Comparison

Brain;Notes 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

Brain;Notes

Organize your thoughts and information with a scrapbook-style notepad. Freely add text, photos, maps, URLs, and voice memos to multiple workspaces. Notes can be secured with biometric authentication and exported as PDFs.

Highlights
  • Scrapbook-style organization
  • Support for text, photo, location, URL, and voice notes
  • Multiple workspaces with custom wallpapers
  • Biometric note locking
  • Calendar and Reminder integration
  • PDF export and AirDrop support
  • Stable and Shared note modes
Features
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"Brain;Notes" is a scrapbook-like sticky note that uses sticky notes to efficiently organize your ideas and information. You can freely write down not only text but also maps, photos, URLs, and other notes on your workspace. It can be used in a variety of ways depending on your ideas and thoughts, such as mind mapping. Main Features ・Simple menu-driven user interface. ・Available note types: text, photo, location, URL, and voice. ・Voice notes can be recorded for 60 seconds. ・Multiple workspaces are available for managing notes. ・Each workspace can have its own wallpaper. ・Each note can be locked by biometric authentication. ・Notes can be created as events in Calendar.app. ・Notes can be registered in Reminder.app. ・Workspaces can be exported as PDF files. ・AirDrop is supported. ・App supports for Sharing. (Notes can be created by "Share" from other apps. Notes can be created by dragging from other apps.) Unique Features: ・When a note is set to "Stable" mode, it will appear in all workspaces. If you create a new workspace, the note will still appear automatically. ・When a note is set to "Shared" mode, it will only appear in the workspace you select. Attentions: ・There is no ability to delete a workspace. However, you can delete all notes on a workspace with a three-finger tap gesture. Please be careful not to create too many workspaces. ・If there are less than 10 notes left, the app will automatically refill notes to 10 at midnight. Gesture Operations: Workspace (gray area): ・Single Tap: shows menu. ・Double Tap: creates new note. ・Two Finger Tap: reset wallpaper. ・Three Finger Tap: deletes all notes on the workspace. Sticky notes: ・Single Tap: shows menu. ・Double Tap: transforms appearance. ・Long Press: shows context menu.

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

Mind Mapping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mind Mapping at 4.6 against Brain;Notes's 1.0. Mind Mapping also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 0%) and ratings volume (379 vs 1). Brain;Notes's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases 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. Brain;Notes sells 4 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 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mind Mapping has 379 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Brain;Notes's written reviews are positive against 42% of Mind Mapping's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain;Notes ships an update every 6 days, Mind Mapping every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Brain;Notes versus Mind Mapping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain;NotesMind Mapping
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (379 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews41.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB107 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKouichi AbeYalex FZC LLC

Customer experience

Brain;Notes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Mind Mapping

All ratings379 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Brain;Notes

One-time4
  • 20 notes$0.99
  • 50 notes$1.99
  • 80 notes$2.99
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  • 150 notes$4.99
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
Show 2 more
  • 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 Brain;Notes free?
Brain;Notes 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, Brain;Notes or Mind Mapping?
Mind Mapping is rated higher. Brain;Notes averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mind Mapping averages 4.6 from 379 ratings.
Do Brain;Notes or Mind Mapping have ads?
Mind Mapping shows ads; Brain;Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Brain;Notes or Mind Mapping?
Brain;Notes ships an update every 6 days, and Mind Mapping every 3 weeks. Most recently, Brain;Notes was updated on October 3, 2026 and Mind Mapping on October 5, 2026.

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