Keynote
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
6recommend
3warn against
Jan 2, 2026first mention
Oct 20, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I can't find a sufficiently functional alternative to Keynote, which I need every day for my work.”
“Keynote is great”
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“all of which are excellent”
“I'm a big fans of Excalidraw and Keynote”
“to do a Keynote presentation. You need a USB-C (or Lightning) to HDMI dongle in most cases, but it works fine.”
Caveats and dissent
“Yes, Keynote is (was!) my go to.”
“Apple Creator Studio ads in Keynote”
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“never going back to Keynote/PowerPoint”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPads 1 mention
- Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UI 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: Is it impossible to disable Siri on macOS 27? 1 mention
- Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed offline products 1 mention
- Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users 1 mention
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All comments 14
“Yes, Keynote is (was!) my go to.”
“I can't find a sufficiently functional alternative to Keynote, which I need every day for my work.”
“Presentation: Keynote, InVision, Microsoft PowerPoint”
“Keynote is great”
“all of which are excellent”
“Apple Creator Studio ads in Keynote”
“I'm a big fans of Excalidraw and Keynote”
“to do a Keynote presentation. You need a USB-C (or Lightning) to HDMI dongle in most cases, but it works fine.”
“never going back to Keynote/PowerPoint”
“running the Numbers/Pages/Keynote apps”
“it's pure junk compared to the Keynote”
“both software I was enjoy using!”
This anecdote from history feels timely given the recent shift of Apple’s iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) from being bundled with Macs to being a freemium subscription. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/28/apple-updates-keynote-numbers-pages/
“Keynote”