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Who it's for

Springpad was aimed at everyday users who wanted a free, casual way to capture notes, to-do lists, and web content, rather than power users needing deep organizational or enterprise features.

What you get

Springpad combined basic notes and task lists with 'springs' — smart content types that recognized things like products, recipes, books, movies, and places, then automatically pulled in related details such as prices, ratings, or nutrition info. Content was organized into notebooks, each with a visual pinboard-style board for laying items out. A browser extension and mobile bookmarklet-style clipper let users save items directly from web pages, and barcode scanning in the mobile apps could identify products on the spot.

How it works

Users saved notes, tasks, or clipped web content into notebooks via the web app, browser extension, or mobile apps; Springpad detected the type of content and auto-enriched applicable items (like products or recipes) with related data, and users could arrange saved items visually on a notebook's board. Springpad shut down in June 2014.

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