SimpleMind Pro vs MindBinder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
MindBinder
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MindBinder is a calm, private home for everything you write: quick notes, long drafts, journals and entire books. MINDBINDER PRO — SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED All features described below are part of MindBinder Pro, an auto-renewable subscription (monthly or yearly). Your first month is free and you can cancel anytime. Without an active subscription the app opens in read-only mode: you can view your existing notes, but creating and editing require MindBinder Pro. WRITE • Rich notes with headings, lists, checklists, quotes, callouts, collapsible sections, tables and pictures with captions • Markdown mode, slash commands, find and replace, and find inside a note on iPhone and iPad • An outline of your headings and a floating formatting bar on Mac and iPad • Focus mode with typewriter scrolling and dimmed paragraphs • Draw inside any note, with Apple Pencil pressure and a lasso • Scan documents and extract text from photos, on your device • Version history: restore earlier versions of a note or chapter ORGANISE AND FIND • Projects, nested notes, nested tags and inline #tags • Links between notes with backlinks, and search across everything, also from Spotlight • Note of the Day brings back a note you haven't seen in a while • Grail: one book for all your ideas, reviewed in an endless loop JOURNAL • A Today entry, a calendar, On This Day and an optional daily reminder WRITE YOUR BOOK • Chapters and scenes with status, word targets and a corkboard • Character sheets and world-building, linked to your chapters • A deadline with a daily word quota, writing sprints, statistics and achievements • Compile your manuscript to PDF, ePub, Word, HTML or Markdown, with a title page and chapter style OPTIONAL AI ASSISTANT • Bring your own Anthropic API key to shorten, expand, fix grammar or suggest titles and tags. Off by default; text is only sent after you give permission YOUR WORK, SAFE AND PRIVATE • Local-first, with optional iCloud sync in your own iCloud • Automatic local backups, and an optional app lock with Face ID or Touch ID • Import from Obsidian, Markdown folders, Bear and Evernote; export your library as Markdown • No accounts, no tracking, no ads MindBinder Pro is an auto-renewable subscription (1 month or 1 year), with a free first month for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mindbinder.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MindBinder at Free against SimpleMind Pro's $10.99. MindBinder also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). SimpleMind Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#119 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
MindBinder is free to download; SimpleMind Pro costs $10.99 up front. MindBinder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. SimpleMind Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpleMind Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, MindBinder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleMind Pro | MindBinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (451 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 451 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #119 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | xpt Software & Consulting B.V. | Karym Zijderveld |
In-app purchases
SimpleMind Pro
No in-app purchases
MindBinder
- MindBinder (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Mindbinder (Yearly)$24.991 Year









