Comparison

Flowdia Diagrams vs Mind Mapping

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flowdia Diagrams

Create professional flowcharts, mind maps, and various other diagrams with an intuitive interface. Easily connect shapes, add elements, and customize your designs. Export your work in multiple formats, including PNG, JPG, PDF, and SVG.

Highlights
  • Create flowcharts, mind maps, BPMN, and network diagrams
  • Intuitive shape connection and element addition
  • Customizable shape appearance
  • Export to PNG, JPG, PDF, and SVG
  • Import custom images
  • Supports various UML diagram types
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Flowdia is an easy to use flow diagram tool that can be used to quickly create professional quality flowcharts, mind maps, BPMN, network and server layouts, Cisco network, Rack diagram, UML activity, business process and process flow diagrams. The app is designed with ease of use in mind. You can quickly connect flowchart shapes by simply selecting the start and end connection points and quickly add new lanes to a swimlane diagram or new sub-topics to a mind map diagram by using "+" button from the selected swimlane or mind map shape menu. The mind map sub-topics are automatically positioned on the page but can be easily moved as required. Flowdia supports export of the diagram / flowchart to PNG, JPG, PDF and SVG formats.You can view exported SVG files in Microsoft Visio. You can import custom PNG and JPG images. The following diagrams can be created using Flowdia: - Flowchart - Swimlanes - Mind Maps - BPMN - Network Diagram - AWS Architecture Diagram - Cisco Network Diagram - Server Layout Diagram - Rack Diagram - UML Class Diagram - UML Activity Diagram - UML Use Case Diagram - UML Sequence Diagram - Business Process Diagram - Process Flow - Chevron Diagram You can quickly select and change BPMN activity, event and gateway types by using the special shape selector available to all BPMN shapes. The flowchart shapes in this tool are not images can be re-sized without loosing quality. You can customize the look of the shapes by applying background color and also change the font color and size of the text. **NOTE: Free version of Flowdia is restricted to: - 4 files. - 1 page per diagram. - Cannot remove or duplicate pages. - Image and PDF exports with watermark

About

Mind Mapping

Organize your thoughts and ideas into structured visual formats like mind maps, flowcharts, and outlines. This app offers extensive customization, sharing, and export options for seamless idea management.

Highlights
  • Diagrams and mind maps
  • Flowcharts and outlines
  • Multiple color themes and styles
  • Customization tools
  • External sharing
  • Export as PDF and image
  • Offline mode
Features
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Mind Mapping is an app designed to help users shape their abstract ideas into a structured format, using diagrams, mind maps, flowcharts, outlines, tree charts, and other efficient visualization tools. We created this app for people like us who need to constantly organize their thoughts, concepts, and ideas but lack a robust solution to achieve their goals. The developed app encompasses all the necessary features to make your mind mapping journey convenient and seamless, including: • Multiple color themes and styles • Wide range of layouts and templates • Customization tools • External sharing (share your mind maps across any convenient external channel) • Export of a created mind map as PDF and image • iCloud document support • Offline mode • Ability to save drafts • Ability to draw connections between nodes We hope that our Mind Mapping app will help you during presentations, brainstorming, note-taking, meetings, idea generation, thoughts organization, and many other activities. Minimalistic and modern design, easy-to-use functionality, a wide range of tools to customize your mind maps, all these, and much more, is available to you so that all your ideas can be captured properly! Don’t forget to check our privacy policy and terms of service: https://mindster-map.com/privacy-policy.html https://mindster-map.com/terms-of-service.html SUBSCRIPTION INFO: • Subscription for Mind Mapping for full access to all features. • Subscription length: one week, one month, and lifetime. • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription.

Screenshots

Flowdia Diagrams4 screens
Mind Mapping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mind Mapping at 4.6 against Flowdia Diagrams's 3.4. Mind Mapping also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (379 vs 66). Flowdia Diagrams's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flowdia Diagrams sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mind Mapping sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mind Mapping holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mind Mapping has 379 ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Flowdia Diagrams's written reviews are positive against 43% of Mind Mapping's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flowdia Diagrams ships an update every 6 weeks, Mind Mapping every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Flowdia Diagrams versus Mind Mapping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowdia DiagramsMind Mapping
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (66 ratings)4.6 (379 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings66379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBehzad GorimarYalex FZC LLC

Customer experience

Flowdia Diagrams

All ratings66 ratings
Positive57.6%
Neutral10.6%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral14.8%
Negative31.0%

Mind Mapping

All ratings379 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative48.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flowdia Diagrams

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Premium$9.99
6 purchases

Mind Mapping

Subscriptions5
  • Mind Mapping - 1 Week$2.997 Days
  • Mind Mapping - 1 Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Mind Mapping - 1 Month$9.991 Month
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  • Mind Mapping – 6 Months$24.996 Months
  • Mind Mapping - 1 Year3 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mind Mapping - Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Flowdia Diagrams free?
Flowdia Diagrams is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mind Mapping free?
Mind Mapping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flowdia Diagrams or Mind Mapping?
Mind Mapping is rated higher. Flowdia Diagrams averages 3.4 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Mind Mapping averages 4.6 from 379 ratings.
Do Flowdia Diagrams or Mind Mapping have ads?
Mind Mapping shows ads; Flowdia Diagrams does not.
Which is updated more often, Flowdia Diagrams or Mind Mapping?
Flowdia Diagrams ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mind Mapping every 3 weeks. Most recently, Flowdia Diagrams was updated on September 23, 2026 and Mind Mapping on September 20, 2026.

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