Scrintal Reviews - Pros & Cons, Ratings & more

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Scrintal is a digital canvas that helps convert creative ideas into structured knowledge. It allows users to visually organize everything on an open canvas, connect topics, work with an endless canvas, and zoom in or out to see details. Scrintal enables sharing insights to create deeper meaning and exporting findings to popular tools.

People can see both the high-level overview and details of their work at a glance.

Scrintal

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Windows

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When I finished, I looked at the Scrintal page and realized what my problem was with the other apps: they restrict my thinking. They attempt to force my mind to adhere to their template.

Researcher and PKM coach

What I love (yes, not just "like") in Scrintal is the ability to have a bird's eye view of my notes.

Scrintal has a fresh perspective on PKM and advanced note-taking. It counts with excellent connection of notes through hyperlinks which makes it a powerful connector of ideas.

Senior Software Engineer

Overall, I am satisfied with using the product though it is in beta. The community interaction by the product owners is amazing.

Professor

Ability to publish my boards out to be viewed by others is brilliant. Import of my Markdown from a large Obsidian vault went pretty well.

Assistant Professor

Extremely beneficial experience. The process is just as important as the product to the developers, so in using the product one thinks about why in addition to how they want to accomplish their task.

Scrintal is all about making note-taking visual, which makes it feel like working with paper on a huge desk. It  has all the benefits of working with paper with not of the negatives.

At the same time, they are able to keep the visual of the app clean enough to make our ideas and notes the central piece of everything. I am really surprised how good Scrintal is for an alpha product.

Business Intelligence Developer

The missing priority for me is collaboration so I can use it with other people. They told me it is coming soon so let's see.

National Key Account Manager

It is still in beta so a few key features are missing such as import.

Researcher

I still miss some features in Scrintal, especially transclusion / embedding of cards or text-blocks into other cards.

Sales & Partnerships Manager

The sheer thoughtfulness behind the features is simply put: je ne sais quoi. Extremely convenient, easy to use, simple and minimalistic in approach but full of useful features.

As I engage with the community and learned different frameworks for knowledge management, my knowledge base started containing not just notes about my research but notes about all aspects of my life.

No steep learning curves, just sign in and get going. I can't think of anything better or more convenient/easy to use than Scrintal and have been addicted to this ever since.

Evernote Teams

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Notion

Miro

I was looking for an application that would help me take notes in a quick, easy way. With Scrintal, I have that and more, since I can link notes and create a visualisation of them in different formats: tables, mind maps, colours, etc.Also the fact that I can import and export from Markdown files gives me a lot of confidence when it comes to having all my ideas and knowledge saved. One of my main uses is to organise the contents for my classes, even collaborating with some colleagues from my school. In addition, I can share one or more boards with my students so that they can see it in different ways. 

Extremely easy to use and very powerful

Dear Daniel,

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. Your use case to empower students in your class to be more participant in class and enhance their visual learning skills is visionary.

We hope to give you better functionalities in the near future to ease your workflow even more.

All the best!

I coordinate all my knowledge content from major apps dynalist slack notion roam research miro guru google workspaces evernote obsidian onenote typora various os and ios apps press and book apps email admin daily in several languages and I have found scrintal unique for this - it complements my other apps it doesn't compete or replace them

Scrintal is a fresh clear tool for Knowledge Curation

Christophe,

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us. We hope to build Scrintal better and better thanks to feedback we receive from such innovative thinkers as yourself.

Much appreciated!

I'm organizing my research to make it more amenable to generating output. I had already begun shifting to actual cards when I discovered Scrintal and it seems to meet many similar needs. I'm going to publish media-rich boards for my students and readers of my books, providing a less linear experience of my content and an opportunity to pursue slightly tangential background threads that don't make it into the published final content. 

VERY promising feature set!

Thank you very much Dan for your comments.

We're planning to implementing exporting full boards early during Q1 2023. Many people asked for it actually and we know it is important.

Your other feedback will be improved quite soon ;)

Thanks again for allowing us to learn from your experience. 

It's allowed me to organise and unlock ideas in a way I couldn't with Obsidian or Miro. 

Really is Miro + Obsidian

Dear Darren,

Thank you very much for this feedback so we learn from you.

