Comparison

Miro vs MapNote2

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

Head to head
About

Miro

This app provides a collaborative visual workspace for teams to brainstorm, design, and build projects together. It offers a limitless digital canvas for idea visualization, note-taking, and workflow management, accessible from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Limitless digital canvas
  • Online meetings and workshops
  • Brainstorming and idea generation
  • Document and PDF annotation
  • Digital note-taking
  • Agile workflow management
  • Pre-made templates
Features
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Miro is a visual workspace for innovation that enables distributed teams of any size to dream, design, and build the future together. With the magic of Miro's Intelligent Canvas™, visualizing concepts, ideas, and solutions as a team can happen anywhere — no dry-erase markers needed. Sync, flow, and feel the connection of working side by side with your team — even in remote, distributed, or hybrid work environments. The Miro app for iPad and iPhone gives you the tools to collaborate with boards that put projects and context all in one place. Our customers love using Miro to: • Run online meetings and team workshops • Brainstorm new ideas and designs on a limitless board • Edit, annotate and mark up documents and PDFs • Take digital notes with an Apple Pencil (and reduce paper use!) • Easily collect resources, photos, docs, links, and references • Plan and manage agile workflows and scrum rituals • Create user journeys, map processes, and develop personas • Teach and facilitate interactive classes in a collaborative space • Create a vision board of ideas and inspiration Miro allows you to create anytime, anywhere. With over 200+ pre-made templates, a drag-and-drop interface, and no limit on collaborators, working on a Miro board is fast and fun. With Miro’s mobile app, you can: • Scan paper post-it notes and convert them into editable digital notes • Create, view, and edit all your boards • Capture and organize your ideas on the go • Share boards publicly or invite team members to edit • Upload images, pictures, docs, spreadsheets, and more • Share boards and invite team members to edit • Review, add and resolve comments On tablets, you can also use Miro to: • Draw concepts and sketch new design ideas with an Apple Pencil • Convert pencil or stylus drawings into shapes, notes, and diagrams • Set up your tablet as the second screen with Zoom or Microsoft Teams - Create Mind Maps to visualize your ideas • Use Lasso to select and move sketches, drawings, or text anywhere on the board • Use Highlighter to capture the attention of your team during a meeting If you enjoy using Miro for collaboration, please leave us a review. If something’s not working right or if you have a question or comment, get in touch with us using this form: https://help.miro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?referer=store

About

MapNote2

This app offers an infinitely expanding canvas for capturing and organizing thoughts. It's designed to mimic the natural, radial way the brain generates ideas, moving beyond linear note-taking. Ideal for brainstorming, mind mapping, and sketching out concepts.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for idea spreading
  • Radial thinking support
  • Mind mapping
  • Brainstorming tool
  • Idea sketching
Features
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Using MapNote, you can spread your ideas anywhere on an infinitely spread canvas. I think the way the brain works when thinking about ideas is random and radial rather than linear. Traditional notes that need to be written sequentially from left to right are not very suitable for this process. If you use this infinite size notebook application, you can freely spread your ideas from the center of the page, so you can come up with ideas more naturally. Ideal for creating rough mind maps, brainstorming and idea sketches.

Screenshots

Miro4 screens
MapNote24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Miro at Free against MapNote2's $5.99. Miro also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). MapNote2's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Miro is free to download; MapNote2 costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Miro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Miro has 5.8K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Miro's written reviews are positive against 46% of MapNote2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Miro ships an update fortnightly, MapNote2 every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Miro versus MapNote2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiroMapNote2
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating4.7 (5.8K ratings) — better4.1 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews39.2% of reviews45.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.8K — better36
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRealtimeBoard Inc.Naoya Enokida

Customer experience

Miro

All ratings5,837 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews967 reviews
Positive39.2%
Neutral14.3%
Negative46.5%

MapNote2

All ratings36 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive45.7%
Neutral18.1%
Negative36.2%

Bugs and requests

Miro

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Keyboard keeps popping up
  • Pen/pencil issues and unreliable drawing
  • Boards not saving properly
  • Boards not duplicating correctly
  • Inability to edit note descriptions
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  • Login and authentication problems

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add color brown
  • Ability to flip drawings
  • Opacity slider
  • Infinite zoom in/out
  • Easier invite process
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  • Support for Magic Keyboard and trackpad
  • Offline mode
  • Better iPad optimization
  • Mathematical formula input
  • Collapsible mindmaps

MapNote2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Miro

No in-app purchases

None

MapNote2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Miro free?
Miro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapNote2 free?
MapNote2 costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Miro or MapNote2?
Miro is rated higher. Miro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.8K ratings, while MapNote2 averages 4.1 from 36 ratings.
Do Miro or MapNote2 have ads?
Neither Miro nor MapNote2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Miro or MapNote2?
Miro ships an update fortnightly, and MapNote2 every 6 months. Most recently, Miro was updated on October 21, 2026 and MapNote2 on October 21, 2026.

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