Nugo vs Milanote
Milanote is a flexible visual board for any creative project. Nugo is built for shoots: the moodboard turns into a shot list, the client approves the plan on a link, and the same list runs on your phone on set.
Side by side
Updated · Ade, founder of Nugo
| Topic | Milanote | Nugo |
|---|---|---|
| Moodboard | A freeform board of notes, images, video, sketches and links, with a web clipper and a large template library. | A canvas of images, audio and video links, with notes, frames and drawing. Each reference is tagged by purpose, such as Shot, Lighting, Wardrobe, Location, Product or Talent. |
| Shot list | Shot list templates built from cards on a board. | A structured list: each shot is made from a reference, with its still, size, angle, movement, lens, FPS, talent and a status from Planned to Captured. |
| Client feedback | Share boards to edit, comment or view. | A review link with view, comment or approve, no account needed. Approvals record who, when and which version. |
| On set | Desktop and mobile apps. Its help centre says boards need a connection to view and edit (article dated June 2025). | Shoot Mode on your phone: shots by scene, one tap for Captured or Skipped. Projects you've opened work without signal. |
| Apps | Web, desktop and mobile apps. | Web, installable on a phone's home screen. |
Milanote's details are from its own website, checked on 14 October 2026. Plans change, so check its current pricing before you decide.
Choose Milanote when…
- Your work isn't mostly shoots: writing, design, research or planning of any kind.
- You want a freeform canvas with a web clipper and native desktop and mobile apps.
- You want a big library of templates across creative fields.
Choose Nugo when…
- Your references need to become a shot list the crew can shoot from.
- You need the client to approve the plan, with a record of what they approved.
- You want the shot list on your phone on set, including with no signal.
What Nugo doesn't do
Nugo is narrower than Milanote. It's for planning shoots, so it has no general-purpose templates for writing or design, no web clipper, and no native desktop app.
Milanote and Nugo pricing.
- Milanote
- Free for 100 notes, images or links and 10 file uploads. Paid from $9.99 per person a month billed annually, or $12.50 monthly (checked 14 October 2026).
- Nugo
- Free for 1 active project, with client review, Shoot Mode and offline access. Individual is $12/month ($96/year) for unlimited projects; Studio is $49/month ($441/year) for up to 5 editors. Clients on a review link are always free.
Sources: Milanote plans, Milanote features, Milanote help: mobile apps. Nugo pricing.
Questions
There's no importer. Save the images from your board and add them to a Nugo moodboard, or paste the links; each lands as a card you can tag and turn into a shot.
Yes, for planning shoots. The Photoshoot and Product Shoot templates open with the pages a shoot needs, and the shot list works the same for stills: one line per image, ticked off on the day.
Yes. The Free plan has 1 active project with unlimited references, client review and approval links, Shoot Mode and offline access.
Plan the next shoot in one place, not across ten apps.
New commercial projects open with Brief, Creative Direction, Moodboard, Shot List, and Client Review already in place.
