Bid vs Mindscope 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bid
This app assists airline crew with managing their flight schedules and bidding for new assignments. It automates line retrieval, helps build custom bid sheets, and provides real-time roster updates with legality checks and pay estimations.
- Automated line retrieval
- Customizable bid sheet builder
- Real-time roster updates
- Legality checker
- Pay estimation
- Offline functionality
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BidBot is the bidding assistant for airline crew, pilots and cabin. Upload your lines, find the ones that actually suit you, build your bid sheet, and send it to the company portal. Then keep BidBot with you all month: your roster keeps itself up to date, check your legality, and see what you are set to earn. BIDDING - Get your lines automatically from the company portal, or upload a lines PDF for any month. - Every line at a glance: block hours, days off, legs, layovers, rest, pairings, carry-over and deadheads. - Filter and sort by what matters to you, then pin a line to your home screen. - BidBot checks every line against your roster and flags the ones that would not be legal for you. - Build your bid sheet in your own order, then export it straight to the company portal. - Export any line as a PDF to print or share. YOUR ROSTER - Your roster updates itself, so it is always current without you lifting a finger. - Your next duty on your home screen, with the widget: report time, where you are going, every leg. - Tap any pairing for the full picture: flights, aircraft, scheduled and actual times, and crew. - Block hours at a glance, this period and the year so far, actual against scheduled. - Add friends by payroll number and see their roster, so you know who is flying where. The names of the crew you fly with are never shared. - Share your roster with family through a private link, so they know when you are back. - Your next report on your Lock Screen, and BidBot can set a real alarm for it. YOUR PAY - See what you are set to earn from your real roster, with a full payslip-style breakdown. - Set your salary once, and every line also shows a smarter pay estimate. UTILITIES FOR CREW - Legality checker: work out your FDP, your limits and your minimum rest. For pilots, your cumulative limits too. - Time calculator for quick Zulu and local time work. - Limits and reference, always in your pocket. - For pilots: an OFP briefing reader and a fuel-sheet check. BUILT FOR CREW - A clean four-tab layout, with guided tours to show you around. - Works on iPhone, iPad and the web. - Works offline once your lines and roster are saved. BidBot is made by crew, for crew. Happy bidding. Note: BidBot is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any airline.
Mindscope 2
Capture and organize your thoughts visually with a fluid mind-mapper and outliner. Create nested entries, link ideas, and export your work in various formats. Syncs across Apple devices and offers offline access.
- Free-form visual boards
- Instant outlining and nesting
- Multiple boards per project
- Rich entry types (text, links, todos, notes)
- Line and arrow connections
- Smart Undo/Redo
- Multiple export formats (OPML, PDF, PNG, HTML)
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Mindscope 2 is the fastest way to capture your thoughts and keep them organized. A fluid, visual mind-mapper and outliner in one, built entirely with SwiftUI and running on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Apple Watch. Create entries to capture your thoughts anywhere on a simple and elegant free-form text canvas, drag them around, and tap to zoom into an entry to enter its own space to add sub-entries, for as many levels as you want. Use the "breadcrumb bar", or a quick pinch gesture to jump up a level. Some highlights: • Free-form visual boards with smooth, speefy navigation. • Instant outlining. Drag your entries to reorder, nest, and shape ideas. • Multiple boards for different projects. Entries saved where you want them. • Entry types: text, links (including deep links to other apps!), todos, and long-form notes. • Drag open a selection rectangle for moving and styling multiple entries at once. Long-press for context menus. • Draw lines and arrows between entries. Customize arrowheads. • Smart Undo/Redo of your changes. • Set bookmarks for quick access to key entries. • Lock entries you don’t want to move or enter into. • Rich styling: fonts, colors, backgrounds, rotations. Preserved in exports. • Reminders on any entry: one-time or repeating. Notifications will then pop up which take you straight to the item. • Multi-window support on iPad and Mac. Full keyboard shortcuts and native menus. • iCloud (CloudKit) sync. Work offline and catch up later. • Intelligent paste with local Apple Intelligence: automatically summarize pasted text into tidy, titled bullet hierarchies. • Instant global search across all your entries. • Gorgeous liquid glass UI. Exporting makes sure you retain complete control of your data: • Mindscope archive (.mindscope2) • OPML (supported by most mind-mapping apps) • Bullet-list text • PDF (multi-page optional) • PNG (per board) • Interactive single-file HTML export that mirrors the real app, complete with navigation, styling, lines, and todos, and works offline in any browser. Importing works too. Open .mindscope2 files into new top-level boards, or bring in OPML with formatting, positions, metadata, and line connections preserved. Mindscope 2 is completely free to use with all the way up to 200 entries and 2 boards. All features, all export options, all syncing included. When you get close to the limits, you’ll see gentle upgrade prompts to get the Pro version either as a subscription or a one-time purchase. Mindscope Pro unlocks unlimited boards and entries and there is a 14-day trial as well for the monthly/yearly plans. Early adopters get the low prices locked in. Apple Watch app included for a synced, streamlined list view on the wrist. I made Mindscope 2 for my own usage, with my primary focus being speed and focus, for getting thoughts out of my head, organized, and easily accessible later. Try it for free and see if your brain doesn't feel just a bit lighter after using it a bit. (EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula)
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Verdict
Bid and Mindscope 2 both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Bid's written reviews are positive against 50% of Mindscope 2's. Bid also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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. Bid sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mindscope 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bid against 5.0 for Mindscope 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Bid's written reviews are positive against 50% of Mindscope 2's.
Bid ships an update every 3 weeks, Mindscope 2 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bid | Mindscope 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abdulrahman Alasmari | John Goering |
Customer experience
Bid
Mindscope 2
In-app purchases
Bid
- 3 Months Plan$4.99
- 6 Months Plan$7.99
- Yearly Plan$11.99
Mindscope 2
- Mindscope Pro Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Mindscope Pro Yearly14 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Mindscope Pro Lifetime$29.99









