Comparison

MindSpace vs ChatMind

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

Head to head
About

MindSpace

Create and organize ideas quickly with a visual mind mapping tool. Edit, export, and share your maps across devices. Offers a minimalist design and secure data storage.

Highlights
  • Create concise mind maps
  • Organize ideas with colors and stickers
  • Capture fleeting inspiration
  • Exquisite and minimalist themes
  • Secure document editor for data
  • Free sharing of mind maps
Features
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Quickly create clean and simple mind maps. Edit them on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Export anytime to PDF, Images, Markdown, and other formats to share in your work and studies. Quickly Create Personalized Mind Maps • Efficiency: We split "Themes" into "Layouts" and "Color Schemes", carefully designing over 50 layouts and 60 color schemes. They support one-tap switching and can be freely combined into multiple styles. • Personalization: You can create your own layouts and color schemes, presetting almost all formatting options such as growth direction, width, spacing, structure, shapes, and the color of each individual branch. • Freedom: You can set different layouts for two separate mind maps, or even different layouts for different branches to form a hybrid structure mind map to present your content. You can also set it to "Manual Layout" to flexibly place every single node. Enrich Your Mind Maps in Multiple Ways • Notes: Add a place for supplementary information with support for quick viewing. • Links: Add a web link or local link. Local links can specify and jump to concrete nodes within the file. • Tasks: Add task buttons that can display progress checkboxes. • Relationships: Add relationship lines between two nodes or internal positions within a node. • Summaries: Add curly braces or polygon shapes for multiple nodes. • Images: Insert local images and set their alignment with text. • Drawings: Drawings made with Apple Pencil can also be inserted inside nodes. • Equations: Support adding LaTeX equations and modifying them at any time. • Stickers: Built-in with more than 1,000 beautiful stickers. AI Assistant Doubles Your Efficiency (Optional) • Expand: Enter an idea to quickly branch out content from different angles. • Convert: Transform a long article into a clearly structured mind map. • Image to Mind Map: Convert images containing text into a mind map with the matching structure. • Rewrite: Re-output much better text for a specified node. Mainstream Import & Export Formats • Import: Supports Markdown, OPML, TXT, FreeMind, iThoughts, etc. • Export: Supports PDF, JPG, PNG, TXT, Markdown, OPML, etc. More Convenient Features • Outline: One-tap toggle to outline mode, or start editing and arranging structures directly from the outline view. • Shortcuts: Provides a rich keyboard shortcut system that is fully customizable. • Focus Mode: Light up only your selected node and its related nodes for seamless presentation work. • Other Features: Canvas guides, widgets, auto-follow, and more. Data Security We build the App using the most safe and reliable architecture—a document-based editor. Your data belongs solely to you. The AI assistant only processes data you provide to it, and you can turn off AI globally. Subscription Information • You can subscribe to the "Pro" version monthly or annually. • Payments will be charged to your iTunes Account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. • Manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in your App Store Account Settings after purchase. Email: todo-color@outlook.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rednowapp.github.io/privacy-policy/

About

ChatMind

Features
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【ASK ANYTHING】 Here are some ideas you can ask AI to write for you: Stories, poems, song lyrics, scripts Essays, emails Homework Language practice & Text translation Information about anything Food recipes Dad jokes 1-week trip plan to USA What to watch Code, math equations and many more! 【GET INSTANT ANSWERS 】 Thanks to our powerful AI capabilities, you can get answers to any question instantly. From historical events and scientific facts to obscure trivia and pop culture references, It has the knowledge you need at your fingertips. 【WRITE ESSAYS, EMAILS EFFORTLESSLY】 Need help writing an essay or an email? It can help you generate ideas, write outlines, and even compose entire paragraphs. Tackle any writing task with ease. 【GET CREATIVE】 Unleash your creativity with Chat AI. Write a poem, rap song lyrics, or a story. 【PRACTICE ANY LANGUAGE】 It's multilingual capabilities, which means that you can chat in any language you want. Translate text, learn and practice your language. 【HAVE THE MOST HUMAN-LIKE CHAT】 You’ll feel like you’re chatting with a friend. It is friendly, conversational tone and personalized recommendations, based on ChatGPT, make it easy to chat about anything, from the mundane to the profound. Upgrade to our premium plan to get access to all chatting. Premium - Weekly subscription Premium - Monthly subscription Premium - Yearly subscription Your payment will be handled by Apple. Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Privacy Policy https://aichat-dcb832.webflow.io Terms of Use https://aichat-dcb832.webflow.io/terms

Screenshots

MindSpace4 screens
ChatMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MindSpace at none against ChatMind's shown. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. MindSpace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ChatMind sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MindSpace versus ChatMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindSpaceChatMind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (288 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings288 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB33 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer佳文 潘INSPARKS COMPANY LIMITED

Bugs and requests

MindSpace

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Nodes and content randomly disappearing
  • Compatibility issues with older devices
  • Syncing problems between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to scribble or handwrite notes
  • Improve keyboard shortcuts and text editing
  • Implement more advanced charting and data visualization
  • Allow custom node shapes and connection styles
  • Add support for importing/exporting other mind map formats

ChatMind

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

MindSpace

Subscriptions2
  • Subscription Monthly2 variants$0.991 Month
  • Subscription Yearly2 variants$7.991 Year
One-time4
  • 2000 AI Credits$1.49
  • Lifetime Pro2 variants$12.99
  • Lifetime Pro(Original)$12.99
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  • Lifetime Pro$29.99
9 purchases

ChatMind

Subscriptions9
  • Access to AI Chat Pro3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Access to AI Chat Pro$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited to AI Chat Pro3 Days trial$1.997 Days
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  • Unlimited to AI Chat Pro3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Unlimited to AI Chat Pro$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited to AI Chat Pro$8.991 Month
  • Access to AI Chat Pro$12.991 Year
  • Unlimited to AI Chat Pro$27.991 Year
  • Unlimited to AI Chat Pro$39.991 Year

Questions

Is MindSpace free?
MindSpace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChatMind free?
ChatMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MindSpace or ChatMind have ads?
ChatMind shows ads; MindSpace does not.
Which is updated more often, MindSpace or ChatMind?
MindSpace ships an update every 5 days, and ChatMind every 5 days. Most recently, MindSpace was updated on October 25, 2026 and ChatMind on October 18, 2026.

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