# MindNode – Classic — Mind Mapping, Brainstorm Ideas > Brainstorming and mind mapping app for idea capture and organization. (iPhone/iPad app by IdeasOnCanvas GmbH.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindnode-classic/id1218718027 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [IdeasOnCanvas GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/312220105) - Category: Productivity, Business - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.50/5 from 1,923 App Store ratings · 122 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 390 MB - Languages: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and 5 more - Released: 2017-11-28 - Data updated: 2026-08-27 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindnode-classic/id1218718027/reviews.md ## What is MindNode? Every great idea starts with a single thought. And another. And then a million more. MindNode is the most delightful brainstorming app for Mac and iOS. It helps you capture your thoughts and create a clear picture of your idea. Featured as Apple’s “App of the Day” & “Editors’ Choice” WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? • Capture Your Thoughts Whether as words, images, links, tasks, or notes, capture your thoughts in any form. Create an outline for an organized, hierarchical view, and observe how it grows as a mind map. Use the mind map to visually rearrange nodes and add new thoughts. MindNode is the right tool to get your ideas out of your head the way you want to. • Organize Your Idea Your document reflects your ever-changing understanding of an idea as you add and adjust thoughts. Move, tag, connect, detach, and reconnect as often as you like. Mind map and outline side-by-side. Concentrate on one thought at a time with Focus Mode, Visual Tags, and foldable branches. • Style Your Mind Map Personalize your document with beautiful out-of-the-box themes and custom stickers. Make your mind map look just right by styling every detail. With Smart Layout your idea will always look fantastic. • Share Your Vision Easily share your documents with others or move them one step further in your creative process. Send tasks to Apple Reminders, Things, or OmniFocus. Export your idea as text, image, and to many other file formats. STAY PRODUCTIVE WHEREVER YOU GO Whether it’s on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, with MindNode, you stay productive wherever you are. Store your files on iCloud Drive and access them on all your devices. FREE EDITOR Use MindNode for free to capture your ideas with actions like editing, rearranging, and folding nodes, as well as importing and exporting files. • Capture: grow your thoughts into fully-fledged ideas • Fold branches: keep your documents organized • Import: FreeMind, MindManager, iThoughts, plain text, RTF, CSV, OPML, Markdown, TextBundle • Export: plain text, RTF, CSV, OPML, PDF, PNG image, Markdown, TextBundle, TaskPaper, FreeMind MINDNODE PLUS MindNode Plus is a cross-platform subscription for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It unlocks all of MindNode’s features like Outlining, Visual Tags, Focus Mode, Notes, Themes, Stickers, Connections, and much more. MindNode Plus is available as a monthly and a yearly subscription. Try out all of MindNode’s features with a free 14-day trial. • Collect everything: add text, images, and links to nodes • Outlining: create your document using a hierarchical, organized approach • Visual Tags: tag your thoughts for more context, highlight tags to see new relationships • Notes: keep your mind map easy to read without losing a single detail • Connections: connect nodes on different branches • Tasks: turn your thoughts into actions • Quick Entry: just start typing to collect thoughts • Themes: beautiful out-of-the-box themes and unlimited personal themes • Images: insert your own images and annotate them • Stickers: 260+ hand-crafted stickers with adjustable colors • Styling: rich styling options for every single part of your mind map • Layouts: top-down and horizontal • Focus Mode: put a spotlight on a single branch • Dark Mode: for when your thoughts come at night • Share Tasks: to Apple Reminders, Things, and OmniFocus WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT MINDNODE “The app keeps out of your way, so it doesn’t interrupt your thought processes.” – New York Times “An app on the cutting edge of iOS design and technologies.” – MacStories “Slowly grow and track your ideas, connecting nodes to help you better conceptualize your idea or thoughts.” – BusinessInsider QUESTIONS? Reach out to us at support@mindnode.com and on Twitter (@mindnode). Let us know if you have any questions or issues. We’re always glad to help. Terms of Service: https://mindnode.com/terms ## Key features - Capture thoughts as text, images, links, or tasks - Organize ideas with hierarchical outlines and mind maps - Style mind maps with themes and stickers - Export ideas to various formats - Cross-platform productivity with iCloud sync - Focus Mode and foldable branches for organization ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Monthly Subscription | $2.99 | per month | | Yearly Subscription | $24.99 | per year | | Yearly Subscription | $24.99 | per year | | Yearly Subscription | $24.99 | per year | ## What do users think of MindNode? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth and intuitive interface - 🧠 Excellent for organizing thoughts and ideas - 🌐 Seamless sync across devices - 💻 Great for both personal and professional use - 🎨 Beautiful and customizable themes **Cons** - 💰 Subscription model frustrates some users - 🔒 Locked features behind paywall - 🐛 Occasional sync and stability issues - 🔀 Limited layout and connection options **Commonly reported bugs** - Files disappearing or becoming corrupted - App crashing after recent updates - Inability to restore previous purchases **Most requested features** - Add audio recording capability - Improve handwriting and Apple Pencil support - Allow more flexible node connections and layouts - Provide a one-time purchase option ## Recent user reviews (10 of 122) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindnode-classic/id1218718027/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Amazon app wasted by subscription model *2024-11-09* You can only add to the right of the nodes on free plan, like what? ### 2/5 — Features locked *2024-11-09* It’s ok… but I would love it way more if a few more features were free. Something as simple as being able to highlight the text or change the colour of the text. I know you can pay to unlock simple features but is just so annoying for something so simple. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2024-09-03* Old Review: Once you create a new document and are actually on the document, the experience is smooth and relatively simple. But getting to the document, that’s the hard part. At least it is for me. Whenever I open it, i can’t find my document because the only tabs there are for me is Recents and Shared. And since the document I was working on doesn’t show up, there is no way for me to find it. I don’t know, maybe I’m doing something wrong. But there should be a tab or group or something where you can see ALL of the mind maps you’ve ever created at once, even if they’re years old. If they fix this, then I will without a doubt give this app a 5 star rating. Edit: Ok, my problem is fixed. My iPad was just acting weird so I shut it down and then restarted it, and now everything’s working again. Amazing app! **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your feedback! I understand your point. However, did you know you can sort your files (for example) by date created? Therefore, click the sort files icon in the upper left corner of your Finder. I hope this helps you find your documents faster. Best regards, Jessica ### 4/5 — Great mind-mapping, so close, but… *2024-09-02* I’ve had a Mind Node subscription for years, and used it with much success. It is great for brainstorming as long as you have a regimented perspective with the hierarchical way that layouts and node creation and connection works in the app. However, keep in mind, that’s not the full nature of *brainstorming*! Things are not always strictly hierarchical, nor pure parent-child relationships. Sometimes logic is more mesh-oriented, parents defer to other parents, or a linear flow or connection needs to be represented without imposing hierarchy or priority or parent-child type relationships. Full disclosure — I’m an app-developer myself, and I find that design often suffers from the limitation of narrow perspective — and how an app is used (or can be) informs well about design. I want so badly to use Mind Node as my single brainstorming app, but the inability to gracefully do simple linear flows without imposing hierarchy requires me to have another graphing / diagramming app — I cannot rely on Mind Node as my sole app for brainstorming. I’ve seen other user reviews requesting the same thing. The ability to create and connect nodes without imposing hierarchy or rank visually on nodes (think: just a simple flow chart) would be a major improvement in the app, and would align more closely with the nature of true brainstorming. Here’s to hoping for that in the future! **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your feedback! We're glad you enjoy using MindNode. Also, since we value the opinions of our users highly, we will consider your suggestions and discuss them with the team in the near future. Best regards, Jessica ### 4/5 — Great, except for one problem. *2024-08-31* Once you create a new document and are actually on the document, the experience is smooth and relatively simple. But getting to the document, that’s the hard part. At least it is for me. Whenever I open it, i can’t find my document because the only tabs there are for me is Recents and Shared. And since the document I was working on doesn’t show up, there is no way for me to find it. I don’t know, maybe I’m doing something wrong. But there should be a tab or group or something where you can see ALL of the mind maps you’ve ever created at once, even if they’re years old. If they fix this, then I will without a doubt give this app a 5 star rating. **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your feedback! I understand your point. However, did you know you can sort your files (for example) by date created? Therefore, click the sort files icon in the upper left corner of your Finder. I hope this helps you find your documents faster. Best regards, Jessica ### 5/5 — fantastic mind mapping app *2024-08-09* this minding app is a real pleasure to use, especially as it syncs across your mobile and onto your MacBook so you can work on the roof and then refine in the office, also great as it backs up to the cloud as I had a terrible experience with losing all my mind maps to a crappy mind mapping app which saved on a local drive, definitely worth the money also great for communicating concepts to the team and collaborators **Developer response:** Hi, we're very happy to hear you enjoy using MindNode and it enhances your workflow! Best regards, Jessica ### 5/5 — My go to note taking tool *2024-07-01* Love this elegant interface - have used this program for over 10 years It’s is consistently the best and is idea for setting up and prioritizing ideas /plans & lists **Developer response:** Happy to hear you enjoy MindNode:) We are glad to have you as a user for such a long time! Best regards, Jessica ### 2/5 — Used it for years… now subscription *2024-06-29* I used it for so many years and loved it. It was a one time pay with paid upgrades for each new major version like software should be. Then they went the subscription route. **Developer response:** I'm sorry you're feeling this way! Some of the reasons that led to our switch in the business model are that subscriptions allow us to deliver updates to our users much more frequently. They also provide us with a stable roadmap for the future where we can continue to adopt new Apple technologies on time. In addition, it also makes pricing much more predictable for the customers. Using our free version you can create and edit MindNode documents. We support basic editing features like creating new nodes, adding titles, reordering nodes, and