SimpleMind Pro vs Fly Mind Free
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleMind Pro
Organize your thoughts, capture ideas, and generate new concepts with a beautiful and intuitive mind mapping tool. Seamlessly synchronize your maps across devices and platforms, and enhance them with media and documents.
- Free-form and auto layout options
- Cross-platform synchronization
- Add images, notes, and voice memos
- Share maps as PDF or Image
- Customizable styles 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. SimpleMind Pro is designed to synchronize your Mind Maps across platforms. For example (as a separate purchase) for Mac - https://simplemind.eu/download/full-edition/ 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. • Unique free-form layout or various auto layouts. • Seamless synchronization using clouds. • Add media and documents. • Share Mind Maps. • Change and customize the style of the Mind Map. • 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
Fly Mind Free
Easily organize your thoughts and projects with this intuitive mind mapping tool. Create beautiful, expandable mind maps with a clean interface and numerous customization options. Save your creations as photos.
- Easy mind map creation
- Expandable canvas
- Customizable themes and line styles
- Foldable and movable menu
- Save as photo
- Dynamic visual effects
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This is a free version that contains advertisements. If you like it, you can buy the paid version.Less is more.Very easy and speedy to create beautiful mind map.Very easy to use.Many kinds of theme(56 kinds of theme).Freely change line style(9 kinds of line style).Clean and beautiful interface.Foldable and movable menu.Help you organize your thoughts very quickly.Infinitely expanding canvas.You can create your project as big as you can.Infinitely central thoughts.Freely move any mind map node.Automatic line adjustment.It can also be saved as photo to your photo library.Easy and beautiful.This software uses game engine to develop,so it has some dynamic effects.The mind map list uses big screenshots,so you can see all your mind maps very clearly!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fly Mind Free at $0.99 against SimpleMind Pro's $10.99. Fly Mind Free also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). SimpleMind Pro's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (81% vs 43%). On 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
SimpleMind Pro costs $10.99 and Fly Mind Free $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SimpleMind Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleMind Pro has 451 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of SimpleMind Pro's written reviews are positive against 43% of Fly Mind Free's.
SimpleMind Pro ships an update every 2 months, Fly Mind Free every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleMind Pro | Fly Mind Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (451 ratings) — better | 2.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 451 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #132 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | xpt Software & Consulting B.V. | 智杰 王 |
Customer experience
SimpleMind Pro
Fly Mind Free
In-app purchases
SimpleMind Pro
No in-app purchases
Fly Mind Free
No in-app purchases
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