Scrintal

Name: Scrintal
Rating: 4.75 (12 reviews)

Playground for the Mind

4.8•12 reviews•

1.1K followers

Playground for the Mind

4.8•12 reviews•

1.1K followers

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Team collaboration software

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Knowledge base software

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Digital whiteboards

Scrintal is the Playground for the Mind - the most enjoyable way to shape ideas. A powerful canvas where insights are built one block at a time. We make the transition between thinking, writing, and sharing instant, without switching context.

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Launch tags:Productivity•Writing•Notes

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Scrintal

Maker

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Hi Product Hunt 👋 Thanks for hunting us @thisiskp_ I’m Ece, one of the co-founders of Scrintal. Today, I am beyond excited to share Scrintal’s new experience, Playground for the Mind! It’s the visual space to shape your ideas one block at a time. This way, going from ideas to insights is fun and easy. Our product thesis is that we understand the world best when we can ideate, break down our information, and finally structure it in the way we want. It should all be done without switching the context. While current visual tools give us the space to think freely, they don’t help us build our knowledge library. On the other hand, while text editors are great for writing, they don’t help us think. Since January 2024, we’ve been working on a new canvas experience to build the most enjoyable way to shape ideas in beta. While we’re still early, we’re excited to open it up today and wanted the PH community to be among the first to try. Only for the users who join today, we offer a 7-day free trial. Here’s what you can expect from Scrintal: 🍃 It gives you freedom: You can place any multimedia, PDF, and file and start thinking freely using the blocks. Choosing a template to kickstart is also an option! 🧱 It lets you structure: Move blocks like legos to create docs with a click. We have a global library that lets you reuse your docs across boards. 🤝 It’s collaborative: You can share docs or boards with a team member or a friend and start working together in real-time. ⚡ It works on all browsers, offline and online: You can use Scrintal on every browser, including your mobile and tablet. Alternatively, you can download the Mac and Windows apps. 🧠 And many more things: You should try many other features, including the Links to create bidirectional links between docs and boards, Boards and Tags to organize your work, and Templates to get started right away. Feel free to join our live launch party https://lu.ma/fk4xe4npto to see Scrintal in action, meet the team and explore different use cases. As first-time founders, launching on Product Hunt is a dream come true. I sincerely thank our amazing team @furkan3ayraktar @philipptemmel_ @flightcubs @mathias_bjork @bengisu_bayraktar @daia_moyano @ersin_sezgin1 🙏 We look forward to your feedback and sincerely appreciate your support!

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@hamza_afzal_butt You are absolutely right and integrations are one of the top topics we want to explore in the coming months. Until now, we focused on the user experience, our foundational wiki-style graph database, and text editing capabilities. We didn't want to jump on the features but instead find the correct use cases, talk to a lot of users, and start building after that.

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2yr ago

@thisiskp_ @furkan3ayraktar @philipptemmel_ @flightcubs @mathias_bjork @bengisu_bayraktar @daia_moyano @ersin_sezgin1 @ece_kural Congrats on the launch! 🎉 I'm looking forward to the launch party :)

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@dirk_wetzel Thanks! See you there!

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2yr ago

@thisiskp_ @furkan3ayraktar @philipptemmel_ @flightcubs @mathias_bjork @bengisu_bayraktar @daia_moyano @ersin_sezgin1 @ece_kural Pretty impressed with the showreel and UX. Great job team. It will be cool if you allow users to import notes from other apps such as Evernote. Also, how do you differentiate from other brainstorming apps which already have several integrations such as MIRO?

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@jrathore Thanks so much for the feedback! We're glad you liked the showreel and UX! 😊 @furkan3ayraktar might be able to talk more about integration with other tools, but I can tell that currently you can import into Scrintal .md files. Quite handy to get started with notes you already have. As for differentiation, Scrintal focuses on seamlessly combining visual brainstorming with structured note-taking, offering a more flexible, free-form canvas to organize instant ideas as well as permanent complex insights. It’s designed to bridge the gap between textual and visual note-taking, with deeper focus on workflow freedom.

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2yr ago

Nice video to accompany this launch. I love the idea and the "playground for the mind" motto sounds pretty inspiring. Reminded me of FigJam, but I think it goes beyond with this focus on idea generation and organization. Excited to see how this develops!

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@vibor_cipan Thank you! The other visual tools (since you mentioned FigJam) leaves you there after the brainstorming and ideation. In Scrintal, you can bring any information you may have, whether it being text, images, or files. Then, you can break them apart by simply dragging and dropping. From there, you can start creating fully-fetched documents out of your ideas and snippets. Furthermore, all this stays in a one single library where you can reference or reuse all your ideas, notes and insights.

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2yr ago

@furkan3ayraktar Exactly, doesn't feel like a one-off experience.

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2yr ago

@vibor_cipan @furkan3ayraktar so in a nutshell it's brainstorming sh*tshow as all brainstorming starts out with all the ideas all over the place. To a polished, and workable brainstormed idea doc - ready for next steps. the idea cluster storm in my mind loves that!

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@vibor_cipan @furkan3ayraktar @rahulkahani 😅 love this description!

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2yr ago

LYT Kit

(proud user #2 here!) It has been my pleasure to see Scrintal developing from a drawing into the new Playground for the Mind. It is rewarding to see how much the team listens to user feedback and how many iterations of discussions and re-design happens behind the scenes. It is great to see the current Playground for the Mind and I am really looking forward to everything else coming up in future releases. Just looking at the backstage conversations it gets me really excited!