Readwise integration will surely be implemented in the near future as it is frequently requested by our community.

All the best!

Scrintal is still in early development, but is already a solid product for those looking for a more visual alternative to Roam. It combines the visual language of whiteboards and the power of interlinking, including backlinks.

Visual alternative to Roam, ObsidianMD and note-taking apps

Thank you very much Jan for your feedback. You've been super helpful and kind with us in the early days. We appreciate it!

You're lucky if you get access to it

Thanks Jose for your comments. It is great to see that Scrintal was helpful in your workflow and you felt a clear value.

We're already working on the collaboration and hope to get it up and running as soon as possible.

Looking forward to learning more from you.

I’ve used just about every productivity app available.  After using each  for a few weeks, they leave me feeling that something is missing.
I recently became a Scrintal beta tester.  To get a feel for the app, I copied the project information from another another productivity app to Scrintal.  Then I copied more information from my laptop files and then more information from various websites.
When I finished, I looked at the Scrintal page and realized what my problem was with the other apps: they restrict my thinking.  They attempt to force my mind to adhere to their template. To accommodate my ideas, many of which don’t fit the template, I have record them outside of the productivity app. 

With Scrintal, on the other hand, the app is freeform.  There is no template.  I can develop my own productivity app as my ideas occur.  Whenever a new thought pops into my mind, I simply click on any blank space in Scrintal and record it.
In my view, Scrintal is a giant leap forward in productivity software.

A great productivity app

Thank you very much for your feedback Hank! So nice to hear that Scrintal gave you the flexibility to give your thoughts the shape you want.

Looking forward to releasing more and more features that help with your workflow soon.

Overall, I am satisfied with using the product though it is in beta. The community interaction by the product owners is amazing. 

Scrintal has great potential

Dear Sundar! Thank you very much for your review and pointing out what we can improve. It means a lot to us at such an early phase to hear your feedback.

We might already be working on some of the things you mentioned so keep an eye on the new releases soon :)

I´ve been looking for a visual tool like this and so happy to have come across thanks to a friend of mine. Highly recommend Scrintal if you´re visual learner like myself. 

My favourite knowledge management tool

Dear Sarah, thank you so much for your kind review! It made the whole team really happy especially to see Scrintal was helpful to you in your brainstorming sessions. And yes embedding videos is one of the most favourite features at the moment :)

Our team is working on a several export options so please bear with us a little longer. We'll start releasing them this Spring.

unique tool for knowledge creation

Thanks for taking the time to leave your review Elif! So humbled to hear your take on building relations among information units in a complete unstructured form. 

Collaboration is around the corner ;)

It's been a great experience and helped my visual learning style that adds meaning and uses networks to connect notes and research. The team are awesome too and are moving real quick to deploy features as they are close to their user base.

Makes my research and note taking a dream

Thank you so much for your feedback and review Charlie! We're already working on improving the functionality of the search so it offers a smooth experience even when there is a ton of cards on your desk. Thank you for sharing it and it'd be great to have your feedback once we implement the changes.

My overall experience with Scrintal has been really positive. 

The Scrintal team REALLY listens to their users and they iterate really fast. We ask for a feature and when we BLINK.. the feature is there. At the same time, they are able to keep the visual of the app clean enough to make our ideas and notes the central piece of everything.

I am really surprised how good Scrintal is for an alpha product. I am really looking forward to see how it will be in 2 years time.

I can finally have a bird's eye view of my knowledge notes

Thank you Bianca for your review. It made our team so happy to see how Scrintal had such a positive impact on your workflow. Your feedback has been tremendously helpful in improving our user experience.

Both of the currently missing functionalities are currently in our product roadmap. We know how vital it is to import and export so stay tuned for some good news soon :)

Thank you so much again!

Who would have thought how powerful visual connected note-taking could be!

Philipp, thank you very much for your review! So nice to see that Scrintal gave you a visual edge to see all your thoughts at a glance.

Regarding your IU design feedback, this is surely an area which we'll look more into in the near future. Many of our users and generally knowledge workers seem to prefer a nice design over bloated features so keep an eye on the changes coming soon ;)

Thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts.

It helps a lot in reducing my anxiety when I first start a presentation, especially when I do not know where to start. Seeing all my ideas and their links in between helps me identify where and how to start.  

