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Best Visual Planning Tool for Designers in 2025
Plan projects, collect inspiration, build moodboards, and collaborate with clients in one flexible visual workspace. The free alternative to Milanote, Miro, and scattered Pinterest boards.
The All-in-One Design Planning Tool
Stop juggling Milanote for moodboards, Miro for brainstorming, Figma for design, Pinterest for inspiration, and Notion for project docs. Storyflow brings your entire design process into one visual workspace. Get a bird's-eye view of your projects from concept to delivery. Our flexible drag-and-drop canvas lets you arrange moodboards, brand explorations, client feedback, and project timelines however your creative process demands.
Moodboards That Actually Connect to Your Projects
Pinterest boards are black holes. Inspiration goes in, never comes out. Milanote moodboards look pretty but live in isolation. Storyflow moodboards connect to everything. Your inspiration links to your creative brief. Your brief links to your design explorations. Your explorations link to client feedback. One workspace, everything connected.
- Drag and drop from anywhere on the web
- Organize by color, style, mood, or project phase
- Add notes explaining why each reference matters
- Share interactive moodboards with clients
- Export to PDF for presentations
- AI that helps you articulate your visual direction
Start with a free moodboard template
Free Inspiration Library (Milanote Alternative)
Milanote charges $10/month for 200 notes. Storyflow gives you unlimited visual organization for free. Save anything that inspires you. Screenshots, website captures, typography samples, color palettes, texture references. Organize by project, client, or style. Find it instantly when you need it.
- Typography and type pairings
- Color palettes and combinations
- Layout and composition inspiration
- Illustration and icon styles
- Photography and image direction
- Motion and animation references
- Brand identity examples
- UI/UX patterns and interactions
Brand Identity Development in One Visual Space
Brand projects have a hundred moving pieces. Strategy docs, competitor research, moodboards, logo explorations, color studies, typography tests, mockups, client feedback. Most designers scatter these across five tools. Then spend hours gathering everything for a client presentation. Storyflow keeps your entire brand project in one visual workspace.
- Visual competitor analysis boards
- Side-by-side logo exploration layouts
- Color palette development with context
- Typography pairing experiments
- Mockup organization and versioning
- Client feedback captured in context
- Presentation-ready boards
Client Collaboration Without the Chaos
Client feedback scattered across emails, Slack messages, PDF annotations, and Zoom recordings. Sound familiar? Storyflow centralizes everything. Clients see your work in context. They comment directly on boards. Feedback lives where it belongs, not buried in an inbox.
- Share interactive boards with one click
- Client commenting without signup required
- Granular permissions (edit, comment, or view-only)
- Version history so nothing gets lost
- @mentions for specific feedback requests
- Real-time updates as you work
- Download PDFs for formal presentations
AI That Understands Design Projects
Most AI tools generate generic content. Storyflow's AI understands your specific project context. Describe your project in one sentence. Storyflow generates a complete workspace with moodboard sections, brief templates, exploration areas, and feedback capture. Not empty boards. A structured starting point for real design work.
- Generate project workspaces from a single sentence
- Articulate design decisions for client presentations
- Organize scattered inspiration into coherent themes
- Create brief templates customized to your process
- Context that persists across your entire workspace
- Smart suggestions based on your design style
What designers use Storyflow for
Join thousands of brand designers, UI/UX designers, art directors, and creative studios who've made Storyflow their creative planning home.
Moodboard creation and presentation
Brand identity development
Design research and inspiration collection
Client project organization
Creative brief development
Design system planning
Portfolio project management
Freelance client workflows
Visual presentation preparation
Perfect for Every Type of Designer
Storyflow adapts to your specific design discipline and workflow needs.
Brand Designers
Develop identities from research to final delivery. Moodboards, explorations, and client feedback in one place. Visual competitor analysis and strategic planning made simple.
UI/UX Designers
Collect interaction patterns, build research boards, organize user flows before jumping into Figma. Keep design systems and user research connected to actual projects.
Graphic Designers
Manage client projects visually. Briefs, inspiration, concepts, and revisions without the folder chaos. Present work in context, not scattered files.
Web Designers
Plan site architecture, collect design references, present concepts to clients in context. Bridge the gap between strategy and implementation.
Freelance Designers
Manage multiple clients without multiple tools. Pipeline, projects, and client communication in one workspace. Professional presentation without the overhead.
Design Studios
Collaborate across projects. Share resources. Keep everyone aligned visually. Scale your creative process without losing quality or vision.
Art Directors
Direct creative vision across teams. Moodboards and references that connect to actual production. Guide projects from concept to completion.
Product Designers
Research user needs, explore design solutions, and maintain design systems. Connect user research to visual exploration and keep design decisions documented and accessible to your product team.
Why Designers Switch to Storyflow
Real feedback from designers who made the switch from other tools.
From Milanote
"Milanote does moodboards. That's it. Storyflow does moodboards plus project management plus client collaboration plus AI that helps me think. No comparison."
From Pinterest + Notion
"I used to save to Pinterest, copy to Notion, export to PDF, email to client, get feedback in email, lose track of everything. Now it's all in one place."
From Miro
"Miro is great for workshops but overwhelming for everyday design work. Storyflow is calm. It doesn't fight my creative process."
From Figma alone
"Figma is for designing. But all the thinking that happens before designing? That lived nowhere. Now it lives in Storyflow."
Secure and Private
Your creative work stays protected. Built for professional designers with enterprise-grade security.
- Real-time backups
- End-to-end encryption at rest and in transit
- Strict access controls
- No staff access to your content
- GDPR compliant
- Client NDAs respected
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