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
- Read-later & research
UpBeat
UpBeat is a macOS RSS and Atom reader that uses local AI sentiment analysis to show only uplifting stories.
- Screenshots & capture
Uphint
Uphint records what you do on your computer and turns it into visual how-to guides with screenshots, without writing or video.
- Notes & knowledge bases
UpNote
UpNote is a notes app with a clean interface for writing and organizing notes across mobile and desktop devices.
- Read-later & research
Upstacked
Upstacked saves any link in one tap, sorts it into a category automatically, and keeps an extracted copy for offline reading.
- Read-later & research
URL Manager Pro
URL Manager Pro is a long-running bookmark manager for macOS and iOS that works with Safari, Firefox and other browsers.
- Read-later & research
Urlala
Urlala saves copied URLs into folders you choose and syncs the bookmarks across mobile and desktop.
- Read-later & research
Urligram
Urligram keeps saved links in nested lists, syncs them both ways with your browser and lets you share collections.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
UXPressia
UXPressia is a platform for building customer journey maps and personas as a team.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Vani
Vani is a visual collaboration tool where teammates brainstorm and plan together on an infinite canvas.
- Screenshots & capture
VanishShot
VanishShot lets you annotate screenshots on iPhone and iPad, record the Mac screen and share them through private expiring links.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Vanta
Vanta is an iPhone app for Markdown notes and GTD next actions, with AI that runs entirely on the phone.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Vault Reader
Vault Reader is a native iOS app for reading Markdown notes kept in GitHub, such as Obsidian vaults, dev docs and journals.
- Read-later & research
Vaultr
Vaultr is a local-first app where you drop screenshots, links, files and notes and let AI organize them for you.
- Notes & knowledge bases
VB Notes
VB Notes keeps notes as plain Markdown files in a folder you choose and searches them by meaning, free with no account.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Venation
Venation analyzes your notes and documents to find missing links, bridge notes and contradictions, with explainable suggestions.
- Screenshots & capture
Vento
Vento is a free browser screen recorder that lets you pause, rewind and record over mistakes without downloads.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Vexlio
Vexlio is a flowchart maker where each shape holds extra detail that readers reveal by clicking, keeping big diagrams easy to read.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Vibe
Vibe is an AI workspace combining a smart whiteboard, bot and assistant for team collaboration.
- Read-later & research
Vibe Reader
Vibe Reader gives chapter-by-chapter summaries of articles, podcasts and YouTube videos you have not finished.
- Read-later & research
Video Highlight
Videohighlight summarizes and transcribes YouTube videos and personal recordings, giving timestamped key points and searchable transcripts.
- Read-later & research
Vienna
Vienna is a free, open-source RSS and Atom feed reader for macOS.
- Screenshots & capture
Vistaply
Vistaply captures full web pages and images from Safari on iPhone, iPad and Mac as screenshots.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
VisualMind
VisualMind creates AI mind maps from a question, YouTube video or link, then lets you chat about the topic.
- Notes & knowledge bases
VNote
VNote is a free open-source Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy for writing and organizing notes.
- Screenshots & capture
Voice Aloud Reader
HyperSnap is a Windows screenshot utility with scrolling captures and OCR, from a company that also makes a voice reader.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Voiceliner
Voiceliner lets you hold a button and speak to capture thoughts into an outline you can nest and rearrange.
- Notes & knowledge bases
VoodooPad 5
VoodooPad is a Mac notes app for jotting ideas, images, lists and passwords in linked pages.
- Read-later & research
VOSviewer
VOSviewer is a free tool for building and viewing maps of scientific publications and citations.
- Screenshots & capture
VueScan
VueScan is scanning software for macOS, Windows and Linux that works with scanners lacking current drivers.
- Read-later & research
Wakelet
Wakelet is a tool for saving links and files into collections that people can organize and share.
- Screenshots & capture
Walkthru
Walkthru turns an iPhone or iPad screen recording or screenshots into an annotated step-by-step guide you can redact and export.
- Read-later & research
Wallabag
Wallabag is a self-hostable read-it-later app that saves web articles to your own archive for comfortable reading on browser or phone.
- Read-later & research
Wallabag.it
wallabag is a self-hostable read-it-later app that saves web articles to read later.
- Read-later & research
Wallflower
Wallflower combines RSS, Mastodon and Bluesky into one chronological reader and saves articles and passages into a notes book.
- Notes & knowledge bases
Warq
Warq lets you write a short code in the margin of paper notes and attaches a recording, link, photo or file to that spot.
- Read-later & research
Watch Feeds
Watch Feeds is an independent RSS reader for Apple Watch that fetches and caches articles over Wi-Fi or LTE without a nearby iPhone.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
WBO
WBO is a free, open-source online whiteboard where several people can draw and sketch together in real time.
- Read-later & research
Weava
Weava Highlighter lets users highlight, annotate, organize and cite text on web pages and PDFs for research.
- Read-later & research
Web Highlights
Web Highlights is a browser extension for highlighting web pages and PDFs, adding notes, and organizing annotations.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Web Whiteboard
Web Whiteboard is a browser whiteboard where people sketch, brainstorm, and share ideas together instantly.
- Screenshots & capture
Web2Pics
Web2Pics captures high-quality screenshots of web pages and offers annotation tools and image conversion options.
- Read-later & research
Webcull
WebCull is an ad-free bookmark manager with search, notes and sorting that works from any browser or device.
- Read-later & research
webQDA
webQDA is a qualitative data analysis tool for coding and analyzing text and media in research projects.
- Screenshots & capture
Webstarted Screen Capture
Webstarted Screen Capture is a free screenshot tool for Mac and Windows that grabs screens or regions and reads text.
- Notes & knowledge bases
weDocs
weDocs is a WordPress plugin for creating and organizing product documentation and knowledge bases on a self-hosted site.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Weje
Weje is an online canvas where teams brainstorm, group ideas and share them visually.
- Read-later & research
What Should I Read Next
What Should I Read Next suggests books based on a title you like, using favorites from a database of readers, with free lists.
- Whiteboards & mind maps
Whimsical
Whimsical is a visual workspace for flowcharts, wireframes, docs and mind maps with AI help for product teams.