Revolutionary in brainstorming and mind mapping

Thank you so much for leaving your review Billur, it means a lot to us! You can always reach out to us with positive and negative feedback  we will listen no matter what. All the best!

Optimized my task management, improved the collaboration with other team members and allowed me to boost my creativity and problem solving skills.

Great product for research and visual note taking

Thank you Alberto for your kind review! We also wished we would have released Scrintal earlier but hope you can make use of it in your workflow moving forward.

If you are a visual learner like me, keep an eye on this product!

Thank you Giray for the kind words and feedback! It is great to have you onboard among our early users and see that you can already benefit from the first version.

We'll surely develop import functions from notable tools soon.

I'm getting a much better result than using classic mind maps apps.

Scrintal is much more flexible and versatile. I can move things up and down, zoom in and out effortlessly.

Finally, I love how I can go into focus mode inside a node and start writing on a blank screen.

A tool to zoom in and out effortlessly

Thank you for your review and sharing your thoughts Paco!! Your feedback has been well received. The outline experience will soon be improved as part of the whole text editor upgrade. This feedback helps us a lot in figuring out what to get better at. Thanks again! 

Extremely beneficial experience.  The process is just as important as the product to the developers, so in using the product one thinks about why in addition to how they want to accomplish their task. 

Process and a product

Thank you Jakob for your review. Building in public and user-centric design is key to our product development efforts so we're glad to see you appreciate this.

We'll be working on a number of export functionalities soon before the end of Q2 2022.

Thank you again!

I love working in Scrintal, and it has certainly changed the way I do notemaking, and as I'm also developing my own take on PKM Scrintal has proven to be the perfect tool for it! 

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Scrintal changed the way I think 

Thank you so much for your review Anders! We're very happy to see that Scrintal changed the way you think even while being in Beta! We'll continue adopting a user-centric approach and develop the product together. More to come soon! :)

Interesting way to map out tasks!

Thank you Ghassani for taking the time to leave your feedback. Great to hear you enjoy the overall functioning even thought the product is only 3 months old.

We'd love to keep learning from you to see how we can offer a smoother experience on Scrintal.

It's been great, the developers pay a lot of attention to their users, and they are quickly making the app better every day!

Scrintal is the future of PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) 

Thank you Santi for your positive feedback and pointing out what you would like to see more on Scrintal such as the dark mode. This is surely something we'll look into once the foundation of the design is completed.

Very pleased to have you among our early users!

A new way to note take!

Thank you Natalie for your feedback. Our team appreciates it a lot! And collaboration is on its way to Scrintal soon :)

I'm building my third ever start-up this year and have been looking for something to centralise my thoughts, documents, knowledge base, business plan and business model. Initially I thought I could use Scrintal to just mind-map and organise my thoughts on a digital whiteboard-like tool, however soon came to realise the full extent of its usefulness. I can house my web resources, account and login info (safely and securely!), collaborate remotely with my partner and embed documents and even videos. The keyboard shortcuts make the process even easier and since I've been accustomed to Scrintal, it's been permanently living in my toolbar for easy reach and connecting/logging into it only takes a matter of seconds. I think I will be building and developing my entire start-up on Scrintal and refuse to look anywhere else or use any other tool to do so, purely because of its ease of use and the sheer number of useful features applicable to me. 

Absolute powerhouse of a productivity tool!

Thank you so much Mo for your wonderful review and taking the time to write such details. It really made our day! Thank you also for sharing what is missing today so we can make Scrintal even more beneficial. All the best!

Awesome product driven by user feedback

Dear Candost,

Thank you so much for your review! We're very happy to learn from our users in identifying what to build next.

And as you pointed out, collaboration is currently missing which is something voiced by many. So we prioritized it in our product roadmap. We're aiming to implement this feature within the next 3 months, if not earlier.

On behalf of the team, thanks a lot again for your feedback! 

I use Scrintal to map concepts when learning. Seems to be my best experience as a student ✋🏼

Might be the go to mind mapping tool 

Thank you Rainar for your review! We're surely working on the use cases as the product keeps developing! In fact our users are kind enough to share some of their use case experiences :) If you have any suggestions, we'd love to consider it.

Thank you again for using Scrintal at an early stage and sharing your feedback with us!

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