Comparison

SimpleMind vs LunarTodo

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

LunarTodo

Features
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iPhone notifications: a morning summary of today’s tasks and all outstanding overdue tasks, plus due-time reminders and an adjustable summary time. Uses Vietnam time (UTC+7). Reminders update when you open the app or change tasks; changes from other devices take effect after syncing. Summaries are prepared up to 30 days ahead, with up to 60 upcoming notifications queued. Open the app regularly to renew reminders. LunarTodo helps you organize tasks and plan with both the solar calendar and the Vietnamese lunar calendar. • Quickly enter tasks in Vietnamese and review the date, time and priority before saving. • Follow Today, Inbox, the next 7 days, Calendar and Projects; search and filter by status. • Record purpose, desired outcomes, implementation notes, subtasks and journal milestones. • Create daily, weekly, monthly or yearly schedules; organize parent/child recurring rules and preview occurrences. • Choose solar or lunar dates, including leap-month and invalid-day rules. Lunar dates remain lunar dates instead of being converted only once to solar dates. • See full solar dates and localized sexagenary lunar year names. The interface supports 7 languages: Vietnamese, English, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The free plan supports 2 projects (excluding Inbox), 10 recurring rules and unlimited ordinary tasks. Existing users receive a 30-day transition when the new limits take effect. LunarTodo Plus includes unlimited projects, unlimited recurring rules and no ads, with monthly or yearly subscriptions. Prices appear in the app for your store and region. Benefits sync when you sign in to the same LunarTodo account. Subscriptions renew automatically. If you cancel renewal, benefits remain until the end of the paid period. When returning to the free plan, choose which projects and rules stay active. Items above the limits are paused, not deleted, and remain available to view or export. The free plan may show banner ads. Task content, notes and project names are not shared with advertising providers. Privacy Policy: https://ndfamily.net/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SimpleMind4 screens
LunarTodo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SimpleMind at none against LunarTodo's shown. SimpleMind also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). LunarTodo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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 LunarTodo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleMind ships an update every 2 months, LunarTodo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SimpleMind versus LunarTodo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleMindLunarTodo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (982 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings982 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB8 MB
Age rating+44+
Developerxpt Software & Consulting B.V.Hung Nguyen

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

LunarTodo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SimpleMind

One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Functionality$10.99
2 purchases

LunarTodo

Subscriptions2
  • LunarTodo Plus — Monthly$0.991 Month
  • LunarTodo Plus — Yearly$5.991 Year

Questions

Is SimpleMind free?
SimpleMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LunarTodo free?
LunarTodo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimpleMind or LunarTodo have ads?
LunarTodo shows ads; SimpleMind does not.
Which is updated more often, SimpleMind or LunarTodo?
SimpleMind ships an update every 2 months, and LunarTodo every 2 days. Most recently, SimpleMind was updated on November 11, 2026 and LunarTodo on November 6, 2026.

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