Essential for abstract thinkers

I use Scapple to brainstorm all of my academic writing projects because it allows me to quickly work out the big picture.

After working with various mind mapping and outlining applications, I’ve decided to use Scapple. This is because Scapple is especially useful for abstract thinkers—people who have lots of ideas that need to be captured before being organized. While other apps usually encourage you to attach each note to a single central “node,” Scapple encourages numerous smaller hierarchies of notes , which may or may not connect with one another. As your ideas develop, you can add, substract, connect, disconnect, edit, and rearrange notes, which is exactly what you need as you work through abstract ideas.

On a side note, I advise embracing Scapple’s minimalist interface. Scapple gives you everything you need to develop your ideas without being distracted. (However, if you simply must have the chalkboard look, the look can be created by using a “chalk” font (not included) and a solid green background with white text.)

Kev8D about Scapple, v1.1