An Apple Freeform alternative for when boards start piling up
Freeform is free, fast and beautifully simple, and simplicity is its ceiling: a flat list of boards with no folders, no tags and nothing that connects one board to another. Mena keeps the infinite canvas and the Apple Pencil feel, then gives the pile a shape.
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- Spaces group a project across board kinds; one work can belong to several Spaces
- Seven board kinds — Board, Note, Document, Journal, Inbox, Atlas, Deck
- Atlas is a hand-arranged spatial map of every board you keep
- Topics builds themes, clusters and concepts from your notes, entirely on-device
More on the canvas itself
Seventeen element types share one undo stack: sticky notes, rich text, Markdown, code blocks, tables, 19 polygons, bound connectors with nine arrowheads, voice memos, live maps, web embeds and link previews. 9,147 stencils across 41 libraries ship inside the app.
And a reason to come back
Journal creates today’s page the moment you need it. Quick Capture lands a thought from the Lock Screen in one tap. Decks bring back what you highlighted using FSRS-5. Four widgets put due cards and a live board thumbnail on the Home Screen.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mena free like Freeform?
Mena has a free tier with 3 boards, 3 notes, 3 documents, 5 decks and unlimited Journal and Inbox pages. Pro removes the limits from $2.99 a month or $49.99 once.
Can I organise boards into folders in Mena?
Yes — Spaces. A Space mixes every board kind, and adding a work to a Space does not remove it from anywhere else.
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