Powerful collaborative visual workspace with robust AI brainstorming and diagramming tools, but broader feature set.
Powerful collaborative visual workspace with robust AI brainstorming and diagramming tools, but broader feature set.
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A personal writing workspace for the book only you can write

Turn plain text into diagrams, infographics, and presentation-ready visuals.
Paste or import your text and Napkin generates infographics, diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps, and data charts that fit your content.
Napkin Slides collaborates with you to turn ideas into complete, ready-to-present decks rather than static images.
Adjust colors, fonts, layouts, and icons, reshape individual elements, and match your brand — nothing is locked after generation.
Export visuals as PPT, PNG, PDF, or SVG and drop them into PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, Notion, or any tool you already use.
A personal writing workspace for the book only you can write
Start from author and book interviews, spoken thoughts and selected writing so your manuscript is grounded in your own experience, purpose and intended reader.
Get help shaping outlines, chapters and research trails while keeping every change open to your own review and approval.
Work in a browser editor with chapters, notes beside your draft, and a wording review that flags patterns for you to consider.
See separate states for voice, originality, accuracy and continuity, presented honestly as review signals rather than measured scores.
Powerful collaborative visual workspace with robust AI brainstorming and diagramming tools, but broader feature set.
Powerful collaborative visual workspace with robust AI brainstorming and diagramming tools, but broader feature set.

Generates beautifully styled presentations and documents from text prompts, though less focused on inline diagramming.
Generates beautifully styled presentations and documents from text prompts, though less focused on inline diagramming.

Turn text and data into polished infographics, reports and videos with AI
Turn text and data into polished infographics, reports and videos with AI
Collaborative whiteboard featuring built-in AI tools for flowcharts, mind maps, and diagrams.
Collaborative whiteboard featuring built-in AI tools for flowcharts, mind maps, and diagrams.

AI academic writer with real sources and automatic citations
AI academic writer with real sources and automatic citations

Book writing software that keeps your whole novel in one place
Book writing software that keeps your whole novel in one place

Free, unlimited AI story generator with no sign-up and no filters
Free, unlimited AI story generator with no sign-up and no filters

Specialized in AI diagramming, mind maps, and flowcharts, but lacks Napkin's seamless inline text integration.
Specialized in AI diagramming, mind maps, and flowcharts, but lacks Napkin's seamless inline text integration.
Transforms natural language into structured mind maps and visual flowcharts on an infinite canvas.
Transforms natural language into structured mind maps and visual flowcharts on an infinite canvas.

Turn one idea into a finished, sellable book with cover and audiobook included
Turn one idea into a finished, sellable book with cover and audiobook included
AI book-writing suite that keeps your own author voice
AI book-writing suite that keeps your own author voice

An AI assistant that remembers your relationships and writes in your voice
An AI assistant that remembers your relationships and writes in your voice