Comparison

Mindscope 2 vs QuickSave

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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)

About

QuickSave

A private digital space to store links, screenshots, notes, and images from any app. Organize your saved content with tags and smart lists for easy retrieval, all synced privately via iCloud without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Save links, images, and notes from any app
  • Organize with freeform tags and smart lists
  • Full-text search across all saved content
  • Save multiple images per item
  • Private iCloud sync
  • No account creation required
Features
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QuickSave is one quiet home for everything worth keeping. Links, posts, screenshots and notes, all in a single private stream — not scattered across read-later apps, Photos and Notion. Save it now, find it later. No feed to scroll, no algorithm, no noise. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Share from any app in one tap, from Safari, X, Threads or Pinterest • Add links, notes and images by hand • Import screenshots and photos straight from your library ORGANISE & FIND • Freeform tags, with filter chips built from the tags you actually use • Smart lists that gather what matters • Full-text search across titles, notes and tags IMAGES & SCREENSHOTS • Save multiple images per item • Screenshots are copied into QuickSave, so you can clear the originals from Photos and your saves stay • A clean masonry feed that mixes text and images PRIVATE & SYNCED • Your library lives on your devices and syncs over iCloud • No account to create, nothing uploaded to our servers • No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. WHO IT'S FOR For anyone whose saves are scattered. Readers, designers, investors and builders who want one calm, private place that holds it all. Lifetime access. No subscriptions, no ads.

Screenshots

Mindscope 24 screens
QuickSave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: QuickSave at 100% against Mindscope 2's 50%. QuickSave also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Mindscope 2's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mindscope 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and QuickSave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindscope 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, QuickSave every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mindscope 2 versus QuickSave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindscope 2QuickSave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn GoeringZhiqi Pan

Customer experience

Mindscope 2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

QuickSave

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mindscope 2

Subscriptions2
  • Mindscope Pro Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Mindscope Pro Yearly14 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mindscope Pro Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

QuickSave

One-time1
  • QuickSave Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Mindscope 2 free?
Mindscope 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QuickSave free?
QuickSave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindscope 2 or QuickSave have ads?
Neither Mindscope 2 nor QuickSave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindscope 2 or QuickSave?
Mindscope 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and QuickSave every 2 days. Most recently, Mindscope 2 was updated on October 5, 2026 and QuickSave on September 27, 2026.

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