Comparison

Headspace Lite vs Assocy

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

Head to head
About

Headspace Lite

This app allows users to create and organize ideas in a unique 3D space. Visualize your thoughts, to-do lists, and big ideas with interactive panning, zooming, and linking features. It's a revolutionary way to approach mind-mapping and list-making.

Highlights
  • 3D mind-mapping
  • Hierarchical lists
  • Connect related items
  • Customizable colors
  • Detailed notes
  • Search function
  • Checkboxes
Features
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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. *** PLEASE NOTE: This NOT the meditation app! *** (There is another app called "Headspace: Guided Meditation and Mindfulness" and this is NOT that app!) "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." Hey, man. Get all up inside your own head with HEADSPACE LITE, the 'lite' version of Flat Black Films' revolutionary 3D mind-mapping application for iphone! Big ideas, great thoughts, even boring to-do lists are more fun when they're in THREE DIMENSIONS. Create groups of related thoughts and position them in space. Rotate, pan, and zoom your view with finger gestures. Go all David Lynch and get DEEP with yourself. Create hierarchical lists of items -- children of children of children -- and doubletap to 'stack' them in space. Change their color and translucency. Connect related items with 'link' lines. It's heavy. This is the free version of the full app "Headspace". This version limits you to one "space", and you cannot export/import files. Headspace Lite shares these cool features with the full version: - pan view with one finger - hold finger to slowly zoom in towards touch point - add links and travel between them using the 'link balls' - optional detailed notes for each item (text/URL/photo) - search function (items, notes, and files) - sample file - checkboxes - copy and paste items - customize colors and rearrange palette - drag group name to move group - triple-tap to 'send' an item to another group - optionally disable accelerometer tilt - tap empty space to pre-specify new group placement - YouTube video demonstration - support for European characters like umlauts and the like If you end up liking it, please get the full version! Let me know what else you'd like to see added, email headspace@flatblackfilms.com.

About

Assocy

Learn new topics and enhance creativity with speed-learning hacks. This app focuses on understanding and critical thinking, moving beyond rote memorization. It offers tools to structure thoughts, visualize information, and engage in active learning strategies.

Highlights
  • Speed-learning strategies
  • Creative thinking tools
  • Critical thinking development
  • Categorization games
  • Mind-map creation
  • Infographic generation
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This app shows different strategies to think and learn new topics. The tools are essentially speed-learning hacks. You can learn anything with this app. We show you how to become more creative. Learn what is essential and be able to think critically. We believe that learning is about understanding and not learning things by heart like brain zombies. We want you to become brain users who consciously choose how they think and learn. Why Assocy? We chose the name to make a connection to associate thinking. This is your brain's preferred working mode. There is no isolated information. If I ask you to not think of a pink elephant. Please do not think of a pink elephant! Did you do it? Of course not. The moment the words ‘ pink elephant’ entered your mind, all related topics become active. The task I ask you for is impossible to accomplish. These associations are part of our thinking process. But instead of fighting your brain, you could choose to use associated thinking to your advantage. To learn more effectively and enjoy it. Part one of our toolkit The strategy we propose is very efficient. It seems too easy to work. But it has been successfully tested in German schools for 20 years. You can try it if you want. All you need is 20 minutes per day for 1 month. Chose a topic you want to improve on. Then write a list of all the things you know about that topic. The more lists you write the easier it gets to access this part of your knowledge. After a month the topic will be active in your mind. We keep track of your progress so you can see your success. We also included training for learning what is essential. Part two - the fun games can begin Writing lists is by itself useful, but you can play with them too. Since we keep them organized for you, you can easily reuse them. Categories games The goal: gain a deeper understanding, structure your thoughts, and get an overview. You might have the feeling new information our overwhelming and they are flying around in your mind like a stock of bees. This means your mind is trying to find a context for the new information. This is a bit like looking for a drawer, where the information belongs, and you can later find it again. We can help this understanding process by asking the right questions. You use your list and try to categorize them. Find the right categories that fit all the items on your list. You can repeat the game and see how your perspective of the topic can change. Mind-maps and infographics The goal: visualize a topic, structure, organize material If you are a visual learner or like to move when learning this one might be perfect for you. We provide a canvas on which you can draw with your finger or an Apple pencil. You can also scroll through your lists and drag and drop items on the canvas. You can move the items around and connect them by drawing on the canvas. Since you wrote the lists once, you can reuse the items as often as you want. Creative Thinking and Leonardo da Vinci The goal: think outside the box, and generate ideas. Leonardo da Vinci is known as a great thinker with an extraordinary ability to look at the world from an unusual perspective. This did not appear out of thin air. He developed strategies to think more creatively. If he had a subject or problem to study, he would try to make connections to seemingly unconnected things. He found that the human mind will always find a connection between two objects, no matter how remote they are from each other. These connections can be extremely interesting, give new insight or offer a creative solution. The method of LULL also helps to connect the unconnected. By combining lists from different topics, we have a lot of possible connections. Not every connection is good, but if you try enough you will eventually find great ones.

Screenshots

Headspace Lite4 screens
Assocy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Assocy at 3.8 against Headspace Lite's 3.0. Headspace Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (69% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Assocy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Headspace Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Assocy holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Headspace Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of Assocy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Headspace Lite ships an update every 2 months, Assocy every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Headspace Lite versus Assocy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeadspace LiteAssocy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)3.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlat Black FilmsPRATER SOFTWARE EOOD

Customer experience

Headspace Lite

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral10.2%
Negative20.4%

Assocy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Headspace Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Assocy

Subscriptions2
  • All Access7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • All Access1 Month trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$24.99

Questions

Is Headspace Lite free?
Headspace Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Assocy free?
Assocy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Headspace Lite or Assocy?
Assocy is rated higher. Headspace Lite averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Assocy averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Headspace Lite or Assocy have ads?
Neither Headspace Lite nor Assocy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Headspace Lite or Assocy?
Headspace Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Assocy every 5 weeks. Most recently, Headspace Lite was updated on September 19, 2026 and Assocy on June 1, 2026.

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