# Milestone vs VisualMind

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Milestone at 77% against VisualMind's 23%. Milestone also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). VisualMind's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Milestone sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and VisualMind sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Milestone holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3K and 3.3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Milestone's written reviews are positive against 23% of VisualMind's.

Milestone ships an update weekly, VisualMind every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

## The numbers

| Metric | Milestone | VisualMind |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.7 (3K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/milestone-book-summaries/id6479528346/reviews)** | [4.5 (3.3K ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visualmind-ai-mindmapchatbot/id6502063885/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | 3K | **3.3K** |
| Positive reviews | **77.0% of reviews** | 23.0% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Ads | Yes | **No** |
| Update frequency | **Weekly** | Every 3 weeks |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 164 MB | 45 MB |
| Requires iOS | **16.0** | 16.4 |
| Devices | iPhone | **iPhone, iPad** |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [AIBY](https://appshunter.io/developer/1458102137) | [Asana Rebel GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/1067860795) |

## What reviewers say

### Milestone

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/milestone-book-summaries/id6479528346)

Access over 3000 key insights from non-fiction bestsellers through concise summaries and audio versions. Enhance your learning with quizzes, reading challenges, and AI-generated summaries for any book title.

**Highlights:** 3000+ non-fiction book summaries, Audio summaries with multiple narrators, Interactive quizzes, Curated book recommendations, AI-powered custom summaries, Reading challenges

**In-app purchases (20)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weekly subscriptions | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Weekly subscription | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Premium | $6.99 | per 7 days |
| Premium | $6.99 | per 7 days |
| Premium | $9.99 | per 7 days |
| Premium | $9.99 | per month |
| Premium | $12.99 | per month |
| Premium | $19.99 | per year |
| Premium | $19.99 | per month |
| Premium | $29.99 | per year |
| Premium | $39.99 | per year |
| Premium | $49.99 | per year |
| Premium | $69.99 | per year |
| Premium | $69.99 | per year |
| Premium | $69.99 | per year |
| Premium | $89.99 | per year |
| Premium | $99.99 | per year |
| Premium | $119.99 | per year |
| Premium | $119.99 | per year |
| Premium | $299.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Outstanding
- 👍 Good
- 👍 Useful
- 👍 Functional
- 👍 Excellent audio

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Defective app
- 🐛 Not working
- 💰 Misleading/Requires subscription
- 💰 Poor customer service
- 🔇 AI narrator issues

**Reported bugs**

- App freezes/crashes
- Blank app with no books/choices
- Playback issues (stops, skips)

**Requested features**

- Highlight text while reading
- More book categories (science, health, etc.)
- Ability to keep purchased books
- Improve focus/concentration features


### VisualMind

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visualmind-ai-mindmapchatbot/id6502063885)

This app helps you learn faster by transforming complex topics into interactive mind maps or conversational chats. Choose your preferred learning style to absorb and retain information more effectively.

**Highlights:** AI-driven summaries, Mind map or chat learning formats, Curated learning prompts, Interactive learning experience, Personalized AI helper, YouTube video summarization

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (9)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| VisualMind Premium | $13.99 | per 7 days |
| VisualMind Premium Trial | $19.99 | per 7 days |
| VisualMind Premium 1w | $19.99 | per 7 days |
| Premium | $29.99 | per month |
| VisualMind Premium Trial - 12m | $69.99 | per year |
| VisualMind Premium 12m | $69.99 | per year |
| VisualMind Premium | $69.99 | per year |
| Premium | $71.99 | per year |
| premium_12m_9999_trial | $89.99 | per year |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Impressive fast and accurate
- 👍 Pleasantly surprised
- 👍 Tellement parfait pour partager les concepts

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Ambitious but Rubbish
- 🐛 Nope
- 🐛 Frustrating and limited functionality
- 🐛 More Money Than Sense
- 🐛 False advertising

**Reported bugs**

- Crashing when trying to create a custom mind map
- Inability to save or export mind maps
- Lack of functionality beyond preset templates
- Subscription issues and inability to cancel

**Requested features**

- Include an option to multi-select branches, sub-branches to be able to move items around
- Allow users to hard press or interact with bubbles to copy suggestions to a more advanced AI app like ChatGPT for further development
- Facilitate interactive scenarios where users can explore alternatives and make more informed decisions
- Offer actionable steps to implement each suggestion
- Allow users to ask more questions and dive deeper


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Milestone free?

Milestone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is VisualMind free?

VisualMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Milestone or VisualMind?

Milestone is rated higher. Milestone averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while VisualMind averages 4.5 from 3.3K ratings.

### Do Milestone or VisualMind have ads?

Milestone shows ads; VisualMind does not.

### Which is updated more often, Milestone or VisualMind?

Milestone ships an update weekly, and VisualMind every 3 weeks. Most recently, Milestone was updated on October 1, 2026 and VisualMind on October 1, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*