Brainstorming vs Mind Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brainstorming
This app helps you explore and develop ideas through interactive word clouds and suggestions. You can add various media like images, links, and voice memos to enrich your concepts. It's designed to streamline creative processes for projects, naming, and investigations.
- Interactive idea exploration
- Thematic word cloud generation
- AI-powered suggestions
- Multimedia content integration
- Project sharing
- Export as image, video, or PDF
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Unleash your creativity with Brainstorming, an intuitive platform where ideas come alive through interactive exploration. Automatically generate thematic clouds from your initial subjects and receive relevant suggestions tailored to your projects, just like magic. Dive deep into word relationships and concepts, adding images, sketches, voice memos, and web links. Explore cultural references from movies to Wikipedia articles. With a free account, create and share your Brainstormings with your friends and colleagues, and explore our community's public Brainstormings for fresh ideas. Streamline your creative process. Catchphrases, names, themes, or conducting investigations, Brainstorming simplifies it all. Subscribe to Brainstorming Premium for 1,99$/month to enjoy : • Unlimited Brainstorming projects • Unlimited number of levels in your Brainstorming projects • Adding artificial intelligence powered suggestions at all times, images and art references • Export and share your Brainstorming projects as images, videos or PDF. These prices apply to United States residents. Prices may vary in other countries respecting your local currency exchange rate. Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account. At the end of the term, unless auto-renewables subscriptions are disabled, your subscription will automatically renew in your iTunes account. You will be charged for the regular price of your subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current term. You can turn off automatic renewal in your iTunes account settings at any time, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of any term. Find more informations about the confidentiality policy of Brainstorming on https://brainstormi.ng/policy To read our Terms of Use, visit https://brainstormi.ng/terms
Mind Map
This app offers a flexible mind mapping experience with three distinct layout options to suit various thinking styles. It fully supports Apple Pencil for intuitive input and allows for real-time collaboration with others, making it ideal for both personal and team projects.
- Three distinct layout modes (circular, vertical, horizontal)
- Full Apple Pencil support
- Real-time collaboration features
- Switchable layouts with one click
- Concretizes abstract thinking
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In the new era of mind mapping, creative layout is up to you! Have you ever longed to freely explore the ocean of thought, yet been limited by traditional and singular ways of presentation? Now, everything will change! We are proud to launch a new mind mapping app - "Multiform", a smart tool designed specifically for you who pursue efficiency and creativity! [Three layouts, do as you please] Say goodbye to monotony and embrace diversity! "Multiform" provides three unique layout modes that can be switched with just one click, allowing your thoughts to bloom freely on the screen: 1. Circular layout: Circular design, visually innovative, perfectly presents the internal connections between complex concepts, allowing thinking to flow like circular rings interlocking, and inspiration to circulate infinitely. 2. Vertical layout: From top to bottom, the hierarchy is clear, suitable for structured thinking and project management, allowing your ideas to flow like a waterfall, with clear organization. 3. Horizontal layout: From left to right, it is flat and straightforward, making it easy to capture the linear trajectory of thinking development, allowing every idea to flow naturally like water, connecting into a river of thinking. [Supports Apple Pencil, inspiration is within reach] What's even more exciting is that "Multiform" fully supports Apple Pencil! Whether it's delicately depicting the thought process or quickly sketching creative ideas, they can flow naturally and smoothly like flowing clouds and water. Let every stroke become a witness to your sparks of wisdom, seamlessly integrate creativity and thinking, and truly achieve 'what you think is what you get'. [Collaborate with others to create a crystallization of wisdom] Not only that, "Multiform" also breaks spatial limitations and supports collaboration with others! Whether it's brainstorming among team members or classroom interaction between teachers and students, it can be easily achieved. Share a mind map, synchronize editing and updates, so that every idea can quickly converge into the wisdom of the team. Whether it's study notes, work plans, or creative planning, "Multiform" can concretize abstract thinking in the most suitable way for you, making every idea shine brightly. Download "Multiform" now and embark on your journey of efficient thinking! Whether it's personal growth or team collaboration, we are the best partners for you to think critically. Let's light up the future together with wisdom and extend our thinking infinitely! Please visit the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at: https://multiformapp.github.io/multiform/privacy Feedback: zhangqi_chn@icloud.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mind Map at 80% against Brainstorming's 26%. Mind Map also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1). Brainstorming's advantage is ratings volume (71 vs 6) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Brainstorming sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mind Map sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mind Map holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brainstorming has 71 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Brainstorming's written reviews are positive against 80% of Mind Map's.
Brainstorming ships an update every 9 days, Mind Map weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brainstorming | Mind Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (71 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guillaume Cendre | 奇 张 |
Customer experience
Brainstorming
Mind Map
In-app purchases
Brainstorming
- Brainstorming Premium$1.991 Month
- Brainstorming Platinum$3.991 Month
Mind Map
- One-Year Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Perpetual License$9.99








