Comparison

MindFlow 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

MindFlow

Easily create structure and flow diagrams with a simple interface. Edit branches, change shapes and themes, and export your creations. Cloud backup and sync across devices are also supported.

Highlights
  • Quick diagram building
  • Easy branch editing
  • Customizable branch shapes
  • Themable diagram interface
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Export diagrams
Features
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MindFlow is one of best tools for building structure and flow diagram quickly. It's very easy to use without complex user interface. Click the branch to begin editing, and long press to show menu options that you can move, copy, delete, connect, export for branches. You can change the shape of branches, the theme of diagram in the App Settings. We supports our cloud service to backup and sync files, and you can sync files between different devices. If any question and suggestion, please contact mindline@126.com, thanks!

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

MindFlow4 screens
Mind Mapping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: MindFlow at free with in-app purchases against Mind Mapping's subscription. MindFlow also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Mind Mapping's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (379 vs 33). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MindFlow sells 3 one-off in-app purchases 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mind Mapping has 379 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of MindFlow'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

MindFlow ships an update every 17 months, Mind Mapping every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MindFlow versus Mind Mapping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindFlowMind Mapping
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (33 ratings)4.6 (379 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings33379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Brown Bear Technology Co., LTDYalex FZC LLC

Customer experience

MindFlow

All ratings33 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral15.6%
Negative15.6%

Mind Mapping

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MindFlow

One-time3
  • Pro Version (3 Months)$2.99
  • Pro Version for One Year$6.99
  • Pro Version Forever$14.99
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 MindFlow free?
MindFlow 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, MindFlow or Mind Mapping?
Mind Mapping is rated higher. MindFlow averages 4.4 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Mind Mapping averages 4.6 from 379 ratings.
Do MindFlow or Mind Mapping have ads?
Both MindFlow and Mind Mapping show ads.
Which is updated more often, MindFlow or Mind Mapping?
MindFlow ships an update every 17 months, and Mind Mapping every 3 weeks. Most recently, MindFlow was updated on August 19, 2026 and Mind Mapping on September 20, 2026.

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