Milanote vs Scrintal

Milanote

• Designers, filmmakers and writers collecting references and ideas
• Building moodboards and storyboards to share with clients
• Teams of 5 to 50 who want one flat annual price
• Trying every feature on a free plan with no time limit

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

Milanote

• The Free plan stops at 100 notes, images or links and 10 file uploads, with images capped at 10MB each.
• Team plans are billed annually only; monthly billing exists only on the per-person plan at $12.50 a month.
• Teams of more than 50 people need a custom enterprise plan arranged through sales.
• There is no separate Pro trial: the vendor points people to the Free plan to try the product.

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.

Milanote

Freeform visual boards

A board combines notes, images, videos, links, files and sketches, arranged freely, so a project's research and plans sit in one view.

Moodboards and storyboards

Templates and guides cover moodboards, storyboards, creative briefs, character profiles, shot lists and other formats used in creative work.

Web clipper

A browser extension saves text, images, links and video from any page to a board. It is offered for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge and Opera.

Sharing and collaboration

Invite clients or teammates to edit, comment on or just view a board, and work together in real time. Shared boards are unlimited on every plan.

Mind maps and whiteboarding

The same boards work as an online whiteboard on an infinite canvas and as a mind mapping tool for brainstorming sessions.

Desktop and mobile apps

Desktop apps for Mac and Windows open Milanote outside the browser with live notifications, and mobile apps cover iPhone, iPad and Android.

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.

Milanote

• Free$0

  100 notes, images or links, 10 file uploads and unlimited shared boards, with no time limit.

• Pro (pay per person)$9.99

  per person / month, billed annually ($12.50 billed monthly)

  Unlimited notes, images, links and file uploads, with images up to 100MB and other files up to 5GB each.

• Team (up to 10 people)$49

  per month for the team, billed annually

  Unlimited content for up to 10 people under one team admin. Annual billing only.

• Team (up to 50 people)$99

  per month for the team, billed annually

  Unlimited content for up to 50 people under one team admin. Annual billing only; larger teams are quoted an enterprise plan.

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.

Milanote

• Annual discount

  About 20% less with annual billing

  The per-person plan costs $9.99 a month when billed annually against $12.50 billed monthly, a saving of about 20%.

• Other savings

  Flat team price for 5 or more people

  The team plan costs $49 a month for up to 10 people or $99 a month for up to 50, billed annually. The plans page labels the two sizes "Save 50%" and "Save 80%".

• Education

  Student and academic discount

  Milanote's help centre says students and academics get a discount by emailing its education address with details of their institution or course.

• Nonprofit

  Discount for NGOs and not-for-profits

  Milanote says it generally discounts plans for NGOs and not-for-profits, decided case by case after contacting support.

Scrintal

• Education

  30% student discount

  Scrintal's support docs offer students 30% off, applied automatically at checkout when subscribing with a university email address.