Headspace Lite vs WriteMapper 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 3D mind-mapping
- Hierarchical lists
- Connect related items
- Customizable colors
- Detailed notes
- Search function
- Checkboxes
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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.
WriteMapper 2
Transform mind maps into structured text documents for writing and brainstorming. Overcome writer's block with a visual approach to content creation. Offers distraction-free editing and seamless export to various file formats.
- Visual mind mapping for writing structure
- Brainstorming tool to overcome writer's block
- Distraction-free writing mode
- Export to Markdown, HTML, Word, RTF, TXT
- Drag and drop rearrangement
- iOS integration including Dark Mode and Haptic Touch
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AS SEEN ON Forbes, Cult of Mac, The Next Web, MakeUseOf, MacAlert!, Apple RSS, Envato Blog, Duct Tape Marketing, AppleBase, GeekZone A WRITEMAP OUTLINE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS WriteMapper was built to leverage the visual nature of mind maps to give you a bird's-eye view of your writing structure. Just one glance is all it takes for you to get a good feel for the flow of your work. In doing so, you get a comprehensive yet clear picture of what's going on in your content. And, if you need to rearrange your writing sequences or move stuff around, it's as simple as drag and drop. BRAINSTORM YOUR WAY THROUGH WRITER’S BLOCK Ever write down the title, and then face a mental struggle with the rest of the blank page? WriteMapper helps you overcome writer's block by turning your writing process into a brainstorming exercise. This allows you to rapidly and relentlessly generate ideas and points for your writing. Just spend a couple minutes on this quick-fire process, and before you know it, you'll have a fully-formed content structure all ready to go! DISTRACTION-FREE WRITING Each node on the mind map has a content section you can jump in to edit at anytime. Besides being able to style and format your writing however you like, you can also edit the title of this sub-point from this view as well. The distraction-free writing mode helps you shift gears from the all-aspects-considered nature of the mind map outline, to the focused task of detailing the contents of the individual sub-point you're zoomed in on. PLAYS WELL WITH TEAMMATES WriteMapper uses the nested structure of a mind map to automatically create and export a text document for you, right in your computer's file system. You can choose from a variety of file formats, including Markdown, HTML, Microsoft Word, plain text and Rich Text Format. You can then edit the exported document in your text editing app of choice, to give that final draft the polish it needs to bring it to completion. With this supercharged content generation workflow, you'll get your writing done in no time at all! HIGHLY PRAISED "WriteMapper is an invaluable tool for those who write for a living." — Mihir Patkar, MakeUseOf "It has the perfect balance of elegance and features, and the text-editor itself is killer." — Charlie Sorrel, Cult of Mac "WriteMapper is such a powerful tool. This workflow is so logical and intuitive." — Michael Levy ALL THE POWER OF IOS WriteMapper was reworked from the ground up to be deeply integrated with and optimised for an incredible experience on your iPhone. Here’s a couple of features and capabilities which we’ve leveraged from the power of iOS, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, to help you do your best work: 1. Dark Mode On iOS 13, dark mode in the app will now sync with the dark mode setting on your device, directly adapting to whatever theme you're currently using. 2. Haptic Touch Use of the Taptic Engine on your device allows WriteMapper to now also deliver haptic feedback upon interaction with elements in the app. 3. Pure Black Theme For iPhones with OLED displays, you can now choose to use a Pure Black dark mode theme instead, which gives a visually stunning effect. 4. Files With the help of the new Files app, you can easily save, sync and access your WriteMaps (.writemap files) across devices. 5. Drag and Drop Rearrange the nodes in your WriteMap by dragging them around, the experience of which is now also accentuated by Taptic Engine feedback. WRITEMAPPER ON YOUR OTHER DEVICES Get WriteMapper for your Mac or Windows desktop computer to experience the full power of working on your .writemap files across your devices (sold separately), accessing your WriteMaps using your preferred cloud syncing service. NEED HELP? Didn’t find what you were looking for, have questions or need help? Get in touch with us or visit our website for an extensive list of support articles which might be able to help.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Headspace Lite at 69% against WriteMapper 2's 25%. Headspace Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). WriteMapper 2's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.0). 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
Both are free to download. WriteMapper 2 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Headspace Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
WriteMapper 2 holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Headspace Lite's written reviews are positive against 25% of WriteMapper 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Headspace Lite | WriteMapper 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 3.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flat Black Films | BETTERWEBPAGES |
Customer experience
Headspace Lite
WriteMapper 2
In-app purchases
Headspace Lite
No in-app purchases
WriteMapper 2
- 7-day TrialFree
- Full App$9.99
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