--- title: "Milanote Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Milanote. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Milanote is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/idea-management/milanote-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Collaboration Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/collaboration/) / [Milanote](https://www.softwareadvice.com/idea-management/milanote-profile/) / Milanote Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/idea-management/milanote-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/idea-management/milanote-profile/alternatives/) # Milanote User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 64 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.8/5 - Customer support: 4.7/5 - Value for money: 4.3/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 47 reviews (73%) - 4 stars: 16 reviews (25%) - 3 stars: 1 reviews (2%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - The most useful aspect of the application is the ability to create whiteboards and moodboards to provide a general sense of how the project should look or feel like. - Overall, I'm happy using Milanote as my mindboard software. - Milanote is a great software that allows for quick and easy iteration of ideas using their built-in flexible tools to mindmap, organize, and sketch out almost any idea you could have! ### Most mentioned cons - You can't track the progress of activities on a detailed way, also you can't see how many activities each team member have to do. - Thus it is hard to justify paying for the functionality. - Additionally, it seems to lack flexibility in areas such as naming links. ## Milanote customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 64 (page 1). ### Clean, easy to use system of visual organization for designers. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kelsey O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Milanote is awesome and an essential design organizational tool #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I started using Milanote when it was in beta, when I was looking for a neater alternative to Trello. I do design work, so being able to put pictures and text wherever I want is really important. It's equally, important, though, that everything be neat and easy to organize. I mostly work by myself with a handful of individual clients. I can work on Milanote without having to deal with excess team features, but still share the boards with clients via a "secret link". (They can also join the board fully if they're members.) Milanote has also been steadily adding features that have really helped me to use it even more and with greater ease, particularly the Mac desktop app. Pulling in links is especially useful, as it shows you some of the webpage as well as the URL itself. I also love that I can embed GIFs and have them work as they're supposed to. (Airtable, for example, will just show it as a still image in a larger view.) Being able to show clients exactly what I'm talking about is huge, and the fact that it's easy to organize and make changes to really helps. It's standardized in its design but gives me everything I need. #### Cons There's no integration with Zapier yet. I believe that's on the roadmap, but it'll definitely make a difference when I can connect a particular design board with tasks on Todoist, for example. --- ### Milanote is a terrific creative canvas for ideation, research, collaboration and everyday notetaking - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Adam S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Milanote is a creative workflow asset. It allows me to rapidly iterate on just about anything that's how versatile I've found it to be. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Milanote has an elegantly simple interface. It's great for capturing notes on the go, consolidating and mapping your research findings, organising your creative ideas, arranging all of the above into projects and using whatever system/workflow suits you (and your team, in realtime). #### Cons As a product, Milanote sits somewhere between a fully-fledged word processor and an online file storage service, like Dropbox. It's not either of those extremes, so manage your expectations! However, it is absolutely terrific at filling the void in between. --- ### A great product with a steep pricing model and no mobile apps for Android - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ricardo O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: October 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I found this app extremely easy to use, and it is highly recommended for creatives as it embraces fully the "limitless board" model. Sadly, there is no mobile apps for Android yet. Pricing is too steep with no middle option. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of use, tons of features that make it flexible specially for creative environments #### Cons No mobile apps. Pricing is too steep if you live in the Android ecosystem as there is no app for this system. --- ### One of the best tools for organizing creative projects within the team - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jovan M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. When you need to create content from stretch you need to have everything organized in one place (copy, visuals, external sources etc.) and everything needs to be visually well arranged. Milanote provides us everything you need in one place, so we can move faster with our tasks and deadlines. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like to use Milanote for website content creation, customer journey mapping and even for creating simple diagrams. The learning curve of using this tool is not so long, you can conclude everything that tool can do within the few hours. Great UX and UI visual experience. #### Cons Struggling with shaping and moving arrows. --- ### Made for Designers - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Maria G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I'm able to feel more organized. As a designer, I benefit greatly from having everything in one place vs physical boards. I can take it with me on the go, on my phone and it's been great for collaboration with my team. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros My favorite aspect of Milanote is having the ability to create different boards. I work as a UX designer so the boards have been an amazing way to collect research, images, references and to compile them in a way that is visually easy to look at and organized. #### Cons When I have long pieces of text, it tends to expand in length but not in width. Having more control of the text boxes so they can be adjusted using the cursor in terms of both width and height would be very useful! --- ### Working with Milanote has made tasks like mood-boarding and team collaboration so easy. