Headspace vs FingerGIS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Headspace
This app offers a unique 3D approach to organizing thoughts and creating hierarchical outlines. Visualize your information in a floating space, navigate with intuitive gestures, and connect related ideas with visual links. It's designed for a dynamic and engaging way to manage lists and mind maps.
- Build hierarchical outlines in 3D space
- Navigate and zoom with familiar finger gestures
- Connect related items with link lines
- Change item color and opacity
- Universal app for iPhone and iPad
- Sync files with Dropbox
- PDF export with active note links
Read full descriptionHide full description
*** PLEASE NOTE: This NOT the meditation app! *** (There is another app called "Headspace: Guided Meditation and Mindfulness" and this is NOT that app!) This is the *original* Headspace! HEADSPACE is iOS's coolest 3D outliner and mind-mapping app! Do your list-making and mind-mapping in 3D space with the *original* Headspace. "Five stars on iPhone, completely off the scale on iPad" "This is the app I've most wanted to run on the iPad since the day it was announced, and the app that anyone looking over your shoulder will immediately want to buy an iPad just to run. " "Love the program. Favorite app. Useful and looks great. " "The implementation is beautiful! In my opinion, Headspace is becoming one of the best apps in the store." "I bought Headspace last night on a whim - been fooling around with mindmapping apps lately. This is a little piece of brilliance, you know that, right? " "This app could not just be a mindmapping program, It has the capability to become a new kind of U.I. That in my opinion that improved over apples U.I." Headspace allows you to create items and groups of items on a floating plane in three-dimensional space. The hierarchy of items and their various sub-items make for a beautiful display of information as they recede into the distance. Simple and familiar finger gestures allow you to move around the space. Use the menu button to travel between various groups. Easily create links and travel between them. The beautiful animated interface is like something from a sci-fi movie, but it isn't just eye-candy. You can go from an "eagle-eye" view of your entire map to focusing on a single item with a simple pinch of your fingers. There's just something about being able to manipulate the scale and space that goes perfectly with the idea of outlining. Here's a rundown on all its cool features: ● build hierarchical outlines in 3D space ● use familiar finger gestures to navigate and zoom ● connect related items with link lines - even between files! ● change item color and opacity ● change text color ● 'Flick' up or down to travel to top or bottom of lists ● special characters and foreign-language support ● universal app -- runs on both iphone and ipad ● easy travel between groups and files ● cut-and-paste items ● search in spaces, notes, and files ● item notes for supplemental information (text/photo/url) ● optional accelerometer rotate ● customizable color palette ● "to-do" style item checkboxes ● 2D orthogonal mode ● sync files between your iphone and iPad with Dropbox ● file support for Freemind, the free multi-platform desktop mind-mapping program ● stunning PDF export w/ active note links Get some perspective on your thoughts. Try Headspace today! Let us know what else you'd like to see added, email headspace@flatblackfilms.com!
FingerGIS
Create and analyze 2D and 3D geographic shapes on maps. Record GPS locations, add images, and measure distances and areas. Export data in various formats for sharing and further use.
