Fly Mind Free vs HotNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fly Mind Free
Easily organize your thoughts and projects with this intuitive mind mapping tool. Create beautiful, expandable mind maps with a clean interface and numerous customization options. Save your creations as photos.
- Easy mind map creation
- Expandable canvas
- Customizable themes and line styles
- Foldable and movable menu
- Save as photo
- Dynamic visual effects
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This is a free version that contains advertisements. If you like it, you can buy the paid version.Less is more.Very easy and speedy to create beautiful mind map.Very easy to use.Many kinds of theme(56 kinds of theme).Freely change line style(9 kinds of line style).Clean and beautiful interface.Foldable and movable menu.Help you organize your thoughts very quickly.Infinitely expanding canvas.You can create your project as big as you can.Infinitely central thoughts.Freely move any mind map node.Automatic line adjustment.It can also be saved as photo to your photo library.Easy and beautiful.This software uses game engine to develop,so it has some dynamic effects.The mind map list uses big screenshots,so you can see all your mind maps very clearly!
HotNotes
Organize your daily tasks and appointments with a stylish and intuitive note-taking app. Create to-do lists, break down tasks into smaller steps, and set reminders for important events. No sign-in is required to start planning your life.
- Daily to-do lists
- Task breakdown
- Shapes tool for drawing
- Elegant design
- Appointment planning
- Daily diary creation
- Event reminders
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• Write daily to-do lists and mark tasks as completed Your basic building block is the almighty To-Do—each a small step toward a great accomplishment. You can add notes, schedule it, and break it down into smaller steps. Features - Draw perfect shapes and lines with shapes tool - enjoy an elegant and eye-pleasing design - plan appointments and set up a stylish agenda - write daily to-do lists and mark tasks as completed - take notes for every day and create a diary - reminders for important events, tasks or notes - no sign-in or registration necessary
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HotNotes at 3.5 against Fly Mind Free's 2.5. Fly Mind Free's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 28 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HotNotes holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Fly Mind Free's written reviews are positive against 0% of HotNotes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fly Mind Free ships an update every 3 weeks, HotNotes every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fly Mind Free | HotNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (11 ratings) | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 智杰 王 | Samsuddin Ahmed Sohag |
Customer experience
Fly Mind Free
HotNotes
In-app purchases
Fly Mind Free
No in-app purchases
HotNotes
No in-app purchases
