Comparison

SimpleMind vs Genogram Creator

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

Head to head
About

SimpleMind

Organize your thoughts, capture ideas, and generate new concepts with this intuitive mind mapping tool. Create unlimited mind maps, customize their appearance, and add rich content like notes, images, and links. Share your maps in various formats or sync them across devices.

Highlights
  • Unlimited mind map creation
  • Customizable appearance and style sheets
  • Add notes, images, icons, and links
  • Collapse/expand branches and outline view
  • Free-form layout and auto layouts
  • Export in PDF, Image, and OPML formats
  • Sync across devices via cloud services
Features
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Mind mapping helps you organize your thoughts, remember information and generate new ideas. We've created a beautiful, intuitive app, so you can mind map wherever you are and whenever you want. ○ Free Functionality Everything you need to get started with mind mapping • Easy to use. • Create as many Mind Maps as you want. • Change the overall appearance by selecting one of the many style sheets. • Add notes. • Collapse and expand branches. • Outline view. • Brainstorm. • Continuously fine-tuned based on customer feedback. • Upgrade to Pro functionality is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Private by Design • No ads. • No tracking. • No need to sign up for an account. • We do not have access to your Mind Maps. ○ Pro Functionality Create • Place topics anywhere you want in the free-form layout. • Use various auto layouts. • Reorganize and restructure topics. • Connect any two topics with a crosslink. • Label relations. Tools to help you maintain overview • Collapse and expand branches. • Block out distractions with autofocus. • Visually group topics with group borders. • Outline view. • Search and filter. Enrich your Mind Map • Images and photos. • Notes. • Icons. • Link to a mind map, contact, file or webpage. • Checkboxes. Style your mind map • Change the overall appearance by selecting one of the many style sheets. • Create your own style sheets. • Style every detail, exactly how you want it. Share Mind Maps • PDF, Image and more. • Outline text. • Create a slideshow to present your Mind Map (tablet only). • Print. • Exchange as OPML, for example with AI apps. Safely store and sync your Mind Maps • You control where your Mind Maps are stored. • Sync Mind Maps across devices using iCloud, Dropbox or other clouds. • SimpleMind is designed to open your Mind Maps across platforms. • SimpleMind for Mac, and companion apps for other platforms, are sold separately.

About

Genogram Creator

Create detailed family trees with emotional and medical histories. This tool maps complex family structures and relationships across generations, ideal for therapists and genealogists.

