Comparison

SimpleMind Pro vs QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart

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

Head to head
About

SimpleMind Pro

Organize thoughts, remember information, and generate new ideas with an intuitive mind mapping tool. Add images, documents, and customize styles. Store and sync maps securely across devices.

Highlights
  • Free-form layout for topics
  • Add images and documents
  • Customize mind map styles
  • Collapse and expand branches
  • Sync across devices via cloud
  • Export in PDF, Image, and OPML formats
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. SimpleMind Pro for iPad&iPhone is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Highlights • Easy to use. • Add images and documents. • Share Mind Maps. • Customize the style of the Mind Map. • Continuously fine-tuned based on customer feedback. • Tools to help you maintain overview. Private by Design • No ads. • No tracking. • No need to sign up for an account. • We do not have access to your Mind Maps. 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

QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart

This app simplifies project planning with intuitive gesture controls on a Gantt chart. It allows for seamless syncing and sharing of projects across devices and teams, with robust export and import capabilities, including Microsoft Project integration.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based Gantt chart management
  • Cross-device and team project syncing
  • Microsoft Project integration
  • Export to image, PDF, Excel, MS Project
  • Import from MS Project, WBS, Mind-map
  • Task organization and resource management
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QuickPlan makes project planning easier than ever before. Project management with natural gestures on the Gantt chart, sync and share projects across multiple devices and teams, and support integration with Microsoft Project Plan. ## PRIVACY FOCUSED User-created projects are stored on the user's device or in iCloud Drive. ## ACTIVE UPDATING - Continually evolves based on best practices from experts and ideas from users. - App-Liv.jp Top10 Project Management Apps of 2019 - 1st Place. - BestApp Ever Awards 2014 "Best Business App" - 3rd place. * QuickPlan is now available for macOS. * Download the free 15-day trial from https://quickplan.app/trial. With NATURAL GESTUREs on a clean and elegant interface, project management is more accessible, faster and more efficient than ever before. Visualize, manage and simplify projects flexibly and efficiently with Gantt charts, outline list and property editor, create tasks, organize your project calendar and resources, track status. It's easier than you think, with a minimum of effort and learning. QuickPlan App supports exporting projects to image, Excel, PDF, Microsoft Project and WBS files. AND to import projects from Microsoft Project, WBS and Mind-map files. The app supports synchronization of project plans between the same user's macOS and iOS devices and supports team collaboration via iCloud Drive. And it supports syncing and sharing via OneDrive and Dropbox. QuickPlan also supports duplicating projects by members for better teamwork. QuickPlan fine-tunes the best features of Microsoft Project Plan and re-purposes them to work for iPad - without the complexity - providing users of all experience levels with an INTUITIVE and discoverable project management experience. ## EFFICIENT MAINTENANCE - Gestures for tasks: Create, remove, move, indent and outdent, change order. - Gestures to zoom in and out, collapse and expand. - Keyboard shortcuts. - Batch input. - The most fluid Gantt chart app on a clean interface. ## STRONG PLAN - Multiple Projects. - Supports duplication of the entire project and duplication by specific members. - Organize tasks into REAL task groups and sub-projects. - Task color, icon, contact, and required task fields. - Five levels of outline (plus sub-project, for a total of ten levels of outline). - Gesture-based management of task links. - Lock editing, row height. - Integration with the iOS Files app. - Manual and automatic project backup. - Project currency, charge rate, project resources, calendar, task date policy. ## TREE and LIST - Display as tree with support for displaying cirtical path. - Display as list with support for sorting and filtering. ## UI CUSTOMISATION - Customization of the task column title and visibility. - Style of the task bar. ## REPORTING - Export as image, PDF and Microsoft Excel (including three sheets). - With options to customize the output. ## SYNC - Sync projects between iOS and Mac devices via iCloud Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox. ## TEAM COLLABORATION - Sync between team members via iCloud Drive. ## INTEGRATION - Export and import Microsoft Project XML files. - Import and export SwiftApp WBS files. - Import from Microsoft Excel files. - Import from iThought Map files. ## SHARE - Supports Airdrop, OneDrive, Dropbox. ## TEAMWORK - Create a new project by exporting tasks for the selected project members. ## NOTIFICATION - Widget to track ongoing tasks. - Today widget and local notification. QuickPlan simplifies the complexity of project planning that puts ease as the ultimate goal in organizing your professional projects, plans, efforts, goals and life. The best project planning app for iPad. - Initialize, discuss, present and share your plan. - Export it to Microsoft Project Plan for further editing on PC. - Strategic Planning. - Import MS Project XML file and reports, tracking. - Schedule actions in meetings, confirm. - Track progress. - Guide employees.

Screenshots

SimpleMind Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SimpleMind Pro at $10.99 against QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart's $19.99. SimpleMind Pro also leads on chart position (#145 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

SimpleMind Pro costs $10.99 and QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for SimpleMind Pro against 4.7 for QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 451 and 934 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of SimpleMind Pro's written reviews are positive against 83% of QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleMind Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
SimpleMind Pro versus QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleMind ProQuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart
Price$10.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.7 (451 ratings)4.7 (934 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings451934 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#145 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB209 MB
Age rating+44+
Developerxpt Software & Consulting B.V.皓 李

Customer experience

SimpleMind Pro

All ratings451 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews769 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral7.5%
Negative11.6%

QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart

All ratings909 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral7.5%
Negative9.2%

Bugs and requests

SimpleMind Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Dates randomly changing on their own
  • Crashes when adding contacts to tasks
  • Exporting issues with multiple formats
  • Syncing problems between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved cloud sync and cross-device integration
  • More customization options for Gantt charts and exports
  • Task dependencies and critical path analysis
  • Resource allocation and overallocation detection
  • Finer control over task durations (hours, minutes)

In-app purchases

None

SimpleMind Pro

No in-app purchases

None

QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleMind Pro free?
SimpleMind Pro costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart free?
QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SimpleMind Pro or QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart?
QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart is rated higher. SimpleMind Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 451 ratings, while QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart averages 4.7 from 934 ratings.
Do SimpleMind Pro or QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart have ads?
Neither SimpleMind Pro nor QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleMind Pro or QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart?
SimpleMind Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, and QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart every 3 months. Most recently, SimpleMind Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and QuickPlan, Project Gantt Chart on November 1, 2026.

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