# Headspace

> 3D outliner and mind-mapping app for iOS with hierarchical organization. (iPhone/iPad app by Flat Black Films.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/headspace/id300244538 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Flat Black Films](https://appshunter.io/developer/300244541)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 10 App Store ratings · 182 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 19 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2008-12-19
- Data updated: 2026-09-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/headspace/id300244538/reviews.md

## What is Headspace?

*** PLEASE NOTE:  This NOT the meditation app! ***  (There is another app called "Headspace: Guided Meditation and Mindfulness" and this is NOT that app!) This is the *original* Headspace!  

HEADSPACE  is iOS's coolest 3D outliner and mind-mapping app! Do your list-making and mind-mapping in 3D space with the *original* Headspace. 

"Five stars on iPhone, completely off the scale on iPad"

"This is the app I've most wanted to run on the iPad since the day it was announced, and the app that anyone looking over your shoulder will immediately want to buy an iPad just to run.
"
"Love the program. Favorite app. Useful and looks great. "

"The implementation is beautiful! In my opinion, Headspace is becoming one of the best apps in the store."

"I bought Headspace last night on a whim - been fooling around with mindmapping apps lately. This is a little piece of brilliance, you know that, right? "

"This app could not just be a mindmapping program,
It has the capability to become a new kind of U.I. That in my opinion that improved over apples U.I."


Headspace allows you to create items and groups of items on a floating plane in three-dimensional space.  The hierarchy of items and their various sub-items make for a beautiful display of information as they recede into the distance.  Simple and familiar finger gestures allow you to move around the space.  Use the menu button to travel between various groups. Easily create links and travel between them.  

The beautiful animated interface is like something from a sci-fi movie, but it isn't just eye-candy.  You can go from an "eagle-eye" view of your entire map to focusing on a single item with a simple pinch of your fingers.   There's just something about being able to manipulate the scale and space that goes perfectly with the idea of outlining. 

Here's a rundown on all its cool features:

● build hierarchical outlines in 3D space
● use familiar finger gestures to navigate and zoom
● connect related items with link lines - even between files!
● change item color and opacity
● change text color
● 'Flick' up or down to travel to top or bottom of lists
● special characters and foreign-language support
● universal app -- runs on both iphone and ipad
● easy travel between groups and files
● cut-and-paste items
● search in spaces, notes, and files
● item notes for supplemental information (text/photo/url)
● optional accelerometer rotate
● customizable color palette
● "to-do" style item checkboxes
● 2D orthogonal mode
● sync files between your iphone and iPad with Dropbox
● file support for Freemind, the free multi-platform desktop mind-mapping program
● stunning PDF export w/ active note links

Get some perspective on your thoughts.  Try Headspace today!

Let us know what else you'd like to see added, email headspace@flatblackfilms.com!

## Key features

- Build hierarchical outlines in 3D space
- Navigate and zoom with familiar finger gestures
- Connect related items with link lines
- Change item color and opacity
- Universal app for iPhone and iPad
- Sync files with Dropbox
- PDF export with active note links

## What do users think of Headspace?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎨 Beautiful, visually stunning 3D interface
- 💡 Innovative 3D mind mapping approach
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to learn
- 🔗 Powerful linking and cross-referencing features
- ✅ Useful checkbox functionality for to-do lists
- 📤 Good import/export capabilities (FreeMind, text, PDF)
- 🎯 Effective for organizing complex thoughts and ideas
- 📱 Universal app works on iPhone and iPad
- 🔄 Dropbox and Bonjour syncing between devices
- ⚡ Responsive and fluid interaction
- 🎪 Fun and engaging user experience
- 📊 Excellent for presentations and visual communication

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 💾 Data loss after updates and crashes
- 🔧 Clunky and cumbersome user interface for basic tasks
- 😵 Confusing workflow for adding and editing items
- 🎮 3D gimmick can be distracting and impractical
- 📖 Steep learning curve despite intuitive appearance
- 🔀 Accelerometer makes navigation difficult and erratic
- 👁️ Hard to read text when items are stacked
- ⚠️ No refund policy despite app issues
- 🚫 Limited cloud storage options
- 📉 Appears to lack active development
- 🔴 Performance issues with large maps

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on creating new groups
- Crashes when entering text on iPad
- Text color picker fails to change colors
- Instant crash when closing text color picker
- Crashes on Dropbox connection
- Data loss with file format updates
- Existing links lost after updates
- Screen flickers between files
- Text display issues after multiple app launches
- Color brightness settings lost
- Keyboard popup without dialog box
- Accelerometer causes erratic screen movement
- Incompatibility with iOS/iPadOS updates
- Performance lag with large maps
- Syncing issues between devices

**Most requested features**

- Desktop/Mac version for syncing
- iCloud syncing between iOS devices
- Google Drive and OneDrive support
- Evernote integration
- Ability to drag items between groups
- Undo functionality
- Export to email directly
- Different arrow/connector styles
- OPML export format
- Reminders and deadline notifications
- Different text box shapes
- Photo/image import and support
- Web-based version
- Ability to move items outside groups
- Simpler gesture controls for text entry
- List view option
- Icons and visual indicators for content types
- Advanced search functionality
- Child count indicators on parent nodes
- Customizable 3D graphics
- Movie recording with preset paths
- Structured data visualization capabilities
- Automatic color selection for new groups
- Bullet points for children items

## Recent user reviews (10 of 182)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/headspace/id300244538/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Genial

*2026-05-21*

Beste Mindmapping App für das iPhone.

