Think & Capture
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Capture ideas, organize notes and build a searchable knowledge base. Explore note-taking apps, whiteboards, research tools and screen capture software.
1,447 tools · A to Z, so position is not a ranking
- Whiteboards & mind maps
ArguMap
ArguMap is an app for building argument maps and diagrams of reasoning on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Read-later & research
Arxivist
Arxivist fetches new arXiv papers daily and ranks them to your interests with on-device machine learning, without an account or tracking.
- Read-later & research
Arxivlens
ArxivLens searches millions of papers across arXiv, PubMed and bioRxiv and provides AI summaries, collections and citation analysis.
- Notes & knowledge bases
As Notes
AS Notes brings wikilink-style note-taking and task management into VS Code and can publish notes as a static site.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Ask Iris
Ask Iris lets you ask questions across documents, images, folders and audio using local AI models on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Read-later & research
AskYourPDF
AskYourPDF is an AI tool for asking questions about PDFs, auto-filling PDF forms and adding a document chatbot to a website.
- Read-later & research
ASReview
ASReview is open-source software that uses machine learning to speed up screening papers in systematic reviews.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Astah
Astah provides diagramming tools for UML, mind maps and system modeling for individuals and teams.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
AsterBridge
AsterBridge is a mind map and outline app for iPhone, iPad and Mac for capturing ideas and branching them into related thoughts.
- Read-later & research
Atavi
Atavi is a bookmark manager that stores and syncs saved sites across devices and browsers.
- Read-later & research
Atelier
Atelier is a local-first workspace for Mac, iPad and Windows where researchers keep sources, notes and writing plans on their own devices.
- Read-later & research
ATLAS.ti
ATLAS.ti is qualitative data analysis software for coding and analyzing interviews, text and other research material.
- Read-later & research
Atode
Atode saves articles from any browser or app and shows them later as clean text and images on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Read-later & research
Aurelius
Aurelius is a research repository where teams analyze, search and share user research insights.
- Read-later & research
Avidnote
Avidnote helps researchers read and write papers, chat with PDFs and analyze research data using AI.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Avion
Avion is a story mapping tool for product teams to visualize user journeys and plan releases.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Avlu
Avlu is a local-first notes app for Mac, iPad and iPhone that arranges plain Markdown notes as rooms in a memory palace.
- Screenshots & capture
Awesome Screenshot
Awesome Screenshot is a browser tool for capturing screenshots and recording the screen, with links into apps like Trello and Slack.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Ayoa
Ayoa is mind mapping software with task and whiteboard features for brainstorming and planning ideas.
- Notes & knowledge bases
AZNote
AZNote is an outliner for iPhone, iPad and Mac where typing a date in a line sets a reminder that returns you to it.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Baalda
Baalda is a shared notes workspace built on Markdown files stored on your own disk, with live co-editing and AI assistants for your notes.
- Read-later & research
Backlog Studio
Backlog Studio saves articles in one click for distraction-free reading and keeps your highlights and notes in one place.
- Read-later & research
Backpacks
Backpacks saves links, screenshots, files and notes on iPhone and lets you search the text inside them, with optional iCloud sync.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Badger Markdown
Badger Markdown is a Mac and Windows app for reading and writing Markdown files, refreshing live as AI tools change them.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Bananote
Bananote records or imports lectures and turns them into structured notes, flashcards and quizzes for students.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Bangle.io
Bangle.io is a web-based note taking app for writing and organizing notes in a simple, fast interface.
- Read-later & research
Basic Reader
Basic Reader is a fast RSS reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac with filtering, sold as a single purchase with no account.
- Read-later & research
BazQux Reader
BazQux Reader is a web-based RSS reader for following feeds and comments.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Bear
Bear is a markdown note taking app for Mac, iPhone and iPad for capturing, writing and organizing notes.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Bebop
Bebop is an iOS notes app built for quick capture, saving notes as text files and leaving review for later.
- Read-later & research
BeeLine Reader
BeeLine Reader shades text with a color gradient to help readers stay focused, as an app and extension.
- Notes & knowledge bases
BeFree
BeFree turns something you say once into organized notes and reminders that come back at the right time, on iOS, Mac, Android and web.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Better Keep
Better Keep is a free note app for rich-text notes, checklists, photos, sketches and tables that works offline and on the web.
- Screenshots & capture
BetterCapture
BetterCapture is a free open-source screen recorder for macOS that captures video and system audio in ProRes, HEVC or H.264.
- Notes & knowledge bases
BetterDocs
BetterDocs is a WordPress knowledge base plugin that writes and organizes docs with AI and answers visitor questions through an optional chatbot.
- Screenshots & capture
Bezel It
Bezel It is a Mac app that adds realistic Apple device frames to screenshots, GIFs and videos by drag and drop.
- Read-later & research
Bibcitation
Bibcitation is a free generator for citations, bibliographies and works cited lists.
- Read-later & research
BibGuru
BibGuru is a free citation generator that creates bibliographies in APA, MLA, Harvard and other styles.
- Read-later & research
BibKit
BibKit builds BibTeX citations from dropped article PDFs, looks up DOI and arXiv metadata and helps researchers review references.
- Read-later & research
Biblio Times
Biblio Times turns your RSS feeds into a daily newspaper-style layout on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Read-later & research
Biblioscape
Biblioscape is reference management software that stores notes and sources and inserts citations and bibliographies into Word documents.
- Read-later & research
BibMe
BibMe builds bibliographies and citations in MLA, APA, Chicago and Harvard and offers writing suggestions.
- Read-later & research
Big News
Big News merges your email newsletters and RSS feeds into a single reading app.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
BigHairyGoal
Big Hairy Goal is a mind mapping, brainstorming and progress tracking app for macOS and iOS.
- Notes & knowledge bases
BijaVault
BijaVault is a Markdown notes app that keeps every note as a plain file on your device and helps you find notes fast.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Bike Outliner
Bike is a fast outliner for Mac for making lists, taking notes and organizing ideas.
- Read-later & research
BiliGPT
BibiGPT summarizes YouTube videos, podcasts and other audio and video from a pasted link into summaries and chapters.
- Read-later & research
Bionic Reading
Bionic Reading highlights word parts to guide the eye, offering a converter and apps for easier reading.