Alternatives to Milanote

A visual board tool for arranging notes, images, links and files for creative projects. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Milanote.

  • Kinopio

    A spatial note-taking canvas for collecting cards and connecting ideas, alone or with others.

    FreemiumProprietaryWebBrowser extension

    Kinopio is a spatial canvas of cards with collaboration and offline use, needing no sign-up to start, though its free tier is limited to 100 cards.

  • Allume

    A canvas app for thinking with nested boards of text, ink, images and PDFs, formerly Muse.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSiOS

    Allume offers nested boards mixing ink, text, images and PDFs as native macOS and iOS apps, replacing the web app with pencil-friendly Apple clients.

  • Heptabase

    Visual note-taking app that organizes research as cards on whiteboards.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSWeb

    Heptabase arranges research as cards on whiteboards across Windows, macOS and the web, requiring a paid subscription and focused on research rather than creative projects.

  • Scrintal

    A visual note-taking web app that places linked notes on boards for research and study.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Scrintal is a paid web app placing linked notes on boards for research and study, with a companion AI assistant for reading articles.

  • AFFiNE Community

    Combine notes, tables and a drawing canvas in a local-first workspace.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxSelf-hostedWeb

    AFFiNE is an MIT-licensed, local-first workspace combining notes, tables and a drawing canvas, with desktop apps and a self-hostable edition instead of vendor-hosted boards.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.