### 5/5 — My Lovely app

*2024-08-19, version 3.6.2*

Боже, как же я люблю это приложение. Оно просто фантастическое, даже спустя столько лет. Жаль, что его никто не развивает((

### 1/5 — I found this confusing and not useful

*2024-08-01, version 3.6.2*

I did do the demo, but found this app to be a limited help and quite cumbersome, confusing I did ask for a refund, but was not provided one.

### 4/5 — iOS 15.4.1 ですが、使えなくなってます

*2022-07-03*

Drop botとの接続、治ってます。ご対応、感謝！
もう、開発中止なのかと、諦めていましたが、使います！

ーーーーーーー
一時期、かなり使っていまして、Dropbox にフォルダがのこってます。 しかし、iPhoneを12にして、iOSを15.4.1にしてから、 起動すると、ほんの一瞬、画面が表示されて、そのあと、Dropbox に接続するパネルにかわります。 そこで、Dropbox とリンクをおすのですが、アプリがダウンしてしまいます。 どこかにおかしな設定が残っているようにみえます。 対処の仕方を教えてくださ！ iPadでも同様です。

### 5/5 — Fix it

*2022-03-28, version 3.6*

Great, but crashes every time when I try to sync with Dropbox. iOS 15.4

### 5/5 — Does It Work With iPadOS? YES!

*2019-10-17, version 3.5.4*

Update: I held my breath after the flurry of iOS/iPadOS updates in recent weeks, concerned that I might lose access to favorite apps. And Headspace remains the most visually spectacular and functional (if not well-known) mindmappers ever created. Happily, it continues to deliver as a wonderful diagramming outliner/notetaker/brain storming tool!

This app developer publishes frequent updates, both bug fixes and new features. Headspace remains my favorite mindmapper and, for that matter, it functions as a great visual outliner with its generous-sized popup note panels and easy-to-slide elements. Altogether, it's a pleasure to use so I use it often!

PREVIOUS REVIEW: The most beautiful iPhone app is finally available for the iPad and as a universal app no less! iThoughtsHD is a fine mindmapper but Headspace is simply the most intuitive, easiest to use brainstorming application ever created for any platform. Don't believe it can be that great? Try it! You'll immediately discover that a three dimensional environment is the optimum way to display, stack and connect ideas. This developer has truly invented a "better mousetrap"! And now Headspace is a full resolution iPad for a fraction of the cost of most other mindmappers!

### 5/5 — 太好的软件了，望普及

*2018-04-15*

界面能不能美化一下啊

### 5/5 — 素晴らしい

*2017-12-26*

前々から売っていたら絶対欲しいと切望していた3D的マインドマップ。

・ノートの階層が奥行きで一目で分かるので覚えやすい。(左右にノート位置が移動できるので平面的に見ても問題無し)

・操作もシンプル・直感的で使いやすい。
(他の有名どころのマップappを3つほど使ったが、個人的に操作が凡雑で使いづらかった)

・また、独立ノートを同じマップ上に作成出来るのが嬉しい。
・なにより超かっこいいから使ってて楽しい！
これは永く使用したいです。

### 4/5 — I use mind maps but I also use this.

*2017-10-08, version 3.5.0*

I find it easier to layout certain ideas in Headspace then using a standard mind map.

### 5/5 — Absolut fabulous

*2017-07-04*

This App is really worth to look at it. Who knows Why it is not listed as a Mindmapping tool. its great with an own character and a new surface. I do like the possibility to move around and the interaction with the movement of my IPad.

## Frequently asked questions about Headspace

### What does the Headspace app do?

This app is a 3D outliner and mind-mapping application for iOS. It allows users to create hierarchical outlines and mind maps in a three-dimensional floating space, offering a unique visual way to organize information.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include building hierarchical outlines in 3D space, navigating with intuitive finger gestures, connecting related items with link lines, customizing item appearance, syncing files via Dropbox, and exporting to PDF with active note links.

### Is this the meditation app called Headspace?

No, this is not the meditation app. This is the original Headspace app, which focuses on 3D outlining and mind-mapping. There is a separate app with a similar name for guided meditation and mindfulness.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

This is a universal app, meaning it runs on both iPhone and iPad devices, offering a consistent experience across Apple's mobile platforms.

### What are some common use cases for this app?

Common use cases include brainstorming ideas, planning projects, creating study notes, organizing complex information, and visualizing relationships between different concepts or tasks in a dynamic 3D environment.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.6.4 — 2026-04-28

- fix graphical glitch with Rotation Return

### 3.6.3 — 2026-04-25

- open URLs in browser by default
- added preference to URLs in-app instead

### 3.6.2 — 2022-07-09

fixed Dropbox re-link authorization
fixed spacing on iPad buttons in landscape
fixed text windows running off screen in iPad landscape

### 3.6.1 — 2022-07-02

fixed Dropbox link crash

### 3.6 — 2022-03-20

- support for modern 'notch' phones

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