Comparison

SimpleMind Pro vs Hoardgamez

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
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 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

About

Hoardgamez

Manage your board game collection by scanning barcodes, taking pictures of boxes, or manually entering details. Easily search your collection by player count, length, difficulty, and personal ratings. Keep track of borrowed games and their owners.

Highlights
  • Scan UPC codes to add games
  • Add games by taking photos of boxes
  • Manual game entry
  • Search by player count, length, difficulty
  • Track borrowed games and owners
  • Organize board game collection
Features
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Hoardgames allows you to scan, search, or manually enter your boardgame collection. Search by player count, length, difficulty, personal ratings and more. Borrow a game? don't forget to mark it and enter who owns it, because I still have that pile of "Whose games are these" in at least one game closet. A simple way to keep your boardgame collection in one place and up to date. Add games to your collection" 1.) Scan a UPC code 2.) Take a picture of the box and let the interwebz do the work for you 3.) Manually enter the game * Require Access to your camera, doesn't collect any data just send the UPC or photo along for data entry. v1.0.1

Screenshots

SimpleMind Pro4 screens
Hoardgamez3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: SimpleMind Pro at 451 against Hoardgamez's 3. Hoardgamez's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and price ($5.99 vs $10.99). 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 Hoardgamez $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hoardgamez holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleMind Pro has 451 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Hoardgamez's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleMind Pro ships an update every 2 months, Hoardgamez every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SimpleMind Pro versus Hoardgamez: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleMind ProHoardgamez
Price$10.99$5.99 — better
Rating4.7 (451 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings451 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerxpt Software & Consulting B.V.JOSHUA SAMUEL OPPER

Customer experience

SimpleMind Pro

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

Hoardgamez

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SimpleMind Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Hoardgamez

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleMind Pro free?
SimpleMind Pro costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hoardgamez free?
Hoardgamez costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SimpleMind Pro or Hoardgamez?
Hoardgamez is rated higher. SimpleMind Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 451 ratings, while Hoardgamez averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SimpleMind Pro or Hoardgamez have ads?
Neither SimpleMind Pro nor Hoardgamez shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleMind Pro or Hoardgamez?
SimpleMind Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Hoardgamez every 2 weeks. Most recently, SimpleMind Pro was updated on October 27, 2026 and Hoardgamez on October 24, 2026.

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