Highlights
  • Map family structure across generations
  • Record emotional relationship types
  • Track medical and mental health history
  • Visualize cultural heritage and religion
  • Professional-grade visual canvas
  • Import GEDCOM and JSON files
  • Export to PDF, PNG, and SVG
Features
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Genogram Creator is a professional genogram tool for iPhone, iPad and Mac — a visual canvas for mapping a family across generations, with all the structural detail clinicians need and an editorial design that's pleasant to look at. PLANS AND PRICING Genogram Creator is free to download, and you can try it before you pay. The app shows what's included for free (a free plan or a free trial, depending on the current offer) and the exact price before any purchase. Paid plans are auto-renewing annual subscriptions: • Standard — $49.99/year: up to 20 genograms, full editor, all symbols, PDF/PNG/SVG export without a watermark, GEDCOM/JSON export, Family Report • Unlimited — $99.99/year: everything in Standard plus unlimited genograms, JSON/GEDCOM import, and premium templates A free trial, when offered, includes the plan you pick, which starts automatically when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel on iPhone or iPad in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions; on Mac in the App Store app > [your name] > Account Settings > Subscriptions; or in the app under Settings > Manage or Cancel Subscription. A genogram is a family tree with feelings. Beyond names and dates, it captures emotional patterns, medical history, cultural heritage, religion, social class, and the relationships that hold (or strain) a family together. It's the standard tool used by family therapists, social workers, genealogists, and researchers. WHAT YOU CAN MAP • Family structure across generations — marriages, divorces, partnerships, parent-child, adoption, surrogacy, donor conception • 41 emotional relationship types — close, distant, conflict, cutoff, fused, hostile, caretaker, and more • Twins (fraternal and identical), step-families, blended families, multi-partner relationships • Medical conditions, mental health history, cause of death • Cultural heritage with 80+ pattern fills and country flags • Religion, social class, education level, sexual orientation • Custom notes, secrets, family groups, and free-floating annotations DESIGNED FOR PROFESSIONALS • Visual canvas with 60fps rendering and smooth pinch-to-zoom • 80+ person properties per node • Auto-arrange layout engine — drop in nodes and the canvas tidies itself • Two-finger pan, one-finger drag-to-pan, lasso select • 20-level undo/redo • Family group support — visualize entire households at once • Layered view modes — toggle religion, heritage, social class, medical, location independently IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHARE • Import GEDCOM and JSON files (Unlimited plan) • Print-ready PDF (paper sizes, tiling, black and white), PNG and SVG export • Files.app integration — your genograms live alongside your other documents • Works offline: no account, no analytics, your genograms are never uploaded 48 TEMPLATES (Unlimited plan) • Family structures — three-generation, blended, single parent, same-sex with adoption, adoptive, foster care, grandparents raising grandchildren, chosen family, co-parenting • Clinical patterns — anxiety, depression, substance use, PTSD, bipolar, ADHD, enmeshment, cutoff, parentification, triangulation, grief, military deployment, elder care, genetic counseling • Cultural and community systems across six traditions • Historical families — Freud, Darwin-Wedgwood, Queen Victoria, Kennedy, Curie, Tubman and more PRIVACY-FIRST Your genograms stay on your device (or in your own iCloud Drive if you enable it) and are never uploaded to us. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. Tutorial videos stream from genogramcreator.com, and problem reports are sent only if you choose to send one. Your family is yours. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Plans, prices, free options and how to cancel are listed under PLANS AND PRICING above. Terms: https://genogramcreator.com/terms. Privacy: https://genogramcreator.com/privacy.

Screenshots

SimpleMind4 screens
Genogram Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: SimpleMind at free with in-app purchases against Genogram Creator's subscription. SimpleMind also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (77% vs 50%). Genogram Creator's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. SimpleMind sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Genogram Creator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SimpleMind holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleMind has 981 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of SimpleMind's written reviews are positive against 50% of Genogram Creator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleMind ships an update every 2 months, Genogram Creator every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SimpleMind versus Genogram Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleMindGenogram Creator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (981 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews77.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings981 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB7 MB
Age rating+412+
Developerxpt Software & Consulting B.V.C6 Labs LLC

Customer experience

SimpleMind

All ratings981 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews1,393 reviews
Positive77.2%
Neutral8.5%
Negative14.3%

Genogram Creator

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

SimpleMind

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Maps disappearing after device resets
  • Inability to import/export certain file formats

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved syncing and cloud integration
  • More customization options for appearance and layout
  • Keyboard shortcuts and power user features
  • Better support for Apple Pencil and handwriting

Genogram Creator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SimpleMind

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Functionality$10.99
2 purchases

Genogram Creator

Subscriptions2
  • Standard Annual$49.991 Year
  • Unlimited Annual$99.991 Year

Questions

Is SimpleMind free?
SimpleMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Genogram Creator free?
Genogram Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SimpleMind or Genogram Creator?
SimpleMind is rated higher. SimpleMind averages 4.5 out of 5 from 981 ratings, while Genogram Creator averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do SimpleMind or Genogram Creator have ads?
Neither SimpleMind nor Genogram Creator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleMind or Genogram Creator?
SimpleMind ships an update every 2 months, and Genogram Creator every 9 days. Most recently, SimpleMind was updated on November 1, 2026 and Genogram Creator on October 31, 2026.

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