Scrintal
I’ve tried just about every productivity app available. They’re all good but there is always my felling that there is something missing. Something that would make me say, “Yeah, this is the one!” I’ve tried and abandoned Trello, Ansana, Taskade, Notion (3 times) Coda, Monday. Clickup and others. After using them for a few weeks, I was left with the felling that this program isn’t quite what I’m looking for.
On Tuesday of this week, I had my onboarding session for a beta version of Scrintal. I played around with it for a day or so, then copied a project from a productivity app to start a new board on Scrintal. After an hour or so with the new program, I realized what my problem was with the “traditional” productivity apps: they are too restrictive. These apps force me to focus in narrow bands when my mind is trying to fly.
Typically with those apps, in addition to a kanban board, I had to start a folder on my laptop with several mind-maps and other assorted documents. I also had more information stashed on one or more websites (not the productivity app website.) So, working on the project required a lot of clicking and jumping around to
add or find various information.
So, with Scrintal, I copied the stuff from the productivity app, then from the project folder on my laptop, then from the other website. When I was done, it hit me. With Scrintal, I had everything about the project on a single page. Whatever I needed to see was on the page and the page was infinitely expandable to add as much more data as I needed.
If you try to download the Scrintal app, you can’t do it. It’s not available yet. I signed up to try the beta version https://www.scrintal.com
To sign up, I actually had to fill out an application form. After a time, I was accepted as a beta tester and then had to schedule a 45 minute onboarding session at the end of which I was logged into the program. So far, the wait was worth it
This is a screen shot of the initial project I copied into Scrintal. The tan boxes (called cards) contain general data about the cluster of cards that surround it. The tan and pink cards are from the other productivity app and and the other clusters are from my laptop and websites.
A card can hold text, lists, PDFs, videos, audio tracks and graphics. It’s quite easy to create a to-do list or any other type of note on the card.
While copying the project information from other sources was a time-consuming, it allowed me to test Scrintal and to conclude this new app is a giant step forward for me. Now, when starting and working on a new project, I have space and the tools to capture all my thoughts and ideas on a single canvas. Whenever I get a new idea I simply click on an empty space to start a new card to hold the idea.
To summarize, Scrintal is (cliche alert!) a giant leap forward in productivity apps. If you find the current crop of productivity apps lacking something, you may be another Scrintal user.
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