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Candace E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The ease of use is definitely one of the pros. The software is fast/easy to learn , and easy to use. It lets you focus on the task at hand and not get frustrated with convoluted user experiences. #### Cons More functionality around team collaborate would be great. A way to see who is leaving feedback or comments and a way to comment back. Maybe in a comment thread. --- ### Easy and effective way creating Diagrams. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Uros O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Milanote is great tool to create and draw your ideas/projects from the scratch. Or if you prefer you can start a project from template, making your job a lot easier. #### Cons I'm not a big fan of Milanote user experience, or user interface, it is outdated, hopefuly it wil lbe updated in the future. --- ### Collaboration at its best. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Stanislava P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Milanote is by far most efficient and most easy tool to use. Every feature is very well optimized and collaboration between me and my team is just amazing. We can even create a live chat and have a conversation about ongoing topics. #### Cons The only thing i dont like about MilaNote is its default color scheme which is not that pleasent to my eyes. Other then that it is perfect. Im sure they will work more on their UX. --- ### CREATIVITY ALL IN ONE - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Evelyn S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I started due to a recommendation of a youtuber, and I really loved it. Now I use the app on my phone and desktop, is great to show and explain ideas to my co workers and clients. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros As a creator Im in love with this software, I tend to do a lot of visual moodboard to pitch ideas to clients of my agency,but also for me to develop new workflows, marketing strategies and more. With Milanote Im able to have all the ideas in one board and access to them with connectors so all of the strategy and workflows stays consistent. Also I have access to those boards from my phone. #### Cons It is limited to a certain amount of cards, but this is only in the free version. The paid one is really unexpensive and gives you a lot of great options. --- ### Can't live without it but needs an offline mode and iPad app - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Stephen G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It's like virtual post it notes so it's so easy for me to think and brainstorm. I can have multiple projects going at once and easily flip Between them all. #### Cons No offline mode so can't work on planes, etc. No app which kills me as I use my iPad for most of my conception Can't copy between now boards. --- ### Milanote Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Katie R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It’s for creative brainstorming or project planning, it’s a great tool to keep everything in one place. Plus, the drag-and-drop feature makes it super intuitive #### Cons The free version has limited storage, which can be a bit restrictive if you’re working on multiple projects at once --- ### Tus ideas se quedarán bien organizadas y protegidas - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Leticia d. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Museums and Institutions - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Me parece una idea perfecta si eres una persona que está siempre pegada a un teléfono, tablet u ordenador. Tus ideas estarán a salvo, y en cualquier momento podrás hacer los ajustes necesarios y compartirlo con quien quieras. Otra cosa que podría destacar en la posibilidad que te ofrecen para exportar el documento en otros formatos. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Es ideal para organizar tus ideas de un trabajo o proyecto, tanto en solitario como en equipo. Lo mejor es que a nivel visual, puedes colocar los objetos (imagen o texto) según tus prioridades. #### Cons Por ahora no hay nada malo que destacar. --- ### The Whiteboard that doesnt get in the Way - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Its a fun software, it really is. When i gather my team around it to start brainstorm a project, milanote works so smoothly and so intuitive, everyone fells comfortable. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Milanote its perfect for documenting ideas, brainstorms and moodboards, and it is a joy to use. Every project i work in starts setting up a milanote page for pre-production, to discuss ideas and gather references, and visualize all these ideas in a a Canvas. #### Cons Sincerally, i dont think theres something that i dislike, the software does wonderfully what i want it to do. #### Reasons for choosing Milanote When i was first introduced to Milanote i loved it. I never felt a Whiteboard so good to use, so intuitive and smooth. --- ### Effortlessly Organize Your Creative Ideas with Milanote - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros As a user, I highly recommend Milanote for organizing and scaling up the clarity of ideas. The flexible drag-and-drop interface allows me to arrange my projects in a way that makes the most sense for each one. The platform is intuitive and easy to navigate, allowing me to quickly find everything I need. The visual appearance is beautiful and feels like bullet journaling, and the ability to adjust the boards to any length or width is a fantastic feature. I have used many project and content management systems in the past, but Milanote stands out as one of the cleanest and most user-friendly. I love using it to create and manage my social media calendars. #### Cons Milanote falls short in some functionalities, such as lacking edit history tracking and restricting content on mobile app for TikTok and Instagram posting. Additionally, it seems to lack flexibility in areas such as naming links. Overall, while it excels in organization, it may not meet all users' expectations in terms of functionality. --- ### I can't live without Milanote, I use it for EVERYTHING - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alexa R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Everything I used to do with a corkboard I can now do on Milanote. I have so much of my planning, writing, and proposals in this software now, it is my go-to anytime I need to quickly get something out of my head and onto "paper". It's the one software I can't imagine running my business without. