Mind Map Maker vs Mind Mapping
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mind Map Maker
This app allows users to create and share mind maps and concept maps, transforming thoughts into presentations. It offers real-time collaboration and cloud synchronization across devices, enabling users to bring ideas to life anywhere. Features include offline work, customizable layouts, and image embedding.
- Interactive presentations from mind maps
- Unlimited maps and folders
- Offline work and synchronization
- Real-time collaboration
- Multiple layout options
- Map customization with icons and themes
- Image embedding on topics
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Mindomo is a seamlessly designed mind mapping app for Mac and iOS. Unleash the power of your ideas with mind mapping and concept mapping. Capture your thoughts directly on mind maps, turn them into presentations on the fly, and share them with others. Synchronize your maps to the cloud, from any device. The Mindomo platform creates a powerful environment where you can easily collaborate with others by sharing ideas and working together on mind maps in real time. No matter where you go, you can creatively bring your ideas to life. Our Highlighted Features are: Catchy - Interactive presentations straight from your mind maps - Unlimited maps and folders which can be edited, shared and exported Mobile - Offline work and sync - Seamless synchronization - Real time collaboration Fun - Multiple layouts (circular, concept, org chart) - Map customization by adding icons, colors, styles and map themes - Image embedding on map topics - Visualization of notes, links or tasks on topics - Full map history, undo and redo functions * Terms of Use: https://www.mindomo.com/terms-of-use * Privacy Policy: https://www.mindomo.com/privacy
Mind Mapping
Organize your thoughts and ideas into structured visual formats like mind maps, flowcharts, and outlines. This app offers extensive customization, sharing, and export options for seamless idea management.
- Diagrams and mind maps
- Flowcharts and outlines
- Multiple color themes and styles
- Customization tools
- External sharing
- Export as PDF and image
- Offline mode
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Mind Mapping is an app designed to help users shape their abstract ideas into a structured format, using diagrams, mind maps, flowcharts, outlines, tree charts, and other efficient visualization tools. We created this app for people like us who need to constantly organize their thoughts, concepts, and ideas but lack a robust solution to achieve their goals. The developed app encompasses all the necessary features to make your mind mapping journey convenient and seamless, including: • Multiple color themes and styles • Wide range of layouts and templates • Customization tools • External sharing (share your mind maps across any convenient external channel) • Export of a created mind map as PDF and image • iCloud document support • Offline mode • Ability to save drafts • Ability to draw connections between nodes We hope that our Mind Mapping app will help you during presentations, brainstorming, note-taking, meetings, idea generation, thoughts organization, and many other activities. Minimalistic and modern design, easy-to-use functionality, a wide range of tools to customize your mind maps, all these, and much more, is available to you so that all your ideas can be captured properly! Don’t forget to check our privacy policy and terms of service: https://mindster-map.com/privacy-policy.html https://mindster-map.com/terms-of-service.html SUBSCRIPTION INFO: • Subscription for Mind Mapping for full access to all features. • Subscription length: one week, one month, and lifetime. • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Mind Map Maker at free with in-app purchases against Mind Mapping's subscription. Mind Map Maker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 42%). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Mind Map Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $35.99 per 6 months and Mind Mapping sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Mind Map Maker against 4.6 for Mind Mapping. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 473 and 379 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Mind Map Maker's written reviews are positive against 42% of Mind Mapping's.
Mind Map Maker ships an update every 9 days, Mind Mapping every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mind Map Maker | Mind Mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (473 ratings) — better | 4.6 (379 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 473 — better | 379 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Expert Software Applications Srl | Yalex FZC LLC |
Customer experience
Mind Map Maker
Mind Mapping
Bugs and requests
Mind Map Maker
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes and freezes
- Login and sync issues
- Disappearing or lost mind maps
- Compatibility problems with older devices
- White text on white background in certain UI elements
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to connect topics or subtopics
- More layout and formatting options
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Commenting feature
- Improved offline functionality
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- Backup and restore options
- Integration with other productivity apps
Mind Mapping
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mind Map Maker
- Mindomo Premium$35.996 Months
- Mindomo Premium Subscription$35.996 Months
- Mindomo Premium$65.991 Year
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- Mindomo Premium Subscription$65.991 Year
Mind Mapping
- Mind Mapping - 1 Week$2.997 Days
- Mind Mapping - 1 Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Mind Mapping - 1 Month$9.991 Month
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- Mind Mapping – 6 Months$24.996 Months
- Mind Mapping - 1 Year3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Mind Mapping - Lifetime$69.99






