Comparison - Paper notebook

Winy vs pen and paper

Paper is still the best place to think; Winy keeps that feeling and lets your agents read what you wrote.

Pen and paper is the oldest thinking tool there is: it needs no battery, no login and no updates, and nothing on the page will ever send you a notification.

Winy is a native app for Mac, iPad and iPhone with Pencil ink at full frame rate on an infinite page, where your notes and sketches sit next to the agents you work with.

The difference is what happens after you write: a paper page stays on your desk, while a Winy page is visible to your agents and sits on the same board as the work it is about.

At a glance

Question	Winy	Pen and paper
What it is	An infinite digital page with live agents on it	A notebook and a pen
Feel	Pencil ink at full frame rate on iPad	Real texture, real resistance
Power	Needs a charged device	Needs nothing
Distraction	A device, with whatever else is on it	None
Page size	Infinite; pan and zoom	The edge of the sheet
Rearranging	Move, snap and align anything	Rewrite it or cut it out
Agents	Your notes and ink are visible to your agents	None
Across devices	The same board on Mac, iPad and iPhone	Wherever you carry it

Which one is for you

Choose pen and paper if

You think best with real texture under the pen, and no screen at all.
You want a page with no battery, no notifications and nothing else on it.
You are away from your devices, or want to be.

Choose Winy if

You run out of page, and want one that keeps going when you pan.
You want to move, snap and rearrange what you drew instead of starting over.
You want your agents to see your notes and sketches, so you can point at what you mean instead of typing it out.
You want your thinking on the same board as the terminals and agents doing the work.

Questions

Is a digital notebook better than a paper notebook?

Each wins somewhere. Paper is tactile, needs no battery and has no distractions. A digital notebook like Winy gives you an infinite page you can rearrange, and lets your agents read what you wrote.

Does handwriting in Winy feel like paper?

Winy draws Pencil ink at full frame rate on iPad, so the line follows the tip as you write. It is still glass, not paper, and we would not claim otherwise.

Can AI agents read my handwritten notes in Winy?

Yes. Notes, ink, images and arrows sit on the same board as your agents, and all of it is visible to them.

Is Winy an operating system?

No. Winy is an app for macOS, iPadOS and iOS that becomes the place you work, with your notes, ink, terminals, web pages and agents on one board.

Is Winy available now?

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

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