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I use Milanote daily, for everything from mapping out a new story to creating wireframes for clients, to merely clipping quotes from the web for later use. It is such a versatile tool. I think of it like Evernote, but without all of the constraints. If you are a visual person who likes to storyboard out your ideas without having to fit it in a box, this is perfect. The templates are really great too. #### Cons The mobile app has been a long time coming and I'm getting happier with it by the day. I do wish I could share the live board with clients or friends without them needing to signup, like a view-only option, but that's not a dealbreaker since the export to PDF option fills in the gap. --- ### Simple and effective - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: October 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I use Milanote both personally and professionally, helping me keep on top of a range of projects. I can't imagine using any other software now. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the organisation of products like Trello but needed something more visual and flexible. Milanote definitely helps with that - images, files, to do lists, notes etc... all in a pinboard style. Boards can be nested as well, which is great for organising large-scale projects and preventing it from becoming overwhelming. #### Cons It is basic, but that's by design and means it's not overloaded with features. However, an archive functionality would be very useful. I'm very happy with Milanote. An app would be handy, but not essential. --- ### Great board, great templates - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Veronica T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Milanote is a very intuitive software to use. The free version displays all the available features (although there is limited storage, and fairly you have to pay for more).I like that there are many templates to choose, which provide practical examples for using the board properly. The software can be customised as needed. #### Cons I haven’t tried yet to share the board with any colleagues so I can’t tell whether or not this feature works well. --- ### Great for visual thinkers - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is perfect for anyone who likes to see their thoughts laid out in a visual way. Really easy to use and I love the colour options. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I found Milanote a really great way to layout my thoughts and then easily organise them into a process or categories. It is also a great way to then share your thought process with colleagues and have them add their own ideas. #### Cons The limit on cards with the free version was frustrating when I was first trying it out, but that has really been my only con for it. --- ### Organized Brainstorming - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I loved Milanote for being able to brainstorm my ideas in an organized manner. Using board system to put my ideas and organize them at the current stages. The templates are very helpful to get a head start at any brainstorming project especially for startups, photography ideas, mood boards, and design. #### Cons I wish I could custom adjust the size of the boards and arrange the content in a table format or side to side. --- ### Project Management Going Extra Miles!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I really love Milanote. You can easily map what's on your head to the board! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love it can helps us easily to distribute task such as content structure plan or strategy. You can simply drag and drop the card you want and put the content both text and image or even a checklist there. Really love it! #### Cons Since I only use the free account, unfortunately it limits you at certain amount of card you created on your account. --- ### Great for Brainstorming - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Claire S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Professional Training & Coaching - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I was looking for something to stimulate and organize my thoughts around a new direction for my business. Milanote has been the perfect solution for me in this regard #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Milanote is easy to use. I particularly appreciate the inclusion of images and the ability to link boards. In addition, Milanote provides templates that cater for various aspects of your business. You have the choice to either start with a blank canvas or use one of the helpful templates they provide. It’s been easy to use. #### Cons The fact that it is only online could have been a con because sometimes I need to work offline. However, they do allow export in various formats so that equalized it for me. I can look at and use my board even when I am offline. --- ### A useful, and fun, tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alexa J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall I really enjoy using Milanote. It’s helped me keep my projects organised and is an enjoyable way to work (which is always a nice bonus). #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like its functionality, the ability to visualise what I’m working on a create and view it from a birdseye pov. I also really appreciate how easy it is to use on the web #### Cons I found it quite a steep learning curve and the app still feels a little limited (although that’s probably because of a phone’s screen size). --- ### Fast, Intuitive, and Complete Creative Planning Resource - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Travis S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall, I love the ability to clip content directly to specific boards from anywhere on the web, and I love how easy and natural it feels to work with the system. It is fast and intuitive. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the flexibility and ability to nest as many boards and plans as the project requires, and the user interface is incredibly intuitive. #### Cons The only thing I don't prefer is the limited conversation space available on a specific task, like you'd find in Asana, but I know this is not an apples to apples comparison. --- ### I’m glad using it - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Lauren B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall, I'm happy using Milanote as my mindboard software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It allows creating mood boards to visualize everything. #### Cons However, it offers limited storage space in the free version. --- ### Easy Collaboration - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Building Materials - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very good - used it well with colleagues #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Very accessible and great for collaboration #### Cons Nothing really - harder on mobile device but that is just due to size ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/idea-management/milanote-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Milanote Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice