MindLine Mind Map vs YouMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MindLine Mind Map
This app helps you quickly create mind maps for brainstorming, note-taking, and task organization. It offers powerful features in a straightforward design and supports cloud syncing for data safety across devices.
- Quick mind map creation
- Note-taking
- Idea organization
- Task arrangement
- Cloud backup and sync
- Cross-device compatibility
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MindLine is one of the best tools for building mindmap quickly, which is straightforward designed and easy to use, but contains powerful functions. You can make notes, organize ideas, arrange tasks, and take a brainstorming here. We support cloud service to backup and sync files, that make your data safe and quickly to use on different devices. If any question and suggestion, please contact mindline@126.com. Thanks!
YouMind
Easily create and customize mind maps with a variety of editing tools. Insert images, organize topics with drag-and-drop, and share your creations in multiple formats. Sync your work across devices using iCloud.
- Quick mind map creation
- Customizable text and appearance
- Drag-and-drop topic organization
- Image insertion and editing
- Multiple sharing formats
- iCloud synchronization
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Features: 1. Create mindmap quickly. 2. Change font, text size ,color , background color,line color , topic shape easily. 3. Support drag-drop, cut and paste to edit it's level. 4. Support insert image, crop image, image filters. 5. Support share your mindmapx file with your friends via social media, .mmx file or png image. 6. Document Browser Based, you can sync your mindmapx file via iCloud, so the files can share with multi devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: YouMind at none against MindLine Mind Map's shown. MindLine Mind Map's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 48%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. MindLine Mind Map sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and YouMind sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for MindLine Mind Map against 4.5 for YouMind. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 204 and 111 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of MindLine Mind Map's written reviews are positive against 48% of YouMind's.
MindLine Mind Map ships an update fortnightly, YouMind every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MindLine Mind Map | YouMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (204 ratings) | 4.5 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 48.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 204 — better | 111 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Brown Bear Technology Co., LTD | 炜春 唐 |
Customer experience
MindLine Mind Map
YouMind
Bugs and requests
MindLine Mind Map
Reported bugs
11 issues- Cloud sync not working between devices
- Cannot create new items in portrait mode on iPad
- Plus button doesn't appear in portrait mode
- AI generation features no longer functional
- App crashes with small workloads
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- Subscription payment charged twice
- Cannot open local files on iPad version
- Undo button doesn't appear on double-click
- Confusing login and sync interface
- File cannot be saved without subscription
- Game code screen pops up frequently
Requested features
15 requests- Apple Pencil support for iPad
- Ability to rename files after saving
- Undo/redo functionality
- Checkbox/to-do list feature
- Ability to manually switch main branches left-right
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- More mark/icon options
- Improved export resolution for images
- Folder organization system
- Sharing to cloud services (OneDrive, OneNote, etc.)
- Return key support in outline mode for adding branches
- Line adjustment and customization in map mode
- Summary bracket resizing capability
- Ability to modify palette after creation
- Multiple link selection for moving
- Merge/combine lines feature
YouMind
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MindLine Mind Map
- Pro Version (3 Months)$3.99
- Pro Version for One Year$9.99
- Pro Version Forever$22.99
YouMind
- Youmind Pro(Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Youmind Pro (Yearly)$7.991 Year
- 7 days Free TrialFree
- Unlock Forever$3.99
