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Last updated: May 10, 2025
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Overview
Napkin captures fleeting ideas and intelligently connects them into long-term insights.
Key Features
✦ AI Summarization: Quickly distills notes into core ideas.
✦ Contextual Linking: Connects thoughts across entries for deeper understanding.
✦ Multi-Device Sync: Works across desktop and mobile.
✦ Visual Knowledge Map: Turns notes into a knowledge graph.
✦ Idea Reminder: Nudges you to revisit and expand key ideas.
Advantages
🟩 Intuitive Interface: Simple and clean design for fast capture.
🟩 Idea Expansion: Helps users develop short notes into big ideas.
🟩 Works Like a Mind Garden: Not just storage, but synthesis.
🟩 Nonlinear Thinking Friendly: Encourages discovery over hierarchy.
Limitations
🟥 Niche Use Case: May not suit structured task/project management.
🟥 Learning Curve: Requires habit-building for best results.
🟥 Limited Exporting Options: Data portability still evolving.
Use Cases
➤ Writers capturing sparks of inspiration.
➤ Entrepreneurs organizing business insights.
➤ Students building knowledge bases from scattered class notes.
➤ Thinkers developing long-term creative projects.
Pricing Details
⭘ Free Plan: Access to all editing tools. Limited notes
⭘ Pro Plan (Free during Beta): Unlimited notes, AI summarization, and link generation.
⭘ Team Plan (Custom): Collaboration tools for organizations.
Summary
Napkin is a note-taking tool reimagined with AI, turning disconnected thoughts into connected insights. Ideal for writers, students, and creatives who think in fragments and want their ideas to grow over time.
Released Dates
2021
October – Napkin.ai was founded.
