There's no alternative if you own a Mac. It's not receiving annual updates and it has started to look old, but I love it and use it every month.

How user-friendly it is. Super easy to add images and details, align them, and create various slides. Creating visuals is not my strength and I use Keynote to create posters too. I started using Canva recently but I still feel more comfortable with Keynote.

It would be great if it had more templates and more styles. I've purchased some PowerPoint template and it works ok with Keynote, but I'd rather have access to more default templates when creating a new file.

It's great, It's a day-to-day go-to for me for all sorts of creative projects. I use it for diagrams, illustrations, digital assets, book figures, and images, and believe it or not I even sketch out architectural plans (more or less to scale - by importing a scale drawing into the background and tracing over it) it's so much quicker that firing up CAD packages and software, and it does the job perfectly. I even export these slides and use them, as textures in my renderings. I unashamedly use it for anything and everything. It's a multi-functional tool, and surprisingly powerful and fast even when I have hundreds of slides. I use it for training decks for my online financial courses. I work to try and make the content engaging and not just dry and all about the numbers. So I include GIFs and videos and various animated transitions. I've been using it for years and shall continue ad infinitum!

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.

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.

I used it when it was my only option but I tend to steer clear of it due to its many limitations

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.

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

I have been using Keynote since 2005. The adaptation period (coming form PowerPoint) was about 3 weeks. Never looked back. Each time I have to use PowerPoint because a client want to use the presentation on a PC reminds me how awful PP is compare to Keynote. Keynote is a professional presentation software and anybody I know who has used it does not want to go back to Powerpoint

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!

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

I did a light-hearted presentation for my Rotary club a while back that really exemplifies the power of Keynote. I used just about every feature the program has to create a presentation that looked more like a custom video than something from a presentation program. When finished, I had video producers asking me what program I used. I loved seeing their expression when I said 'Keynote!". :-)

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.

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

However, my total experience as a designer for 10 years is very positive: for all my presentations I always rely on Keynote, because it halves any of my working time and always manages to give me new ideas with all its tools.

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.

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.

I used it on my iPad and iPhone. So it was really useful and fun to edit presentation on my phone without using computer. I create and share slides for my colleagues for education.

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.

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

Keynote helps me look more professional than my solopreneur operation would naturally allow. I can quickly turn out great looking pieces of content. Keynote appears to be less known or used which is to my advantage because I often get compliments and requests to know what I used that leads to more client engagement.

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.

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.

Love it. Glad to have it included with my Mac. I definitely wouldn't purchase Powerpoint. I would consider buying keynote if it didn't come free.

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.

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.

I use keynote to quickly whip up a presentation that looks good and is super stable.

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.

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

It's a great tool to work and collaborate.

As many Apple software solutions the user interfase is very intuitive and allows people get done fast with their presentations.The feature that we love most is online collaboration because it allows several people to work on the same presentation so you don't have to share the file over and over by email getting to the perfect presentation.

It only work in Apple devices, but if you have one you are wasting money by using other software.

I am a Keynote fan knowing that I have not tapped into ½ of its capabilities. It's a workhorse!

I love the ease of working from multiple documents and being able to add parts of each of them into my presentation. This software is my favorite. I even like it better than Pages because of the drag and drop capabilities. I even use it to think and process workshops I develop before I build the presentation. It's an awesome tool!

Adding video and making it work every time. That some companies don't use it and want to transfer it to PowerPoint - it never is a flawless transfer in either direction.

We use Keynote often in our environment. I came from a PowerPoint world and was able to adapt to Keynote fairly quickly. Being a MAC School, I love having a product that I can use without having to pay for PowerPoint

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

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

It has been useful for my short presentation that I needed it for and I use it a lot for my overlays and animated images on Imovie project. plus it is free.

I have been a powerpoint user for a long time. But this is the first time I can stay on mac programs and not rely on Microsoft products. I can put together a presentation and send it to my Iphone or Ipad and be ready to go. I started to use IMovie and I found out the people use Keynote to make overlays for their Imovie projects.

There are a few things that Keynote lacks from Powerpoint. But It is better than google slides.

Easy to use and lots of templates to help you start your slide show

I have not found anything about Keynotes that i dislike

I can create amazing documents through Keynote, but I need much storage on my computer and in my iCloud.

This is the only software I know that allows the creation of such beautiful documents, with several features available to use creativity and leave an impeccable design in my creations. In addition, through it, I can also share documents and make changes with other people.

Unfortunately, Keynote uses a lot of storage, which is a big downside, making my iCloud more expensive as a result. Another negative point is that it is a limited-use software since only Apple users can enjoy it, making it difficult to share files.

I use Keynote for all of my work presentations. I've tried PowerPoint but it just never felt intuitive to me. With Keynote, it's so easy to add in multimedia and make changes quickly - which is really important when you're making a presentation. The other thing I like about Keynote is the ability to customize it by adding in your own personal theme.

I dont have any negatives to report. Apple has done an amazing job like they always do.

Is practical and very intuitive, you can have all your thougths in the palm of your hand.

I love the fact that I have easy access to an app that keeps my notes in order, where I can edit or upgrade new data.

IOS's apps not always are useful when you used in microsoft software.

This software proved to be an easy to use and efficient platform to create content for presentations. Notes, images and audio are easy to be added. It provides cool animations and smooth transitions.

No noteworthy issues have been identified so far.

It has a great design and UI, easy to customize and also saves me a lot of time from coming up with ideas or organizing content. I'm getting better at giving presentations and I think that's because keynote helps me organize them in an easier way. It's so much fun to use and has exceeded my expectations in every way!

I haven’t noticed any cons in this tool yet.

I've been using Keynote for a couple of years now and it's a fantastic software to create flawless presentations. It offers a huge variety of templates, allowing you to customize your presentation in any way possible. Not only does it offer beautiful templates to help you create professional presentations, but it also has great features, such as making your slides interactive and linking them to your audio files. I can't recommend this software enough!

It should be accessible on devices other than Apple.

It is just beautiful, it's like mixing Canva with all its features with Powerpoint. It is created exclusively to make stunning presentations and beautiful and interactive animations.

If you have to work with other non-Apple devices, then it's a bit messy and some plots are not shown correclty

Keynote is a well put together program, it is easy to use and works well when presenting.

I don't think there is anything I didn't like about their product.

Offers best tool for create immersive presentations.

it would be useful to have Keynote for Windows as well.