Scrintal 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Scrintal

4.8

(25)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Scrintal

Scrintal is a note-taking and mind-mapping tool catering to individuals, teams, knowledge workers, students, and businesses.

Scrintal allows users to capture and organize information visually. Its key features include mind mapping, note-taking, and collaborative knowledge bases. Users can create visual notes, mind maps, outlines, and flowcharts. All content can be easily searched, filtered, and exported to various formats like PDF or Markdown.

Scrintal has a range of subscription plans including a free option. It has an active user community that provides support and input into new product features and developments. Scrintal aims to help people think, learn, and work more effectively through intuitive visual interfaces and powerful knowledge management capabilities.

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Scrintal Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Scrintal Features

Popular features found in Mind Mapping
Brainstorming
Collaboration Tools
Diagramming
Flowchart
More features of Scrintal
Annotations
Commenting/Notes
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Digital Canvas
Drag & Drop
File Sharing
Ideation
Image Library
Meeting Management
Meeting Notes
Mind Maps
Planning Tools
Project Management
Project Planning
Project Templates
Search/Filter
Strategic Planning
Synchronous Editing
Tagging
Task Management
Whiteboard

Scrintal User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

80%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.9

Customer support

5.0

Functionality

4.6

Have you used Scrintal and would like to share your experience with others?

Anders S.

Verified reviewer

Writing and Editing

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2022

Scrintal changed the way I think

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! You can also check out my articles on [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I find that Scrintal has given me a sense of clarity, and added the visual component to be able to see the connections between my different notes (Cards). I also love the fact that they ask us users for ideas on how to develop Scrintal further, and actually listen to us!

Cons:

I have nothing particular issue with Scrintal. It's still in beta and under devolopment

Reasons for switching to Scrintal

Scrintal gives me more clarity, and there's not so much heavy lifting (programming) you have to do as in Roam Research

Vendor Response

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! :)

Replied March 2022

Charlie P.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2022

Makes my research and note taking a dream

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The fundamental design of Scrintal being a spatial canvas is such a game-changer to the note taking / productivity app market. Being able to quickly add notes and connect them like a networked mind map is so helpful to when I'm researching but also has a great use case creating content clusters in marketing. It's super fast and has the ability to add multimedia in the note space which is really useful.

Cons:

I feel like the search and find archive function still needs some work, I'm not sure what exactly but it doesn't' feel super intuitive. A part from that it serves a great purpose.

Reasons for choosing Scrintal

Obsidian just felt over-engineered for my use case and the barrier to entry would have been too high for me to actually use a tool like this regularly.

Reasons for switching to Scrintal

For note taking and research I found Notion to be cumbersome and restrictive in terms of connecting notes when researching and just wasn't using it as much.

Vendor Response

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.

Replied March 2022

Jan O.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

Visual alternative to Roam, ObsidianMD and note-taking apps

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Scrintal has a good development team that listens to feedback and constantly improves Scrintal based on it. Otherwise, my favorite thing about Scrintal in general is its concept: combining the best of Roam (easy linking) and whiteboards or mind maps (visual thinking).

Cons:

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

Vendor Response

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

Replied November 2022

Elif K.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2022

unique tool for knowledge creation

Smooth experience. Good companion.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The minimalist design makes it extremely easy to use. Flexible. This software offers a unique experience since it combines information gathering and building relations among these information units in a complete unstructured form. So, anyone in the process of knowledge creation can benefit from it and follow their creative path inside it.

Cons:

Waiting for collaborative tools to come.

Reasons for switching to Scrintal

The interface is unique. Unstructured and supports relational thinking in the real sense.

Vendor Response

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 ;)

Replied March 2022

Christophe F.

