SimpleMind vs LunarTodo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleMind
Organize thoughts, capture ideas, and generate new concepts with a powerful mind mapping tool. Its intuitive interface allows for free-form or auto-layout creation, with options to add media, documents, and synchronize across devices. Share your mind maps in various formats or present them as slideshows.
- Free-form and auto layout options
- Add images, notes, icons, and links
- Voice memos and video integration
- Cloud synchronization across devices
- Export to PDF, Image, Reminders, Calendar
- Customizable styling and themes
- Collapse/expand branches for overview
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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. • No ads. • No data collection. • No need to sign up for an account. • Upgrade to full functionality is a one-time single purchase. Highlights • Easy to use. • Continuously fine-tuned based on customer feedback. • Trustworthy and reliable: 15+ years of updates and improvements. • Used in a wide range of applications: business, education, legal and medical. • Tools to help you maintain overview. Create ○ place topics anywhere you want in the free-form layout ○ or use auto layout - great for brainstorming ○ reorganize and restructure using drag, rotate, re-arrange or reconnect ○ use checkboxes, progress bars, auto-numbering ○ connect any two topics with a crosslink ○ label relations ○ virtually unlimited page size and number of elements ○ supports multiple Mind Maps on one page Add media and documents ○ images and photos ○ notes ○ icons (stock, emojis or custom) ○ link to a topic, mind map, contact, file or webpage ○ voice memos ○ videos Seamless synchronization using clouds ○ sync mind maps with your iPads and iPhones ○ sync mind maps across platforms. For example with Mac - as a separate purchase ○ sync using iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, 坚果云 - Nutstore and Nextcloud Share your Mind Map ○ for example as PDF or Image ○ outline, can be imported in word processors ○ create a slideshow to present your Mind Map (Tablet only) ○ print ○ export to Reminders or Calendar Style your mind map ○ change the appearance by selecting one of the 15+ style sheets ○ create your own style sheets ○ style every detail, exactly how you want it ○ change borders, lines, colors, background color, the checkbox color, and much more Maintain overview ○ collapse and expand branches ○ hide or show branches or topics ○ block out distractions with autofocus ○ highlight branches by displaying branch borders ○ visually group topics with group borders ○ organize your Mind Maps in folders ○ outline view ○ search
LunarTodo
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
SimpleMind ships an update every 2 months, LunarTodo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleMind | LunarTodo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (982 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 982 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | xpt 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
SimpleMind
- Unlock Pro Functionality$10.99
LunarTodo
- LunarTodo Plus — Monthly$0.991 Month
- LunarTodo Plus — Yearly$5.991 Year









