Comparison

MindSpace vs Mindly 2

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

Mindly 2

This app offers a visual approach to organizing thoughts, planning projects, and learning. It helps users transform scattered ideas into clear, structured maps with features like progressive focus and real-time collaboration. It's designed to foster calm, clarity, and focus for various users.

Highlights
  • Progressive focus for idea exploration
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Share interactive maps online
  • Enrich maps with images and files
  • Visual clipboard for content reorganization
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Turn ideas into clarity. Mindly is a new visual way to think. A visual companion for planning, learning, and creating - designed to keep you calm, clear, and focused, one idea at a time. Organize Your Mind • Planners - map out life goals, trips, or events • Professionals & teams - plan projects, align goals, and run workshops • Students & learners - take clear study notes and structure knowledge • Writers - structure stories, books, and research • Speakers - plan presentations and pitches • Researchers - collect insights and uncover findings • Designers - capture inspiration and creative flows Key Features • Progressive focus - explore step by step and discover meaningful links between your ideas • Real-time collaboration - think together with teammates, classmates, or clients • Share online - publish interactive maps anyone can open in a browser • Enrich your maps - add images, emojis, and supporting files with ease • Visual clipboard - quickly reorganize and restructure your content Why Mindly? Unlike cluttered whiteboard apps, Mindly keeps you focused - one idea at a time, in a space that feels calm and intuitive. Trusted by millions worldwide, Mindly helps entrepreneurs, creatives, and students transform scattered thoughts into meaningful connections. Mindly Subscription A Mindly subscription gives an access to all Mindly features on all platforms. Mindly is available as a monthly or yearly subscription and comes with a FREE trial. Download Mindly today and bring clarity to your ideas. Privacy Policy: https://mindlyapp.com/static/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://mindlyapp.com/static/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

MindSpace4 screens
Mindly 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MindSpace at 89% against Mindly 2's 8%. MindSpace also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Mindly 2's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Mindly 2 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MindSpace holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MindSpace has 287 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of MindSpace's written reviews are positive against 8% of Mindly 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MindSpace ships an update every 5 days, Mindly 2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MindSpace versus Mindly 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindSpaceMindly 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (287 ratings) — better1.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews — better8.3% of reviews
Number of ratings287 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer佳文 潘dripgrind Oy

Customer experience

MindSpace

All ratings287 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative5.0%

Mindly 2

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive8.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative88.9%

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

Mindly 2

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
2 purchases

Mindly 2

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is MindSpace free?
MindSpace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mindly 2 free?
Mindly 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MindSpace or Mindly 2?
MindSpace is rated higher. MindSpace averages 4.6 out of 5 from 287 ratings, while Mindly 2 averages 1.6 from 5 ratings.
Do MindSpace or Mindly 2 have ads?
Neither MindSpace nor Mindly 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MindSpace or Mindly 2?
MindSpace ships an update every 5 days, and Mindly 2 every 2 months. Most recently, MindSpace was updated on October 11, 2026 and Mindly 2 on October 7, 2026.

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