Comparison

Link Insights vs MindMap AI

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

Head to head
About

Link Insights

This app uses AI to transform text and shared URLs into custom summaries, translations, and insights. Build personalized workflows with various use cases, adjust output variables, and share results instantly. It integrates seamlessly with other apps via a share extension.

Highlights
  • AI-powered text and URL conversion
  • Customizable use cases (summaries, translations, social posts)
  • Seamless share extension integration
  • Adjustable output variables (length, tone, style)
  • Instant results and sharing
  • Extract key information and insights
  • Generate social media posts
Features
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Understand a webpage before spending time reading every word. Share a page from Safari, News, Mail, or another app, paste a URL, or enter text. Link Insights turns the content into a clear, structured AI response that you can read, copy with its source, or listen to. Choose the workflow that fits your task: • Create a quick TL;DR or a fuller summary • Extract key facts, names, dates, places, and figures • Translate content into your preferred output language • Turn information into an actionable to-do list • Draft social posts from source material • Explore related sources and different perspectives • Identify opinions and possible bias • Review visible trust signals and potential warning signs for a website Adjust prompt options such as depth, style, focus, and structure. Link Insights remembers your choices for each workflow, so repeated tasks take fewer steps. Work where the content already is. The Share extension brings the workflow directly into supported apps, while the main workspace is ready for pasted text and URLs. Completed URL analyses can be kept in searchable history and synced through iCloud when available. Text-only analyses are not added to history. Results can be displayed as formatted Markdown or plain text. Free access includes quick previews and shortened summaries. Optional Pro plans provide higher fair-use limits, longer inputs, and higher-quality modes. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MindMap AI

Features
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Turn any idea into a professional mind map in seconds — then find it on every device you own. There is no account and no sign-up: open the app, start mapping, and your maps sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud. With MindMap Pro, type a topic, paste a long text, or drop in a URL and AI builds a complete, beautifully organized mind map for you. CREATE WITH AI (Pro) • Generate a full mind map from a single topic • Summarize long articles and documents into a visual map • Paste a URL and map out the whole page • Up to 100 AI actions per day THINK DEEPER • Add, edit and rearrange nodes freely on an infinite canvas — free, no account needed • Type straight into a node: tap and write, with no dialog in the way • Start from one of 8 built-in templates, all free — Project Plan, SWOT Analysis, Weekly Planner, Meeting Notes, Book Summary, Study Notes, Brainstorm and Business Model • Give a node the shape that fits it: rounded, pill, rectangle, oval or hexagon • Style the connectors too — curved, straight or elbow, in the thickness and color you choose. Tap one connector and the whole branch below it follows. • Drag one node onto another to re-parent it, or leave an idea standalone until you know where it belongs • Fit to screen brings a sprawling map back into view with a single tap • Tap any node and let AI expand it with new sub-ideas (Pro) • Ask AI to explain any concept — the answer attaches as a note (Pro) STAY ORGANIZED • Outline view: your whole map as a clean, collapsible list • Library with previews — your maps stay on your device and sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud account • Works in light and dark mode EXPORT & SHARE (Pro) • PDF — as the mind-map diagram, or as an outline • HTML — as the mind-map diagram, or as an outline • JSON for your own tools • Share straight into another app, or use Save As to choose exactly where the file lands FREE VS PRO Free: up to 3 saved maps, the full manual mind-map editor with node shapes and connector styling, all 8 templates, outline view, and iCloud sync across your devices. MindMap Pro: all AI features — build a map from a topic, expand a node, explain a node, up to 100 AI actions per day — plus unlimited saved maps and export to PDF, HTML and JSON. Available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription; the yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial. The exact price for your region is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase (after the free trial, if included). Renews automatically for the same price and period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store settings. PRIVACY There is no account and no login. Your maps live on your device and sync only through your own iCloud. iCloud is optional — without it, the app works local-only on that device. Terms of Use: https://sakura5.app/mindmapai/terms Privacy Policy: https://sakura5.app/mindmapai/privacy

Screenshots

Link Insights4 screens
MindMap AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Link Insights at none against MindMap AI's 2. Link Insights also leads on ads (none vs shown). MindMap AI's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. MindMap AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Link Insights asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Link Insights ships an update every 11 months, MindMap AI every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Link Insights versus MindMap AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLink InsightsMindMap AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIBMobile SoftwareVan Hiet Ho

In-app purchases

None

Link Insights

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MindMap AI

Subscriptions2
  • MindMap Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • MindMap Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Link Insights free?
Link Insights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MindMap AI free?
MindMap AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Link Insights or MindMap AI have ads?
MindMap AI shows ads; Link Insights does not.
Which is updated more often, Link Insights or MindMap AI?
Link Insights ships an update every 11 months, and MindMap AI every 2 weeks. Most recently, Link Insights was updated on October 13, 2026 and MindMap AI on October 14, 2026.

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