plus cost considerations

Pros

When I got a MacBook I switched from Powerpoint to keynote seamlessly. Very customizable and easy to figure out.

Cons

The only thing that has been a little tricky is imbedding audio and video. It’s easy enough to do depending on the file types, it’s in ensuring it plays correctly that has been tricky as well as being able to edit it.

Pros

Easy to use. Can use transparency in graphics

Cons

Export to PowerPoint for others destroys effects

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft PowerPoint

Reasons for Choosing Keynote

System Switch

Switched From

Microsoft PowerPoint

Reasons for Switching to Keynote

First I thought to stick to PowerPoint, but Keynote is built-in so I tried it.

Pros

It does the job really well and you may say it goes beyond that. So many options and things you can actually do. Works really well with any apple software

Cons

May be a challenge to share with other systems. It takes some time to learn how to use it.

Pros

Keynote is an invaluable software that has helped me make very engaging and interesting presentations. One of the best features is that Keynote has a variety of available templates! They have templates for more visual types of presentations and also have templates for formal presentations -so there is something for everyone. Keynote is very easy to learn and to use, I believe there is a new users guide that one is introduced to but everything is pretty self explanatory and easy to get used to. There are many tools and features within Keynote that you can change to make the presentation your style! You can choose different fonts, different colours, different page set ups and etc. I have always used keynote for my presentations and find that I am easily able to create aesthetic and nice presentations. Keynote helps me becomes more efficient and saves me time as it is very convenient to use.

Cons

I don't have much to say about the dislikes - I really do enjoy using Keynote. If I had to give a suggestion, I would recommend that the developers of Keynote keep adding more templates! I recognize that they may already be doing this so this is just a suggestion.

Pros

I love the high quality of the result, the presentations in keynote looks much professional than in Power Point.

Cons

The fact that only Mac users can use it.

Pros

Presentations with keynote are just elevated. once you use it, I don't think powerpoint is an option.

Cons

Nothing! I love everything about this software. I wish the import and export to and from keynote to powerpoint was seamless.

Pros

simplicity in the learning curve and nice transitions

Cons

It is a linear way to present, one slide after the other like passing pages. I would like something more fluid and inmersive sort of like a prezi with the ease of use of Keynote
I will like to see more templates included within.

Pros

It offers easy process for preparing a presentation or report. All templates are cool and easy to find. You can pick cool colors, cool fonts and a cool template. It makes easier to prepare report and presentation because some templates including titles and in this way you can create your content plan.

Cons

It is working only Apple devices (naturally) but I don't have all Apple devices :)) and another presentations tools have wider template markets.

Pros

Keynote allows you to create beautiful materials, with detailed tools that no other presentation software has. I can create presentations that bring engagement because of the design details that Keynote brings.

Cons

The fact that only those who have a MacBook can use it is a disadvantage when I need to work on shared documents, making it difficult for many people to access. In addition, presentations tend to take up a lot of storage, and it is sometimes necessary to use Keynote through iCloud, with extremely limited resources, making my work difficult.