Comparison - Visual boards for creatives

Winy vs Milanote

Milanote is a drag-and-drop board for organizing creative projects with a team; Winy is a canvas where your coding agents run live beside your thinking.

Milanote is a visual board app for creative work such as moodboards, briefs and plans, where you drag notes, images, links and files into boards and share them with others.

Winy is a native infinite-canvas notebook for Mac, iPad and iPhone where real agent sessions such as Claude Code and Codex live as cards next to your notes, Pencil ink and images.

Both lay ideas out spatially, but Milanote is built for collecting and sharing creative material in the cloud, while Winy is built for planning and running software work with agents on the same board.

At a glance

Question	Winy	Milanote
What it is	Infinite-canvas notebook with live agent cards	Drag-and-drop boards for creative projects
Platforms	Mac, iPad and iPhone	Web, Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad and Android
Board contents	Text, ink, images, arrows, terminals, agents, browser	Notes, images, links, files, to-dos, sketches
Handwriting	Pencil ink at full frame rate	Draw mode and sketch cards with Apple Pencil
Live terminals and agents	Yes, as cards on the board	Not built in
Offline	Local-first sync over your own network	Needs an internet connection to view and edit
Collaboration	Single user; no multiplayer	Unlimited shared boards on every plan
Pricing	Early access waitlist; no public pricing	Free for 100 items; $9.99/mo per person yearly

Which one is for you

Choose Milanote if

You build moodboards, briefs and storyboards and want templates made for creative work.
You share boards with clients or a team and need them on the web and Android.
You want a web clipper that saves images and links straight into a board.

Choose Winy if

You want Claude Code or Codex running live on the board, not a card describing the work.
You want your notes to stay on your own devices, with no cloud holding them.
You want to draw with the Pencil straight across a running terminal or a note.
You run several agents and want to see which are working or waiting by zooming out.

Questions

What is a good Milanote alternative?

It depends on the work. For creative moodboards with a team, Milanote is a strong pick. For planning software with coding agents, Winy is an infinite canvas for Mac, iPad and iPhone where Claude Code and Codex run as live cards next to your notes.

Is Milanote free?

Milanote has a free plan with up to 100 notes, images or links and 10 file uploads. Paid plans cost $9.99 a month per person billed yearly, or $12.50 billed monthly, and a Team plan is $49 a month billed yearly.

Does Milanote work offline?

No. Milanote's help center says you need an internet connection to view and edit boards. Winy syncs between your own devices over your own network, and no cloud holds your notes.

Can I share a Winy board with my team like Milanote?

No. Winy has no multiplayer today. It keeps one board across your own Mac, iPad and iPhone, with your agents on it.

Is Winy available now?

Winy is in early access. You can join the waitlist on winy.ai.

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