Comparison

OneThing vs DeMinds

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OneThing

This app helps you stay focused by displaying your most important task on your home or lock screen. It simplifies your life by bringing order through focusing on one priority at a time.

Highlights
  • Display crucial item on home/lock screen
  • Stay focused and efficient
  • Simple input
  • Visible everywhere
  • Brings order to life
Features
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OneThing - Focus on what matters most, right now. This sleek and powerful app allows you to capture and display the most crucial item in your life at any given moment. Whether on your home screen or lock screen, OneThing ensures your priority is always in sight, helping you stay focused and efficient. Simple input, visible everywhere - bringing order to your life with just one thing at a time --- After confirming the purchase and payment, your iTunes account will automatically renew the subscription. The Apple iTunes account will charge within 24 hours before the expiration date. Once the payment is successful, the subscription period will extend by one subscription period. To cancel the renewal, please manually turn off the auto-renewal feature in the iTunes/AppleID settings at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. During the trial period, if the iTunes account does not cancel the subscription, it will automatically start the subscription and charge at the end of the trial period. Any unused trial period will be forfeited after purchasing the subscription. This service allows you to choose whether to cancel; if you choose not to cancel, the renewal service for the next billing period will start automatically. private privacy: https://merciful-sugar-3e6.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-b0e24b6beb074420ae88ec07239d1c5f?pvs=74 term of service: https://merciful-sugar-3e6.notion.site/Terms-of-Service-ffa8642d0e864e22b1dcd5fb06870978

About

DeMinds

This app transforms scattered content into structured knowledge assets using Markdown and mind maps. It supports various file types, including mind maps, documents, and AI shares, allowing for local-first editing and portable exports.

Highlights
  • Import and preview mind maps
  • Convert Markdown to visual maps
  • Work with Markdown Packages and Obsidian Vaults
  • Use Universal Mind Map as structure layer
  • Local-first editing
  • Export to Markdown, PDF, PNG
Features
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Your content is still there. Your work should not have to start over. DeMinds is a local-first Markdown and mind map workspace. It brings files, web pages, links, mind maps, and shared AI conversations together as structured Markdown knowledge you can keep editing. Open supported MindNode, XMind, and FreeMind maps, along with Markdown, TXT, DOCX, HTML, and OPML documents. Choose content from a Markdown Package or Obsidian Vault. DeMinds preserves useful hierarchy, links, and images whenever possible. With DeMinds, you can: • See the structure before diving into details Use the Universal Mind Map to explore headings, branches, and context, find the Nodes that matter, then continue in Markdown Preview or editing. Some Notes can also switch to a structured view. Focus Mode temporarily clears the surrounding interface when you want fewer distractions. For supported map formats, DeMinds Plus also shows the Original Mind Map. • Keep working in Markdown Type or paste Markdown, edit it, and create a mind map. Continue editing imported Markdown while previewing tables, images, links, code, and common formulas. Organize, expand, and combine your content over time instead of stopping at conversion. • Bring remote content back into your workflow Open public links to Markdown, text, HTML, DOCX, or supported mind map documents in the same preview, map, and editing flow. In GitHub repositories, links between a README and related documents keep a clear path back to the source. • Follow content worth keeping Add a public Feed or GitHub repository README to Content Sources and find it in Continue Working. Check for updates when you choose, without automatic background checks. • Return to work already in progress In Continue Working, find pinned and recent projects and return by stage, time, or Category. With “Continue with AI…”, prepare a Standard Markdown Bundle or AI Editing File for an external AI tool, compare the returned version, then continue in the original project. • Take your work with you without losing the reading experience Export a Markdown File, a Standard Markdown Bundle with images, or a PDF. With DeMinds Plus, export a Full Mind Map as PNG or include Body, Mind Map, or both in an Interactive View, with related Notes, to read, zoom, and fold in a browser. For supported source maps, Interactive View preserves recognized canvas backgrounds whenever possible, while online images stay unloaded until you choose to load them. • Share an Interactive View With DeMinds Plus, publish it through GitHub Pages from the Publishing Space in your personal GitHub account. Share, update, or unpublish the public link; disconnecting GitHub does not remove published files. • Choose where your Workspace lives Keep it on your device or choose iCloud. You decide where your content stays. Local-first also means clearer boundaries for your data. DeMinds does not require registration or an account. Documents, edits, history, and content are processed on your device or in your chosen Workspace, not uploaded to DeMinds servers. Web pages, remote documents, Content Sources, Interactive View images, iCloud, and translation may use the corresponding network or system services based on the features you use or enable. When you publish through GitHub Pages, the public result is written to the Publishing Space in your personal GitHub account. DeMinds Plus adds the Original Mind Map, Interactive View with GitHub Pages publishing, Full Mind Map PNG export, Presentation Playback, Workspace Backup import, and a higher project limit in Continue Working. DeMinds is more than a notes app or a mind map app. It brings scattered content back into structure and turns that structure into portable, editable, long-lived Markdown knowledge. Privacy Policy: https://deminds.xyz/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

OneThing4 screens
DeMinds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DeMinds at Free against OneThing's $0.99. DeMinds also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

DeMinds is free to download; OneThing costs $0.99 up front. OneThing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DeMinds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DeMinds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OneThing ships an update fortnightly, DeMinds every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
OneThing versus DeMinds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneThingDeMinds
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer定荣 郭Yongguo Fan

Customer experience

OneThing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

DeMinds

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OneThing

One-time1
  • buy the author a cola$0.99
2 purchases

DeMinds

Subscriptions2
  • DeMinds Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • DeMinds Plus Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is OneThing free?
OneThing costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is DeMinds free?
DeMinds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OneThing or DeMinds?
DeMinds is rated higher. OneThing averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while DeMinds averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do OneThing or DeMinds have ads?
Neither OneThing nor DeMinds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OneThing or DeMinds?
OneThing ships an update fortnightly, and DeMinds every 2 days. Most recently, OneThing was updated on September 20, 2026 and DeMinds on September 26, 2026.

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