Loose
Thought

Easy to get started

Loose Thought works like paper

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

• Import your existing Markdown notes and images.
• Use color and SIZE for emphasis.
• Move things around as your understanding grows.

Easy shared projects

Get everyone on the same page

Lay out your notes and add team members to any sheet by adding their email.

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

Easy visual research

Looks good by default

Prepare visual research for your creative projects and present it to others. Loose Thought is designed to look good by default, just like cards on paper do.

• Add images from desktop, browser, or the clipboard.
• Pleasing layouts with no overlap and fixed sizing.
• 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.

📱 Works great on mobile

Add to Home Screen and use filtered list view and editing features.

⌨️ 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 notebook.

• Capture detailed notes with rich keyboard support.
• No elaborate layouts so its easy to move 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.