- Draw 2D and 3D geographic shapes
- Georeference drawings on maps
- Measure lengths, distances, areas, and perimeters
- Automatic and manual GPS point recording
- Attach images to geographic points
- Export data in CSV and other formats
Read full descriptionHide full description
"FingerGIS" is the first GIS application (Geographical Information System) for iPad, iPhone, iTouch. With "FingerGIS" You can draw (georeferencing): - 2D shapes such as sites, lands, roads or paths explorable by car, plane or on foot (in the city, in the countryside, on a hill, in the mountains, at sea, etc...) - 3D shapes such as multiple surfaces in space, air routes, etc... The generic 2D and 3D shapes can be drawn over the maps (2D and 3D) of the globe, visualized by "FingerGIS" on the screen (Google Maps or Apple Maps), like when You draw using a CAD application. You can query the maps and the geographical points (manually inserted or automatically recorded) in order to obtain lengths, distances between geographic points, measure of areas and perimeters, total length of a path (polyline), etc... "FingerGIS" provides several automatic recording mode and/or manual input windows to insert the geographical points of interest; You will be able to: - save the current positions as a new geopoint, during the exploration of a site (using the GPS to get your current location and pressing the "save current location" button to save your current position as a new geopoint) - enter manually new geographical points using the manual input window (with latitude, longitude, altitude, heading (it uses the device's internal compass), radius, description: these geopoint's data (such as latitude, longitude, altitude, heading, etc…) can be entered automatically by touching with a finger the desired position in the displayed maps (by touching the screen of the device) or manually typing the numerical values / text using the keyboard of the device) - save images together with geographic points (You can insert images taken with the camera in real time or stored in the photo album of the device and join the images with the geopoints) - save an infinite number of isolated geographical points and / or circular areas of known radius, etc... - automatically record sites, activating the "automatic recording" function and walking on the perimeter of the site to be recorded - draw each type of 2D and 3D objects over the maps of the globe, using multiple layers, as You would normally do with common CAD / GIS / SIT for personal computers. All geographic points inserted over the maps, with their descriptions, measurements and images can be saved in the archive of documents of "FingerGIS" and may be shared with other applications installed on Your device or with cloud systems such as Dropbox. "FingerGIS" is able to export the saved geographical points using: - .csv file format (native "FingerGIS" file format) - in the native file format of "FingerCAD" (You can draw your CAD projects over geographic maps or over the geo-referenced sites recorded by "FingerGIS") - in the native file format of "pathRecorder" (navigation system with automated indications to reach destinations, following paths recorded or drawn) - as an email attachment (.zip compressed file, containing all the recorded geopoints, the informations, data, images, etc...) With "FingerGIS" You will have a complete GIS application in your mobile device. Sharing documents (IN/OUT) with: - DROPBOX (remote storage systems, cloud) - Open In - iTunes File Sharing - email attachment - FingerCAD (HD , WS , PRO) (using "Open In" - 3D data export/sharing) - pathRecorder - come back (using "Open In") Using FingerCAD together with FingerGIS: You can export the recorded sites using a .DXF file format (compatible with the CAD applications for MAC or PC) or a .OBJ file format (compatible with the 3D modeling applications for MAC or PC) or .PDF file format. Documents archive: - an infinite number of documents can be saved in the FingerGIS documents archive Display: - Retina display supported App type: - UNIVERSAL APP (You pay the app only once and it runs on all the devices)
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Headspace at every 2 months against FingerGIS's every 16 months. Headspace also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (71% vs 50%). FingerGIS's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Headspace costs $3.99 and FingerGIS $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Headspace holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Headspace has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Headspace's written reviews are positive against 50% of FingerGIS's.
Headspace ships an update every 2 months, FingerGIS every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Headspace | FingerGIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flat Black Films | Gianluca Natalini |
Customer experience
Headspace
FingerGIS
Bugs and requests
Headspace
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes on creating new groups
- Crashes when entering text on iPad
- Text color picker fails to change colors
- Instant crash when closing text color picker
- Crashes on Dropbox connection
Show 10 moreShow fewer
- Data loss with file format updates
- Existing links lost after updates
- Screen flickers between files
- Text display issues after multiple app launches
- Color brightness settings lost
- Keyboard popup without dialog box
- Accelerometer causes erratic screen movement
- Incompatibility with iOS/iPadOS updates
- Performance lag with large maps
- Syncing issues between devices
Requested features
24 requests- Desktop/Mac version for syncing
- iCloud syncing between iOS devices
- Google Drive and OneDrive support
- Evernote integration
- Ability to drag items between groups
Show 19 moreShow fewer
- Undo functionality
- Export to email directly
- Different arrow/connector styles
- OPML export format
- Reminders and deadline notifications
- Different text box shapes
- Photo/image import and support
- Web-based version
- Ability to move items outside groups
- Simpler gesture controls for text entry
- List view option
- Icons and visual indicators for content types
- Advanced search functionality
- Child count indicators on parent nodes
- Customizable 3D graphics
- Movie recording with preset paths
- Structured data visualization capabilities
- Automatic color selection for new groups
- Bullet points for children items
FingerGIS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Headspace
No in-app purchases
FingerGIS
No in-app purchases









