Scrapple is a good alternative to Corkulus, especially for my goal of organizing written pieces for Medium and the task of organizing ideas in the first place. There is no iPad version of Scapple but there is a Windows version Scapple has a lighting-fast, responsive "feel" to it. Corkulous tends to be a bit clunky. There is a lot of depth to Scrapple, under a simple-seeming surface. It seems to be very well thought out, whereas...  Corkulous has a slapped-together feel, including a few things that look like bugs. For example, the Corkulous sidebar is cluttered with shapes borrowed from VISIO. Scapple sidebar is 100% relevant to what is selected. A Sample Sheet (First effort - perhaps 2 hrs) Interesting features: Pictures can be dragged directly onto the sheet from a web page Basic skill level in a few hours - similar to learning any UI tool Displays have a clean, professional look with deep and powerful options to enhance things like consistency, alignment, etc Problems No e...

Corkulous (as I use it) is a "Mind Mapping" tool. The idea is to visually map concepts and the connections between them with the aim of pulling some kind of coherent structure out of a pile of related ideas. In this case, I have over 400 posts that, if printed, would be over 1,000 pages. While creating each post has helped my clarify my thoughts of the moment, the result is a pile of essays that are not accessible in any practical way to interested users. A small mind map is shown here. A typical blog entry tends to touch on several related issues, each of which is likely to require some clarification. The index tries to do this, but it is not realistic to expect a reader to explore the index and the dozens of essays whose connection to the topic may be obscure. In any case, this results in a geometrically expanding demand on the reader.  The Mind Map project aims to isolate a few key ideas, such as "Mind" and create a single essay or a small number of linked essays...

Thinking about Corkulous applications. I signed up for a 1-year subscription at this point. The app can be a black hole when you try to sync iPad and MacOs activities. macOS seems to be the way to go in spite of the theoretical attraction of the iPad. -- PS -- I have basically accepted the "bug" about the iPad and decided to work around it. My efforts to isolate the issue and correct it don't seem to be supported by the vendor. However, I have not withdrawn my nasty comments about support. I still feel that the vendor made little effort to work with me on this issue, seldom responding to my questions or suggestions. It was almost like I was talking to a "bot" who doled out canned advice based on keywords.