Comparison - Canvas for thinking

Winy vs Allume (formerly Muse)

Allume is a calm canvas of nested boards for deep thinking; Winy is a canvas where your coding agents run live beside that thinking.

Allume, the app formerly called Muse, is a local-first canvas for Mac, iPad and iPhone where ink, text, PDFs and cards live inside nested boards.

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 are built for thinking on a canvas with a Pencil; the difference is that a Winy card can be a live terminal or agent session that sees the board it sits on.

At a glance

Question	Winy	Allume (formerly Muse)
What it is	Infinite-canvas notebook with live agent cards	Canvas of nested boards for deep thinking
Platforms	Mac, iPad and iPhone	Mac, iPad and iPhone
Board contents	Text, ink, images, arrows, terminals, agents, browser	Ink, text, cards, PDFs, files
Live terminals and agents	Yes, as cards on the board	Not built in
AI	Your own agents: Claude Code, Codex, any CLI	AI support through MCP
Sync	One board across your Mac, iPad and iPhone	Local-first data with instant sync
Collaboration	Single user; no multiplayer	Live cursors, comments, following
PDFs	Not built in	Read, annotate and export as PDF
Pricing	Early access waitlist; no public pricing	Free tier; Unlimited $9.99/month or $99.99/year

Which one is for you

Choose Allume (formerly Muse) if

You want a quiet canvas for reading, annotating PDFs and organizing ideas in nested boards.
You want to invite collaborators with live cursors and comments.
You want a free tier to start, with local-first data that syncs instantly.

Choose Winy if

You want Claude Code or Codex running live on the canvas, not just a note about them.
You want to draw with the Pencil straight across a running terminal or a note.
You want agents that can see the notes, ink and images on the board they sit on.
You run several agents and want to see which are working or waiting by zooming out.

Questions

What is a good Muse app alternative?

Muse is now called Allume and is still a canvas for thinking. If you want that kind of canvas with coding agents on it, Winy runs Claude Code and Codex as live cards next to your notes and Pencil ink.

What is a good Allume alternative?

Winy is a native canvas notebook for Mac, iPad and iPhone with Pencil ink, like Allume, plus live Claude Code and Codex sessions as cards on the board.

Did Muse change its name?

Yes. Muse renamed itself Allume with version 4.0 in summer 2026. Accounts, subscriptions and data did not change.

Is Allume (formerly Muse) free?

Allume has a free plan with 2 workspaces and 100 cards per workspace. Unlimited is $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year, and it is also on Setapp.

Is Winy available now?

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

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