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@biancapereira Our community, our early users, and our very early users, such as @biancapereira, are our greatest assets! We could not create Scrintal without 1000s of user interviews, countless discussions, and forcing ourselves to create great user interactions. Thank you @biancapereira and all of our early adopters for being there when we need you the most 🙏

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@biancapereira We can't thank you enough for an amazing showcase of Scrintal tonight at our live launch party. For anyone who hasn't seen Bianca's workflow here it is: https://youtube.com/live/pcp5TEm... :) Let's make Scrintal stellar together!

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@biancapereira Thank you so much, Bianca! 🙌 We're beyond grateful for early users like you who have been with us from the start. Your feedback and insights have been invaluable in shaping Scrintal into what it is today. Also thank you for trusting us and letting us be part of your journey 💜

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2yr ago

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Hey PH fam 👋 I'm super excited to bring Scrintal to the wider tech & startup community around the world! If you're a visual thinker, creative person or a knowledge worker like the 90,000+ people on the early waitlist, you're in for a treat today. Problem: Trying to make sense of complex ideas and information is getting increasingly super chaotic and overwhelming. With so many productivity tools out there, switching between them just adds to the confusion. That’s why the Scrintal team built an easy-to-use digital canvas that helps you visually organize your thoughts and ideas in a structured way. Scrintal lets you do free thinking on an endless canvas without worrying about the final structure. Which can do wonders for your productivity. Why? Because studies show that the human brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text. Who is Scrintal great for? Perfect for researchers, students, engineers, executives, solopreneurs, and anyone with big ideas who needs to put them into the right buckets. You can zoom in and out, connect topics, nest boards, and create a clear visual roadmap of your thoughts. Here are some cool features: → Think Freely Organize your ideas on a flexible, open canvas. Zoom in and out as needed. → Structure Nest boards, link topics, and create long documents, restructuring them as you go. → Share Collaborate in real-time and share your findings easily with others. → Everything in One Place Organize, link, and share insights without switching between apps. Recently, I had the chance to try out Scrintal (and get to meet @ece_kural and the founding team) and I was blown away by how seamless the whole design and UX was. It has the potential to be one of the major players in the creative/visual notetaking markets. Big kudos to the Scrintal team who poured their hearts into making this delightful tool for you Check it out and feel free to drop any questions or feedback below ⬇️

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

Hi 👋 I’m Furkan, co-founder and CTO of Scrintal. I’ve spent over a decade working on multiple products, but Scrintal has been a truly special journey. I’ve explored different languages and technologies throughout my career, but my passion lies in Clojure. We use Clojure both for Scrintal’s backend and frontend. Picking the right language was vital in creating Scrintal’s robust foundation for me. Clojure enabled us to iterate quickly. From day one, I’ve been the main developer at Scrintal, building our backend services and web applications that run in any browser and support real-time collaboration. Scrintal’s foundation is a wiki-style graph database. On top of this powerful foundation, we focused on creating a great user experience to help everyone build an evolving library of insights. This launch means so much to me personally. It’s the culmination of years of work and an exciting step forward for our team. We’ve always believed in the potential of Scrintal to help people make sense of the world in a natural and fun way. As a first-time founder and someone who’s been hands-on in the trenches, I would love to hear your thoughts. What features resonate with you the most? How do you envision using Scrintal in your workflow? And, of course, what would you like to see next? Your feedback means the world to us, and we’re eager to continue shaping Scrintal alongside this amazing community. Thank you for your support, and I look forward to your feedback!

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2yr ago

IntroJoy

Congratulations on the launch @philipptemmel_ @furkan3ayraktar @flightcubs @daia_moyano . I went through the video and I am confused. Is it like Obsidian + Trello - you create different buckets of information and then interlink them like you do in Obsidian or Roam Research (zettelkasten method) ?

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@ashitvora Great question! 🙌 You’re on the right track with thinking about Scrintal as a mix of Obsidian and Trello in some ways. Like Obsidian and Roam, Scrintal lets you interlink ideas and information, so you can create a web of connected thoughts (perfect for a Zettelkasten-style workflow). But, what sets Scrintal apart is its visual-first approach — instead of just seeing your connections as plain text, you can actually see your ideas visually laid out on a flexible canvas. Think of it like organizing thoughts and projects in visual boards, but with the power to dive deep into each idea, interlink them, and see the big picture clearly. Whether you're brainstorming, planning, or writing, Scrintal helps you visually organize and link your knowledge in a way that's both structured and creative. Hope that clears things up! 😊 Feel free to dive in and see how it fits your flow.

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2yr ago

IntroJoy

Thanks! Definitely trying it out, @daia_moyano

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2yr ago

I love the product and with the new canvas it’s really awesome . Congratulations 🥂 🥳👏🏻 The evolution off the app over months it’s amazing 🤩

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@fran_lirola Thank you very much, it means a lot to me to hear that the new direction we took 8 months ago paid off! We had goal to make Scrintal intuitive and fun and here we are after couple months, a new canvas experience. What do you like the most about the new canvas?

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2yr ago

Scrintal

Maker

@fran_lirola Thank you so much, Fran! We're thrilled to hear you're enjoying the new canvas! 🎉 What features are you finding most useful? We love hearing how people are using Scrintal!

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2yr ago

@furkan3ayraktar the new block unit. Also the flexibility of the new objects that can be added to the canvas. Resize the docs is definitely awesome. Overall, the product is great and I hope you continue working in that direction. Congrats!

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2yr ago

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4.8

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Reviewers mostly praise Scrintal for combining a visual canvas with linked notes in a way that helps them brainstorm, research, plan projects, map workflows, and connect complex ideas without losing structure. They describe it as intuitive, flexible, and especially useful for visual thinkers, collaborative work, and non-linear tasks like strategy, study, and documentation. The main caveats are narrower: one team said performance felt slow enough to hurt long-term adoption, and another reviewer felt it is still less feature-complete than a full personal knowledge management tool.

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