orgro.org

What It Is

Orgro is a mobile Org Mode file editor and viewer for users who are already comfortable with Emacs Org Mode. It is not a typical enterprise SaaS product; it is closer to a mobile productivity tool built around plain-text files, allowing users to open, view, and perform limited editing of Org files on Android and iOS.

Core Features

Orgro focuses on the Org Mode reading experience. It supports TODO keyword cycling, checkbox toggling, Agenda notifications, capturing text and links through the system share sheet, org-capture:// links, rendering of inline and block-level LaTeX formulas, syntax highlighting, reading mode, Narrowing, table alignment, and folding for sections, blocks, and drawers. For editing, it supports raw markup text editing plus a small set of structured editing actions. For filtering, since v1.37.0 it has supported sparse-tree-like document filtering, but the query language is only a subset of the full Org feature set and does not support regex, date/time properties, tag inheritance, and other advanced capabilities.

Pricing and Deployment

The listed price is $4.99, with a 7-day free trial available. It can be obtained from the App Store and Google Play, and the Android version is also available via F-Droid. The source code is available on GitHub for manual installation or modification. The app itself does not include a built-in sync model; users open files through the system file picker, sharing, or third-party file providers.

Integrations, Permissions, and Data

Orgro can access files exposed through the standard Android/iOS file mechanisms. The text mentions that Dropbox and Google Drive files can be opened through the file picker or sharing. However, links between files depend on directory permissions, and support varies significantly between storage providers: iCloud Drive, Working Copy, Seafile, Nextcloud, and others can support this, while Dropbox and Google Drive do not provide the required directory permissions. Saving requires write access to the file, and the app reconstructs the file from its in-memory representation, which may change non-semantic whitespace. The official recommendation is to keep backups.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

Its strengths are clear pricing, available open-source code, and rich Org Mode rendering capabilities. It is well suited to individuals who want to read and lightly maintain Org notes, tasks, and documents on a phone. Its limitations include the lack of team collaboration, permission management, enterprise security/compliance features, and built-in synchronization. Its editing capabilities are also not suitable for complex bulk maintenance. If the requirement is team task management, Orgzly, beorg, or other collaboration-oriented tools are closer alternatives.

Access from China

The page does not provide information about availability, payment support, or localization for mainland China. Because it depends on the App Store, Google Play, F-Droid, GitHub, and third-party cloud storage providers, the actual experience may vary depending on the user’s network environment and store availability. Based on the crawled text, this article cannot determine its accessibility in China.