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24 alternatives to Decipad Public Beta

Craft interactive stories with numbers

Decipad is a collaborative notebook that combines narrative writing with numerical calculations to create interactive data stories. It enables users to seamlessly integrate text, numbers, and visualizations while… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Decipad Public Beta launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Decipad Private Release▲267

   An interactive notebook for telling stories with data

   2022 · decipad.com · its alternatives →

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   A Notion-like platform for building interactive models▲88

   Hey HN. I wanted to share an update to our previous thread, “Notion with problem solving capabilities”. The Decipad public beta is now live. You can try it for free here. https://www.decipad.com/ We started building Decipad to make numbers more expressive and playful. It’s a notebook environment where you can combine text, numbers, data and calculations into a story. Our goal is to help people communicate with numbers more effectively and collaborate across diverse backgrounds. It’s feels a bit like Notion, but it’s for building interactive models and reports. A few things…

   2023 · decipad.com · its alternatives →

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   Witeboard▲1,017

   A real-time whiteboard for your team. No signups required.

   2018 · witeboard.com · its alternatives →

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   Supernotes 2▲603

   Fast note-taking and knowledge sharing

   2022 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →

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   Paper 3.0▲779

   The new sticky note

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Tome Beta▲697

   The storytelling tool for work

   2022 · tome.app · its alternatives →

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   Scrintal▲784

   Go from ideas to insights, one block at a time

   2024 · scrintal.com · its alternatives →

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   Supernotes▲421

   The collaborative note-taking app

   2020 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →

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   No YC interview, but here's my application▲148

   2013 · penflip.com · its alternatives →

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    Paste by FiftyThree for iOS▲336

    Collaborative decks for creative teams

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Tome 1.0 + iOS app▲345

    The new storytelling format for work and important ideas

    2022 · tome.app · its alternatives →

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    Observable Notebooks▲654

    2018 · beta.observablehq.com · its alternatives →

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    Avocode Write▲219

    Asynchronous copywriting collaboration for XD, Sketch, Figma

    2020 · avocode.com · its alternatives →

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    StoriesOnBoard▲177

    Agile planning tool for great projects.

    2015 · storiesonboard.com · its alternatives →

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    Commaful▲400

    Share beautiful stories with images and GIFs

    2016 · commaful.com · its alternatives →

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    A Github for writers?▲181

    2013 · penflip.com · its alternatives →

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    limeboard (beta)▲86

    Drawing collaboration app: notes, whiteboard, idea sketch

    2020 · wvvu.jp · its alternatives →

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    Decidable▲72

    AI powered automated data stories in plain English

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    IRLpad▲115

    A digital notebook that works like a real one

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Notelet▲348

    Create a website or blog with Notion.

    2020 · notelet.so · its alternatives →

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    Celestory▲244

    Create your no-code interactive story

    2020 · celestory.io · its alternatives →

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    Canvas▲324

    Notes for teams of nerds

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Scribble Together 3.0▲98

    Simple, synchronous whiteboard for tutors, teachers, teams

    2022 · scribbletogether.com · its alternatives →

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    Render Jupyter notebooks as interactive articles▲217

    Notebooks for data scientists and data analysts.

    2021 · deepnote.com · its alternatives →

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