Comparison

SimpleMind Pro vs Pinmate for Pinboard

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

Pinmate for Pinboard

This app acts as a fast and efficient companion for the Pinboard bookmarking service. It allows for quick sharing of URLs from any app, offline reading of cached content, and offers advanced tools for managing and checking your bookmarks.

Highlights
  • Share extension for any app
  • Offline access to cached feeds
  • Smart search and filtering
  • iCloud settings and favorites sync
  • Broken-link and metadata checker
  • Export bookmarks in multiple formats
  • macOS keyboard-friendly interface
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Pinmate is your fast bridge to Pinboard. Share any URL from Safari or other apps, fill in title, description, and tags, then save instantly. Your personal feed, popular links, and network are cached locally, so there's always something to read - even offline. New in 1.6: app language picker (restart required), new/unread summary chips with quick reset, card action buttons, relative time display, and an optional feed preload on login. Highlights: - Share extension: grab links from any app, auto-fill page metadata with a live status indicator, and gate saving until it's ready. - Smart filters: search title/URL/tags, filter unread, favorites, or private; FROM_ tags can open a user's feed or act as normal tags. - iCloud settings sync: optionally store settings (including API token) in iCloud and restore on a new device. - iCloud favorites sync: starred/pinned items are preserved across reinstalls. - Local network: build a local list of people from user feeds, merge it into your Network feed, and manage members in one place (with source badges). - Recent feed: a dedicated tab powered by Pinboard's recent RSS. - Broken-link checker: scan your own feed for 404s with a countdown, intensity (low/mid/high), delete in bulk with stop control and progress. - Metadata checker: pick fields (tags/description/title/all), scope (missing-only or all), intensity, optionally fill placeholders, and update per item or all at once with a countdown and stop control. - HTTPS upgrade tool: scan HTTP bookmarks, check if HTTPS works, upgrade one-by-one or all at once, and optionally delete links without a working HTTPS variant. - Export hub: from the Tools menu export all bookmarks to HTML, JSON, CSV, or Markdown (shared/toread included) with a progress banner and share sheet. - Feed summary: toggle the top card (last refresh + entry count) on/off, applied to all feeds (including user feeds). - Feed chips: new/unread counters in the summary card; tap to reset new items or mark all unread as read. - Card actions: quick unread/private/star buttons plus a menu for edit/share/copy/import. - App language: choose a preferred language in Settings (applies after restart). - User-Agent setting: choose Pinmate or Safari for metadata/tag fetching (used everywhere, including debug analysis). - One-tap pinning: mark favorites or reading list in a flash. - App icon badge: choose none, unread, or starred counts. - Offline cache: personal, popular, and network feeds stay available for quick access. - App group sync: shared links wait in the app, even when you open it later. - macOS: keyboard-friendly feeds with arrow scrolling, Enter to open, and Command-R refresh. - Languages: German, French, Norwegian, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, and Polish. For whom? Pinboard users who want speed, offline convenience, and a polished iOS and macOS experience. Pinmate keeps your bookmark inbox light, your favorites within reach, and makes sharing from iPhone, iPad, and Mac effortless.

Screenshots

SimpleMind Pro4 screens
Pinmate for Pinboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pinmate for Pinboard at $3.99 against SimpleMind Pro's $10.99. Pinmate for Pinboard also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). SimpleMind Pro's advantage is chart position (#197 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SimpleMind Pro costs $10.99 and Pinmate for Pinboard $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleMind Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, Pinmate for Pinboard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
SimpleMind Pro versus Pinmate for Pinboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleMind ProPinmate for Pinboard
Price$10.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.7 (451 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings451 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB4 MB
Age rating+44+
Developerxpt Software & Consulting B.V.Marco Janssen

Customer experience

SimpleMind Pro

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

Pinmate for Pinboard

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SimpleMind Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Pinmate for Pinboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleMind Pro free?
SimpleMind Pro costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinmate for Pinboard free?
Pinmate for Pinboard costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do SimpleMind Pro or Pinmate for Pinboard have ads?
Neither SimpleMind Pro nor Pinmate for Pinboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleMind Pro or Pinmate for Pinboard?
SimpleMind Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pinmate for Pinboard every 8 days. Most recently, SimpleMind Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pinmate for Pinboard on October 30, 2026.

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