Marc Perel

Thought Train 2 - Stop using Sticky Notes, this is your new quick note taker!

Replace your Sticky Notes with Thought Train 2, the perfect note taking app for taking quick notes and accessing them immediately.
An app built for your Mac menubar or PC taskbar.
🚨Due to COVID-19 Thought Train 2 is now free until the end of April 🚨

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Christopher Lee
beautiful UI, I'm a bit hard pressed to pay for it though when I have a native reminders app that alerts me on all my devices.
Marc Perel
@christopher_lee4 Thanks Chris! Give the trial a go, the uniqueness of the carousel and the quick-access shortcuts are usually what sway most users. I know even some of my friends didn't use it but then got so used to it that they'll never not-use it! Let me know what you think after your trial 👋
Christopher Lee
@marcperel Sounds good! will do. Btw seeing as you just launched I have a market research service where for $12 you can ask 100 people a question then follow-up based on how they answered and even interview them! https://scoops.io/ You could ask e.g. "Do you still use sticky notes? What's stopping you from moving to a digital tool?" Anyway If you want to give it a shot feel free to sign up and let me know which email you used over Intercom and I'll pass you $12 in free credits. Best of luck otherwise! Will let you know how the trial goes.
Michael Robson
Marc sent me a beta a few months back. I was using Google Keep at the time but have fallen in love with Thought Train. It’s user-friendly, well designed and works seamlessly. Thanks Marc!
Rob Hope ⚡️Yo!

Been lucky to be testing v2 over past month or so. What a big upgrade since the initial launch ticking pretty much all the popular feature requests boxes.

Pros:

Drag n Drop notes, Markdown & Dark Mode <3

Cons:

Can't think of anything.

Marc Perel
Rob mate, thanks so much, and I know you enjoy the product! You tell me all the time 😂
Hugh Lashbrooke

A slick UI makes note taking (and keeping track of notes!) super easy to do.

Pros:

So easy to use

Cons:

No mobile app yet

Marc Perel
Thanks Hugh, drop me a line and I'll send you a link to the mobile beta!
Rob Mackay

Great to have some outlet for thoughts and ideas that are tidy on your desktop

Pros:

Excellent way to log and access the ideas I had or things I need to do.

Cons:

Mobile app would be awesome for ideas on the move

Marc Perel
Rob thanks mate, drop me a line and I'll send you a link to the mobile beta app! :)
Elliot Blackburn
Big fan of the concept, I remember using v1 for a time but had to stop as did a stint in a more locked down environment. I'm now in a more open environment and looking forward to giving TT2 a go! One question in terms of pricing, my work notes are pretty useless on my home devices and vice-versa so I've not got much of a need for the syncing. Have you considered an offline pricing tier, perhaps with a perpetual version locked licence model since there won't be any infra pricing costs? I'll be using the syncing myself for my home machines, but it would be nice to expense a non-synced version for my day job, it would also make them happier with security despite the awesome encryption model you described in another comment! I'm sure that's probably more overhead in pricing and dev than you want at the moment, but just a +1 that I'd really like that option for work environments :)
Marc Perel
@elliotblackburn Elliot thanks for the comment. Yeah I'm considering different models, I haven't considered a non-sync option because it's so tightly coupled into the app, but a team pricing model is definitely something I want to do as a few teams are using the app and I'd like to lighten the load for teammates in general.
Matt Eagar

Tried first version of Thought Train which was good, v2 has some well thought out improvements and is super intuitive.

Pros:

Shortcut access key is a winner! Not being tied to a web browser is a breath of fresh air in a word dominated by browser based apps.

Cons:

Not really a con, but a mobile app / version would be great.

Sebastian Crossa
Really dig the UI and experience you bring to the table! Great work on the launch :)
Marc Perel
@sebastiancrossa Thanks Seb!
Zach McNaughtan
Will there be a mobile app @marcperel
Marc Perel
@zach_mcnaughtan Please mail me marc[at]thoughttrain.cc, I am planning a mobile app and using a PWA to test it.
Luke Wingfield Digby

Beauty in it's simplicity! Fills a gap between built in Notes and a clipboard manager I use.

Pros:

Simplicity

Cons:

None that I can see. It fills a void.

Marc Perel
Thanks LWD!