Comparison
A Notion and whiteboard alternative, built for math
Notion, Miro and FigJam are made for text and diagrams. Math is a side quest there, so every formula costs you extra work. Tuboard does exactly what they leave out.
Why writing formulas in Notion is painful
In Notion a formula is a LaTeX block. A plain fraction means remembering \frac{a}{b}, a root means \sqrt{}. So combinatorics notes usually end up like this: a sum typed out as “a1 + a2 + … + ak”, a product collapsed into “a1 a2 … * ak”, and the complement rule escaping into a table.
- You have to keep LaTeX in your head
- You edit the formula blind, in a code field
- Plain text is easier, but loses the meaning
Miro and FigJam are whiteboards, not math tools
They are great for sticky notes and flowcharts. But a formula is not an object there: an exponent becomes a text label, a fraction becomes a line with two captions. Most people give up and paste a screenshot from somewhere else.
No formulas
An exponent is a separate text label; a fraction is a line with two numbers near it.
No function graphs
You plot the curve elsewhere and paste it back in as an image.
Handwriting stays a drawing
You can sketch it, but nothing will ever read it back.
Nobody sees the problem
It is just a canvas: there is no one to suggest the next step.
What Tuboard does instead
Same infinite canvas, except a formula is a first-class object on it. Press M and type; Enter commits the line and opens the next one right below, so a solution grows downward the way it does on paper.
- A formula takes seconds, with no LaTeX
- A notebook and an AI tutor that can see the board, right there
- Function graphs and a number line on the canvas
Graphs and geometry right on the canvas
A function graph is drawn next to your working: type the formula and the curve lands on the axes, ready to pan, zoom and drag points on. Shapes label themselves: vertices, side lengths, angles in degrees, equality marks. In Notion or Miro this means leaving for another tool and coming back with a screenshot.
- Function graphs and a number line are native canvas objects
- Angles and sides get labelled automatically
- Nothing has to be pasted in as an image
FAQ
The short version.
Does Tuboard replace Notion entirely?
No, and it does not try to. Notion is for wikis, projects and databases. Tuboard is for math: a board, a notebook and formulas. If you run your life in Notion and only fight it over formulas, keep Tuboard next to it for studying.
Can I import my Notion notes?
There is no automatic Notion import. Text moves over by copy and paste, and formulas are genuinely faster to retype: it is a matter of seconds.
How is this better than Excalidraw?
Excalidraw is an excellent canvas, and Tuboard is built on it. We added what it does not have: formula input, handwriting recognition, function graphs and an AI tutor that can see your problem.
What does it cost?
Free in the browser, no signup. A Google account is only needed to talk to the AI tutor.
Try it on your own problem.
Open a board and type your first formula. It is quicker than finishing this page.
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