iBlueSky (mindmapping) vs YouMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBlueSky (mindmapping)
Capture, develop, and organize your best ideas with an elegant and intuitive mind mapping tool. Supports large page sizes, multiple export formats, and rich branch customization. Realize your full potential by bringing your thoughts to life.
- Huge page size
- Import Freemind & OPML
- Export PDF, PNG, OPML, Freemind, text
- Link branches
- Attach notes to branches
- Edit branch colors
- Cut, copy, paste branches
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Elegant, intuitive & clutter-free mind mapping. Wherever inspiration strikes. Capture, develop and organize your best ideas. Realise your full potential with iBlueSky. Key Features: - Optimized for iPad Pro, iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch (only one purchase required to run with an optimized experience on all device types). - Huge page size - Easy import via the web in Freemind & OPML formats - Easy export via email in these formats: PDF, PNG (limited to 4000x4000 pixels), OPML outlining format, Freemind, plain text - Branches with more than one line of text - Link branches - Attach notes to branches (imported and exported in most external formats) - Edit branch colours with an easy-to-use color picker, option to apply color changes to sub-branches - Clipboard: cut, copy and paste branches - Scroll and zoom - standard pinch gesture - Double tap to zoom in and out - Auto-hiding toolbars
YouMind
Easily create and customize mind maps with a variety of editing tools. Insert images, organize topics with drag-and-drop, and share your creations in multiple formats. Sync your work across devices using iCloud.
- Quick mind map creation
- Customizable text and appearance
- Drag-and-drop topic organization
- Image insertion and editing
- Multiple sharing formats
- iCloud synchronization
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Features: 1. Create mindmap quickly. 2. Change font, text size ,color , background color,line color , topic shape easily. 3. Support drag-drop, cut and paste to edit it's level. 4. Support insert image, crop image, image filters. 5. Support share your mindmapx file with your friends via social media, .mmx file or png image. 6. Document Browser Based, you can sync your mindmapx file via iCloud, so the files can share with multi devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: YouMind at 4.5 against iBlueSky (mindmapping)'s 2.6. YouMind also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (111 vs 5). iBlueSky (mindmapping)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (70% vs 48%). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. YouMind sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iBlueSky (mindmapping) asks for nothing beyond the download.
YouMind holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YouMind has 111 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of iBlueSky (mindmapping)'s written reviews are positive against 48% of YouMind's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iBlueSky (mindmapping) ships an update every 3 months, YouMind every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBlueSky (mindmapping) | YouMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (111 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.4% of reviews — better | 48.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Ebling | 炜春 唐 |
Customer experience
iBlueSky (mindmapping)
YouMind
Bugs and requests
iBlueSky (mindmapping)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to use undo button
- Distortion of text in nodes with longer content
- Issues with syncing and transferring mind maps between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Undo/redo functionality
- Ability to change branch colors and styles
- Support for more file formats and cloud storage integration
- Improved zooming and panning controls
- Hierarchical organization of projects
YouMind
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iBlueSky (mindmapping)
No in-app purchases
YouMind
- Youmind Pro(Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Youmind Pro (Yearly)$7.991 Year
- 7 days Free TrialFree
- Unlock Forever$3.99
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