Loose
Thought

Just point and type.

Loose Thought works like paper

Click anywhere on the page and start typing. No distracting forms or complicated setup.

• Join notes into cards, or pull out key ideas to develop them.
• Use color and SIZE for emphasis.
• Move things around as your understanding grows.

Group projects are easy.

Get everyone on the same page

Add some people, lay out a few notes, and you're ready.

• Work together in real time, or offline and sync up later.
• Any note can be marked as done, even an image.
• Add estimates and deadlines if you need them.

Make mood boards.

Images are just notes

Keep inspiration and visual research alongside your creative projects.

• Drag and drop images from desktop or browser tabs.
• Layouts look good by default with no overlap and fixed sizes.
• Set darker page tones for greater contrast.

Work offline, across all devices

Loose Thought works without an internet connection. All changes are synced when you go back online.

⚡ Fast

All your data is stored locally, including images.

🛜 Offline searching^*

Use tagging, color and date ranges to refine.

📱 List view

For narrower displays and mobile.

⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts

Capture content quickly without leaving the keyboard.

* Under construction 🚧

How does it compare?

Loose Thought combines the features of a visual canvas tool with structured note-taking to help you make sense of complex ideas. Here's how it compares to other kinds of tools which do similar things.

Digital Whiteboards (Miro, Freeform..)

These tools are good for communicating visual ideas, but they focus on presentation instead of note-taking, which can be distracting.

Loose Thought:

Instead of a digital whiteboard, think of a digital scrapbook.

• Capture detailed notes, and compose them into cards.
• No elaborate layouts so its easy to change things as your knowledge evolves.
• With just highlights and text size, styling is fast and logical.

Knowledgebase + Canvas (Obsidian, Heptabase..)

These tools support visual thinking, but their primary purpose is building a knowledge database which often makes the tool very complicated.

Loose Thought:

Think of a creative sketchbook rather than a complex knowledgebase.

• Work out rough ideas without worrying about vaults or card libraries.
• A card is just a group of notes, pluck out an idea to develop it further.
• Images are notes, tasks are notes.. there's only one thing to learn.