MindSpace vs Aura
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Aura
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Aura 是一款遵循 Local-First(本地优先)与极简主义美学的纯文本 Markdown 速记工具。它不是一个臃肿的笔记管理库,而是你思维闪现时的数字沙盒。 通过与 Aura macOS 端的完美对齐,iOS 版本让你可以随时随地捕捉灵感,并在多端之间无缝流转。 核心特性: - 统一数据源 (Single Source of Truth):完全基于苹果 iCloud Documents。没有专有数据库,没有第三方服务器,你的笔记永远是一平铺在 iCloud 目录下的纯文本 .md 文件。 - 毫秒级速记:全新安装或应用冷启动时,直接直达新笔记页面并自动弹出键盘,为你省去所有多余的操作,实现即时输入。 - 双向收藏同步:你在 Mac 上固定的重要笔记,在 iPhone 上同样强行置顶。 - 原生性能与极简源码:移动端摒弃了复杂的富文本重度渲染,采用纯原生模式,即使是数万字大文件也能保证丝滑的输入体验。 - 无感自动保存:内置智能防抖保存机制,当你停止输入或退出页面时,内容会自动异步覆写至 iCloud,绝不丢失任何一行灵感。 - 隐私与安全:数据完全属于你。App 没有任何统计埋点,不收集任何个人隐私,完全在苹果沙盒与你个人的 iCloud 空间内运行。 让书写回归纯粹,这就是 Aura。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aura at none against MindSpace's 9. MindSpace's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price and ads 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. MindSpace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Aura asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | MindSpace | Aura |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (287 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 287 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 佳文 潘 | 超 方 |
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
Aura
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MindSpace
- Subscription Monthly2 variants$0.991 Month
- Subscription Yearly2 variants$7.991 Year
- 2000 AI Credits$1.49
- Lifetime Pro2 variants$12.99
- Lifetime Pro(Original)$12.99
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- Lifetime Pro$29.99
Aura
No in-app purchases