folding child nodes. The Free Editor also allows the importing and exporting of all supported file formats. This may be an alternative for you:) Best regards, Jessica ### 1/5 — Usability stripped out and resold *2024-05-24* I bought the Pro version of this app a while back and absolutely loved it. I’m disappointed to now see that the features I enjoyed and payed a premium for (albeit a one off payment) have now been stripped out and I’m being asked to “upgrade” for the privilege of using features I’ve already bought. The app is not worth using without the annual subscription and I’m not paying again. Back to pen and paper for me. **Developer response:** Hi Bess, thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry you're feeling this way. To offer you even more features we decided to switch to a subscription model a while ago. However, since we have no intention to take anything away from our users you can still use the version of MindNode you originally purchased, regularly. If you have any trouble accessing MindNode please contact us at support@mindnode.com so we can have a further look into this issue. Best regards, Jessica ### 5/5 — Safety *2024-04-23* I return here whenever there's a real crisis. It's very well built, helps me think, and doesn't make me miserable. Deep-linking to nodes, and slightly better thinking around the Shortcuts actions, would be appreciated but I'm happy for the team to take their time. They know what they're doing from the points of view of user experience and stability, unlike nearly everyone else. **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your nice feedback, I'll definitely pass it along to the team! I'm happy to hear you enjoy MindNode so much:) Also, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and ideas with us. I've added your wishes for deep linking to nodes and enhancing our shortcut actions to our list of suggested features and will bring it up with the team. I can't however promise that it will make it into the app soon. Still, we review everything users send to us carefully. Best regards, Jessica ## Frequently asked questions about MindNode ### What does MindNode do? MindNode is a brainstorming and mind mapping application designed to help users capture, organize, and visualize their ideas. It allows you to transform scattered thoughts into structured mind maps and outlines, making complex projects more manageable. ### What are the key features of MindNode? Key features include capturing thoughts in various forms (text, images, links, tasks), organizing them hierarchically, styling mind maps with themes and stickers, and exporting to multiple formats. It also offers Focus Mode and foldable branches for better organization. ### How much does MindNode cost? The app offers a free editor that allows basic functions like editing, rearranging, and folding nodes, as well as importing and exporting files. For advanced features like Outlining, Visual Tags, Notes, and Themes, a subscription to MindNode Plus is required, available monthly or yearly. ### What devices is MindNode compatible with? MindNode is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your work can be synced across all your devices using iCloud Drive, ensuring you can stay productive wherever you are. ### What are common use cases for MindNode? Common use cases include brainstorming for creative projects, planning complex tasks, organizing research, outlining presentations or essays, and visualizing business strategies. It's useful for anyone who needs to structure and develop ideas. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2026.0.2 — 2026-06-02 • Fixed "Add Sketch" feature on iOS 26 • Fixed conflicting keyboard shortcuts • Fixed QuickLook previews for documents created with MindNode Next ### 2026.0.1 — 2026-02-16 • Fixed an issue when applying personal hierarchical themes ### 2023.8.1 — 2025-12-15 Enhancements • Fixed a missing line-style connection delimiter icon in the inspector on iOS. • Normalized filenames to ensure mind map creation works correctly for Korean users on iOS. • Fixed an issue where items could appear in reversed order after reconnecting on iOS and macOS. • Fixed a crash that could occur on the What's New screen on some iOS devices. ### 2023.8 — 2025-10-21 Liquid Glass A redesigned interface that takes advantage of Apple’s Liquid Glass design. Fixed • Font Picker: Fixed an issue where the font picker wouldn’t work after changing selection on iOS. • Node Creation: Resolved a crash that could occur when creating a new child node. • File Compatibility: Opening older MindNode files now works correctly again. • Thumbnail Stability: Fixed a crash related to document thumbnails. • Outline Editing: Link editing in the outline now ends automatically when you move focus. MindNode Next, our new version now features AI Brainstorming, Live Collaboration, and much more. Included for free with any MindNode Classic subscription. ### 2023.7 — 2025-07-23 Hierarchical Themes – Create your own hierarchical themes and make each level fit your style. ## More apps by IdeasOnCanvas GmbH - [MindNode – Volume License](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindnode-volume-license/id1407696098) - [MindNode: Mind Map & Outline](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindnode-mind-map-and-outline/id6446116532) All apps by IdeasOnCanvas GmbH: https://appshunter.io/developer/312220105 ## Related topics [mass ideation](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/mass-ideation) · [medallia ideas](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/medallia-ideas) · [youniversal ideas](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/youniversal-ideas) · [idea generator eye](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/idea-generator-eye) · [sondermind for clients](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/sondermind-for-clients) · [org mapping](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/org-mapping) · [ideate](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ideate) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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