Coppice vs Scrintal
We give Coppice and Scrintal the same GPA: 2.6 out of 4.0. Coppice grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Scrintal grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Coppice
Mac app for linking notes together on a spatial canvas
Free plan · from $1.99/mo
Scrintal
Visual note-taking on an infinite canvas of linked docs
Free trial · from $9/mo
How we grade them
| 2.6GPACoppiceGood | 2.6GPAScrintalGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BCoppice Pro is $1.99 a month or $19.99 a year, which is cheap for this category. But the vendor doesn't say what it unlocks, so we can't tell you what you'd be paying for. Cheap but unclear gets a B from us, not an A. | COne plan, Pro, at $9 a month, and it's billed annually, so $108 up front with no monthly option listed. Note apps typically start around $5.99. Everything is unlimited for that, and students get 30% off with a university email address. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe Mac App Store download is free. What you can do with it before Pro comes up is a mystery, because neither the listing nor the site says which features or limits apply. This is the grade we give when a free plan's limits can't be stated. | DNo free plan, and no trial you can just start. The 14-day trial only comes through an invite link from someone who already uses it. Refunds cover the first 7 days of a new subscription, once per user, and not after a trial. |
| Features | BA focused tool that does its one thing properly: canvases that grow in every direction, pages that sit on several canvases, links that open as branches, auto-linking and hotspots on images. A page holds rich text or an image, though, and nothing is listed for sync or sharing. | ABoards that hold notes, PDFs, videos and images side by side, blocks that turn into full docs, arrows on the board and two-way links between docs. Real-time collaboration and an AI Assistant are in there too. And your whole archive downloads as Markdown files, which we like. |
| Ease of use | BDrag text and images onto a canvas, link them, and click through. Open Quickly finds a page by name. There's no App Store rating on record to go by, so a B is as high as we go. | BNo rating on record, so a B is our ceiling. There are templates for study and research to start a board from, and your existing Markdown files can be imported. |
| Platforms and integrations | DMac only, and it needs macOS 15 Sequoia or later. There's no iPhone, iPad, Windows or web version, and the listing shows no integrations. | BWeb, plus desktop apps for macOS and Windows. The site lists no mobile app, and no integrations or API are on record. |
| Best for | following linked ideas across a canvas on a Mac | laying research notes out on a canvas |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Coppice and Scrintal. How we grade
Where they differ
- Coppice starts at $1.99 per month, or $19.99 per year. Scrintal starts at $9 per month, billed annually ($108 per year).
- Coppice has a free plan. Scrintal does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Scrintal lists a web app.
- Only Scrintal lists a Windows app.
- Scrintal also covers templates and research.
In commonmacOSNotesLinked notesWhiteboard
At a glance
| Coppice | Scrintal | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $1.99 per month, or $19.99 per year | $9 per month, billed annually ($108 per year) |
| Free plan | The Mac App Store download is free. Neither the listing nor the site says which features need Coppice Pro. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial through an existing user's invite link; no direct trial is offered |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | High Caffeine Content | Scrintal Labs AB |
| Price read from | apps.apple.com | scrintal.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Coppice
- Mapping out linked ideas for a project on a Mac
- Planning a tabletop roleplaying session, a use the vendor names
- People who think by spreading notes out and following connections
Scrintal
- Students and researchers mapping reading notes visually
- Writers who lay out a thesis or article on a canvas before drafting
- Small groups brainstorming on shared boards
Worth knowing
Coppice
- It runs on the Mac only and requires macOS 15 Sequoia or later.
- The vendor does not say which features need Coppice Pro. The former maker's site listed unlimited canvases, page folders and automatic linking as Pro in the earlier version.
- Coppice Pro is sold only as a subscription, at $1.99 a month or $19.99 a year; no one-time purchase is listed.
- The app changed hands with the 2026 version, and M Cubed Software's site has purchases of the earlier direct-download version disabled.
Scrintal
- There is no free plan and no direct trial; a 14-day trial is available only through an existing user's invite link.
- The single plan is billed annually at $108; the pricing data lists no monthly option.
- Refunds are limited to the first 7 days of a new subscription, once per user, and are not given after a trial.
- Desktop apps are offered for macOS and Windows; the site lists no mobile app.
Key features
Coppice
- Canvases
- A canvas is a space for laying thoughts out visually and seeing how they connect. It expands in every direction as more pages are added.
- Pages
- Each thought is a page of text or an image, at any size. A page can sit on several canvases, or fill the window when one thought needs the focus.
- Links and branches
- Pages link to other pages, and clicking a link opens the linked page on the canvas as a branch. A closed branch is remembered with its pages and their arrangement.
- Auto-linking
- Coppice can connect thoughts by automatically adding links between pages. Image links can use oval and polygon hotspots for more precise targets.
- Drag and drop
- Text and images can be dragged onto a canvas from the sidebar or from other apps.
- Folders, colors and Open Quickly
- Pages can be kept in folders and given any color to stand out on the canvas. Open Quickly finds a page by name.
Scrintal
- Infinite canvas boards
- Boards hold notes, PDFs, videos and images side by side, so reading, watching and note-taking happen on one surface. Templates cover study and research.
- Blocks that become docs
- A note starts as a block on the canvas and can be turned into a full rich-text document with a click. Docs live in one library and are reused across boards.
- Arrows and bi-directional links
- Ideas are connected visually with arrows on a board, or through bi-directional links between docs.
- AI Assistant
- The site lists a built-in AI Assistant for repetitive, time-consuming work. Gobu, a separate product from the same company, is an AI research assistant.
- Real-time collaboration
- Subscribers share docs and boards with other Scrintal users by email address and work on them together in real time.
- Markdown and PDF import and export
- Existing Markdown files can be imported, and the whole archive can be downloaded as Markdown files.
Plans
Coppice
Free$0
The app as downloaded from the Mac App Store. The vendor does not publish which features or limits apply without Coppice Pro.
Coppice Pro (Monthly)$1.99
per month
In-app subscription, billed monthly through the Mac App Store. The listing does not describe what it unlocks.
Coppice Pro (Yearly)$19.99
per year
The same Coppice Pro subscription billed once a year.
Scrintal
Scrintal Pro$9
per month, billed annually ($108 per year)
Unlimited docs and boards, unlimited file uploads, real-time collaboration, priority support and community calls with the team.
Ways to pay less
Coppice
- Annual discount
About 16% off with yearly billing
Coppice Pro costs $19.99 a year against $1.99 a month, which comes to $23.88 over 12 months, a saving of about 16%.
Scrintal
- Education
30% student discount
Scrintal's support docs offer students 30% off, applied automatically at checkout when subscribing with a university email address.