Verified reviewer

Information Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed November 2022

Scrintal is a fresh clear tool for Knowledge Curation

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

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Scrintal is a clear thinking and thought recording toolI like the clean designScrintal is intuitiveScrintal encourages knowledge capture organising and productive recall with great efficiency

Cons:

In 40 days of using beta scrintal I have not encountered a single dislike

Reasons for choosing Scrintal

Scrintal has 5 values: experimentation ownership transparency diversity and trust - the conception and the design team are highly motivated loyal to their product and proud of it in its beta version. I routinely study the first 2,000 beta version community in slack threads and opinions and satisfaction cofirm I made the correct decision in selecting scrintal

Vendor Response

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!

Replied November 2022

Mo T.

Verified reviewer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2022

Absolute powerhouse of a productivity tool!

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

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. I use this from a business context to work and build my start up and organising current procedures, business model, knowledge outlines and even as far as developing features for my website. I can organise, link and embed at a glance without having to leave the page and this is made even easier with the keyboard shortcuts. I can even listen to music just by linked it in a card, without annoying additional windows/tabs - without ever having to leave the page. In short, if you're a fan of PKM, a student or entrepreneur, among other things, this is an absolute must-use. 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.

Cons:

Honestly, not really. Only a few personal things I'd prefer to see that aren't at all relevant but would be nice: visual linking and colour-blind/deficient friendly colours for the cards would be super useful.

Vendor Response

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!

Replied March 2022

Bianca P.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2022

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

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I love (yes, not just "like") in Scrintal is the ability to have a bird's eye view of my notes. When I joined the PKM community I was looking for taking notes about my research, since I am a professional researcher. 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. There was a problem though: I could only see one (or very few) notes at a time. Even when there were links between notes, I was not able to have an overview of my knowledge in an actionable way, or even in a way that was conducive to generating even more knowledge. Scrintal solves just that. When I joined the team of early users, Scrintal was just a drawing and I wasn't sure what its value was. When the first prototype came it just blew my mind! I could finally have a bird's eye view of my own knowledge and use the visual organisation of notes to generate even more ideas. After that, Scrintal just kept getting better and better.

Cons:

There are two things that I miss in Scrintal to make it my "go to app" for daily use: 1. Ability to import/export notes as Markdown files (so that I can integrate it with my note making tool which is currently Obsidian). 2. Ability to use Scrintal completely offline. I would prefer to have all my notes locally for privacy and security.

Vendor Response

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!

Replied March 2022

Sarah d.

Verified reviewer

Capital Markets

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed March 2022

My favourite knowledge management tool

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I appreciate the most about Scrintal is that I can see my connections so easily on the desk. And it literally works like a digital desk. This simplified my ideation and brainstorming sessions which I do quite regularly at work. I liked the backlink based linking and flexibility to embed videos from Youtube and watch them in the app because Youtube is one of my top learning sources. The team sees to be quick and highly responsibe to user feedback. Really happy with this one!

Cons:

I´d love to be able to export my work. The team told me that they´re building it now and it will be available very soon but that is definetly something I need in my workflow.

Vendor Response

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.

Replied March 2022

Dan A.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed November 2022

VERY promising feature set!

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The visual note-making and mindmapping combination is what I've been hoping to find for years. The linking seems very intuitive and powerful. 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.

Cons:

I don't have a lot of criticism, but there are some features that have been promised that I'm very interested in seeing implemented. First, the ability to use local databases seems like it will be important. I want to include images and media files in my boards and I imagine this will get difficult to host (storage and bandwidth) as time passes. Second, ability to export an entire board.

Reasons for switching to Scrintal

I was already moving from Obsidian to 3x5 note cards (Antinet-ish), because I was frustrated trying to get data out of Obsidian efficiently. I discuss this a bit in my book.

Vendor Response

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.

Replied November 2022

Daniel P.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed November 2022

Extremely easy to use and very powerful

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I like most about Scrintal is that I can view documents or videos separately while taking notes on them in the note itself.

Cons:

One drawback, to give one, is that it does not have a usable application for the mobile, because although it can be used with a browser, it does not run as smoothly as I would like.

Reasons for switching to Scrintal

Obisdian is great, but using panes was not good for me. Also, too many options and configurations put me off.

Vendor Response

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!

Replied November 2022

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