MindNode vs Listita
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MindNode
Visualize and organize your thoughts with an infinite canvas for mind mapping and a linear structure for outlining. Collaborate in real-time with others and access your projects across all your Apple devices. A free editor is available, with an optional subscription for advanced features.
- Infinite canvas mind mapping
- Linear outlining view
- Real-time collaboration
- Cross-device synchronization
- Notes and visual tags
- Import and export options
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Your brain doesn't think in straight lines. MindNode doesn't force it to. Capture scattered thoughts, connect them in a mind map, and turn them into a clear outline, plan, or project structure. DESIGNED FOR EVERY KIND OF THINKER • Personal Productivity: organize your week, track life goals, and plan your next vacation • Students & Educators: create study guides, summarize lectures, and plan your essay structure • Business Professionals: visualize project roadmaps, prepare meeting agendas, and plan strategy • Creatives & Writers: outline your novel, plan your content calendar, and brainstorm campaigns THINK: EXPLORE AND CAPTURE • Mind Maps: branch, cluster, and grow ideas freely on an infinite canvas • Outline View: switch to a structured, hierarchical list whenever a linear flow helps • Live Collaboration: brainstorm with others in real time and always stay in sync CLARIFY: STRUCTURE AND REFINE • Visual Tags: categorize ideas and spotlight what matters • Connections: draw links between nodes that go beyond hierarchy • Notes: tuck extra detail into any node, hidden until you need it • Focus Mode: dim everything except the work in front of you • Folding: collapse whole branches for a cleaner view ACT: FROM THOUGHT TO IMPACT • Tasks: turn ideas into actions, synced with Apple Reminders • Apple Shortcuts: automate your recurring workflows • Document Linking: connect nodes across separate documents • Import and Export: OPML, Markdown, PDF, SVG, PNG, and more EXPRESS: MAKE IT YOUR OWN • Themes: choose a curated look or build your own, with automatic light and dark mode • Layouts and Shapes: arrange nodes your way and pick from a range of node shapes • Images, Stickers, and Emoji: enrich your maps with over 250 custom stickers and more AI, A THINKING PARTNER, NOT A REPLACEMENT MindNode treats AI as a sparring partner for your thinking, never a substitute for it. You stay in control of every idea. • Suggest a starting structure or expand a branch with a tap • Turn a finished map into a written draft, or summarize a long document • Powered by Apple Intelligence where available, with its privacy protections built in ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro, native on each • On Vision Pro, gather your thoughts as colorful pills floating in space and connect them by hand • Automatic iCloud sync, with offline changes merged when you reconnect • Localized in 13 languages, with VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your ideas stay yours. Documents are stored encrypted in your own iCloud, not on our servers, and even live collaboration is end-to-end encrypted, so only you and the people you invite can read your work. MindNode is a small independent team in Europe, owned by its founder and answerable to its users, not investors. FREE • Capture ideas as mind maps, edit, rearrange, fold, and view them as an outline • Sync across all your Apple devices, and export your ideas in open formats so you are never locked in MINDNODE PLUS • Adds outline editing, Notes, Visual Tags and Connections, Tasks, Focus Mode, Apple Shortcuts, Document Linking, SVG export, AI, and full theming, across every platform • Available monthly or yearly QUESTIONS? We value excellent customer support. When you contact us, you will always reach a human. We're always happy to help: support@mindnode.com Terms of Service: https://mindnode.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://mindnode.com/privacy
Listita
Easily manage your shopping lists, individually or collaboratively. Add, check off, and reorder items with simple taps and drags. Syncs across devices and allows real-time sharing with others via QR code.
- Tap to add items
- Tap to check off items
- Drag to reorder
- Cross-device syncing
- Real-time collaboration
- Share via QR code
- Multiple list support
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Listita is the simplest way to keep a shopping list — alone or together. Tap to add an item. Tap again to check it off. Drag to reorder. That's the whole app. Sign in with your Apple ID and your lists sync across every device you own. No accounts to remember, no passwords. Share a list with your partner, your family, or your roommates by showing them a QR code: they scan it with the iPhone Camera and they're in. Everyone's edits show up live. Keep separate lists for groceries, the hardware store, packing for a trip — switch between them from the toolbar. Lists you own are yours; lists you join belong to whoever invited you. Designed for iOS, in English and Spanish. No ads, no tracking, no subscriptions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Listita at none against MindNode's 2. Listita also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). MindNode's advantage is ratings volume (305 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 3). On price 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
Both are free to download. MindNode sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Listita asks for nothing beyond the download.
Listita holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MindNode has 305 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MindNode ships an update fortnightly, Listita every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MindNode | Listita |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (305 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 305 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IdeasOnCanvas GmbH | Lautaro Pereyra |
Bugs and requests
MindNode
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Text rendering issues
- Syncing problems across devices
- Incompatibility with older hardware
Requested features
5 requests- Add folder structure for organizing mind maps
- Restore manual layout and positioning options
- Bring back Apple Watch support
- Improve export and integration with other apps
- Provide more customization options for themes and formatting
Listita
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MindNode
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Listita
No in-app purchases









