--- title: Scapple Reviews meta\_title: 'Scapple Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Scapple works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 5 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-07-17' parent\_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # Scapple Reviews & Product Details It's a virtual sheet of paper that lets you make notes anywhere and connect them using lines or arrows. Scapple doesn't force you to make connectionsevery note is equal, so it's up to you which notes have connections and which don't. You have complete freedom to experiment with how your ideas fit together. * * * Seller [Literature & Latte](https://www.g2.com/sellers/literature-latte) Discussions [Scapple Community](https://www.g2.com/products/scapple/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Miro](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Miro") Miro 4.6/5(13,478) ](https://www.g2.com/products/miro/reviews) [ ![Mural](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mural") Mural 4.6/5(1,470) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mural/reviews) [ ![Xmind](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Xmind") Xmind 4.5/5(461) ](https://www.g2.com/products/xmind/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/scapple/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 5 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Paul T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Paul T.") PT Paul T. English Second Language Teacher Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/6/2024 "A Simple But Unrestrictive Mind Mapping Tool for Brainstorming" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Scapple? Being an ESL teacher, my focus is on using the valuable time I have on creating helpful lessons for my students. What I like about Scapple is that its layout is simple and I can easyily put my thoughts anywhere on the canvas without too many restrictions. This is great because it allows my creativity to flow more naturally when I'm brainstorming new lessons for my students, which makes the whole process more enjoyable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scapple? It lacks some of the more advanced formatting options. This is a minor issue for me, though, because it is also the lack of these features that allows me to focus more on brainstorming - I can always worry about formatting afterwards when I have a solid outline of my ESL lessons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scapple solving and how is that benefiting you? Scapple gives me the ability to express ideas the way that I see them in my mind, without being confined to a rigid structure. This is epecially the case when branching to another idea in this madmapping tool. I am able to place my branched thoughts anywhere on the canvas and still have them linked to the original idea that they came from. This is a real time saver and allows me to be more creative when creating ESL lessons for my students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/7/2025 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in E-Learning](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in E-Learning") UE Verified User in E-Learning Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/29/2025 "My thoughts take shape and I can connect concepts thanks to Scapple." 5/5 What do you like best about Scapple? Scapple has a visual compartmentalization and free approach that adapts to the way I process information. I don't spend a lot of time searching for features when building my idea maps because I can use the keyboard shortcuts and its large set of shape tools to speedup navigation; plus it's easy to incorporate text documents just by dragging and dropping and editing them within the map itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scapple? So far Scapple has had no crashes or difficulties when exporting or saving maps so I would say it offers technical reliability and stability true to its original purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scapple solving and how is that benefiting you? With Scapple I can generate concept maps that show how learning outcomes and digital resources are intertwined. There're no intrusive menus so I can sketch my ideas as if it were an infinite sheet of paper to present them in an organic format and improve the speed with which I develop my course prototypes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RF Roland F. Advertising Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/7/2024 "Helps in creating a framework for ideas." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Scapple? The abilities to easily create multiple unconnected bubbles have also been beneficial to my ideas, especially while using Scapple. It provides me with an easy way of capturing an idea as well as making a thought-provoking way of approaching at the idea. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scapple? Downsides of Scapple include the program’s minimal formatting features, which can make it challenging to organize and develop ideas. This can make documents appear cluttered and unstructured when writing tasks entail more organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scapple solving and how is that benefiting you? As for Scapple, it provides a solution to the linear approach since it allows one to write anything in a connected but not strictly sequential manner. Scapple captures the concepts in images and, by linking them, one can unleash creative thought processes and discover new relations within a written content of the ongoing project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Louis L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Louis L.") LL Louis L. System Administrator Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/2/2021 "Excellent thought mapping and diagraming app" 4/5 What do you like best about Scapple? It is very easy to quickly create a logical diagram that looks nice and is suitable for presenting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scapple? I would like to see a click and pull method for connecting different objects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scapple solving and how is that benefiting you? Network diagrams, logical flows/algorithms, organization diagrams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/4/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sadie Julia W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sadie Julia W.") SW Sadie Julia W. Senior Test Automation Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/6/2019 "If you like…. You must give it a try." 5/5 What do you like best about Scapple? I love that it is very simple, it is easy and very light. In addition, in a good platform for novice users and can be installed on Windows and Mac OS and this is a great advantage. With this product we can create labels in a few seconds and I love this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Scapple? I dislike that it does not have a totally free version, it only allows you a free version for 30 days and this is a disadvantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Scapple: I recommend using the free version for 30 days and then you must make a decision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Scapple solving and how is that benefiting you? We managed to solve problems of label creation, note taking and signal execution systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/scapple/pricing) Scapple Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_d0fe3fcd7302e1b557887e51a1740a28/miro.png "Product Avatar Image") Miro 4.6/5(13,478) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/miro-vs-scapple) ## Work at Literature & Latte? 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