Scapple is an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly
as possible and making connections between them. It isn't exactly
mind-mapping software - it's more like a freeform text editor that
allows you to make notes anywhere on the page and to connect them
using straight lines or arrows. If you've ever scribbled down
ideas all over a piece of paper and drawn lines between related
thoughts, then you already know what Scapple does.
Scapple doesn't force you to make connections, and it doesn't
expect you to start out with one central idea off of which
everything else is branched. There's no built-in hierarchy at all,
in fact - in Scapple, every note is equal, so you can connect them
however you like. The idea behind Scapple is simple: when you are
roughing out ideas, you need complete freedom to experiment with
how those ideas best fit together.
Creating notes is as easy as double-clicking anywhere on the
canvas and then typing; making connections between ideas is as
painless as dragging and dropping one note onto another. And
unlike paper, you can move notes around and never run out of
space.