A canvas-based note taking and organizer app
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So I've been working on this app for a very long time now. Started off by wanting an app that separates long form notes from short form notes visually and keeps everything organized on a canvas.The app features:-Sticky notes for quick, small notes and A4 notes for long form documents-A quick mode that uses local storage to quickly open the app and jot down a thought on the canvas -A PDF export option that exports your notes into 3 custom designed PDF styles-Visual hierarchy to replicate file structure instead of a linear fashion, where your files are notes, stacks are folders and labels are names for your foldersWould love to continue working on this app if you guys like the concept.
HN · launched Jul 19, 2026 · 61 upvotes (top 13%) · 1 view
Niche: note-taking and writing apps · 264 launches, 27 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Vertical SaaS
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes A visual canvas-based note-taking app using an HTML canvas or React flow library with local storage or standard backend sync is directly feasible with AI code generation.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: StorySkeleton
Concerns raised: Glitches on iPad, Long-term viability and sustainability concerns, Lack of transparency about developer/company, No privacy policy or legal terms visible, Data ownership and export guarantees
Feature requests: Dark mode, Native mobile app (iOS/Android app store), Self-hosted sync with external provider, Double-tap to create sticky notes, Better feature discoverability for new users
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 373 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #48 of 374 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 263 days after the earliest competitor.
- put·here · ph · 2026-10-10 · 77 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Paper Note · ph · 2026-11-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Handwritten Digital Notes · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Paperle · ph · 2026-09-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- A simple Markdown note app with templates and PDF support · hn · 2025-12-02 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- post.tbidesign · ph · 2026-11-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- An app to dump notes during the day and plan todos without distraction · hn · 2026-08-05 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- NoteClip · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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