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Scrintal
A visual note-taking canvas that mixes mind mapping and documents.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the notes & knowledge job, so this one still earns its $13/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- AI notebooks summarise sources without any visual thinking. OpenAI, January 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Obsidian Canvas.
- What the call is worth $156/yr
- $13/mo at the entry paid tier — $156 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- January 1, 2025
- List price
- $13/mo
- Per year
- $156
The backstory
Scrintal is for people who think spatially: cards on a board, linked, zoomable, each holding a real document. A model can summarise your sources, but it cannot do the part where arranging ideas on a canvas is how you work out what you think.
Escape hatches
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Heptabase The larger competitor.
heptabase.com open_in_new O 
Obsidian Canvas Free with a local vault.
obsidian.md open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.