Comparison

Hourglass vs Mind Map

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

Head to head
About

Hourglass

This app automatically tracks your productive time by monitoring how your phone is oriented. Place your device face down to enter focus mode and flip it over to log distraction time, providing clear data on your work habits without manual input.

Highlights
  • Automatic focus time tracking
  • Distraction time monitoring
  • Phone orientation detection
  • Real productivity data
  • No manual timers
  • Simple interface
Features
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Hourglass automatically tracks your productive time. Place your phone face down to start focus mode. When you flip it over, it tracks your time spent distracted. Get real data on your focus vs distraction patterns. No manual timers. No guessing. Just truth.

About

Mind Map

Visualize your thoughts on an infinite canvas. Organize ideas with branching structures, outlines, and various visual layouts. Export your work in multiple formats for seamless integration with other tools.

Highlights
  • Infinite canvas for brainstorming
  • Multiple visual layouts (free-form, radial, tree)
  • Outline view synchronized with visual map
  • Quick capture of new ideas
  • Focus and presentation modes
  • Export to PNG, PDF, Markdown, OPML
  • Customizable themes, colors, and icons
Features
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Some ideas only make sense once you can see them. MindFlow gives you an infinite canvas and gets out of the way. Type your central idea, branch it out, and watch the shape of your thinking appear. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Works offline. There is no account, no sign-up, and no sync. Your maps live on your device and nowhere else — which means MindFlow works on a plane, on the subway, and in an exam hall. No subscription. The whole core app is free. Six ways to see the same idea. Free-form, radial, tree right, tree down, org chart, and fishbone (unlock the last two for good inside the app, or get them with MindFlow Pro). Switch and every node glides into its new arrangement — the same thoughts, a completely different perspective. Find anything. Search looks inside every map, not just the titles, and opens the map right on the idea you were looking for. Quick capture. Jot an idea from the home screen without opening a map. It lands under the central idea of the map you pick, or starts a new map of its own. Focus mode. Spotlight one branch, dim everything else, and think about one thing at a time. Present mode. Step through your map branch by branch, with zoom and highlight. Your brainstorm becomes a walkthrough without any extra work. Outline view. Every visual map is also a clean indented outline. Edit either side; both stay in sync. It is the fastest route from a messy brainstorm to a structured first draft. Fifteen templates. SWOT, decision tree, study notes, project plan, essay outline, meeting agenda, weekly planner and more — each one a real starting structure, not an empty page. Seven of them unlock one by one inside the app, or all of them with MindFlow Pro. Export it anywhere. PNG, a print-ready PDF, Markdown for your notes app, a plain-text outline, or OPML for other tools. PDF and OPML each unlock inside the app, or with MindFlow Pro. Make it yours. Twelve colors, five shapes, sixty icons, a note on any node and cross-links between any two. Ten map themes (five included, five more to unlock), a minimap and a real dark mode. Five plain canvas backgrounds plus five patterns — graph paper, blueprint, notebook, isometric and kraft — each yours for good once unlocked inside the app, or all of them with MindFlow Pro. Your defaults, every time. Choose a theme, a layout and a background in Settings, and every new map starts that way. BUILT FOR THE WAY PHONES ARE ACTUALLY HELD A canvas that stays smooth under your thumb. Auto-save every five seconds, so you never think about saving. Unlimited maps, with stars and sorting. Works on iPad too, in 7 languages. PRIVACY No account. No sign-up. Your maps stay on your device unless you share or export them. MINDFLOW PRO One payment, not a subscription: every template, theme, layout and canvas pattern, and PDF and OPML export. Everything else works without it. MindFlow is for the moment when you have too many thoughts and not enough shape. Give them one.

Screenshots

Hourglass4 screens
Mind Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hourglass at 5.0 against Mind Map's 3.0. Hourglass also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Mind Map's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Mind Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hourglass asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hourglass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hourglass ships an update every 10 days, Mind Map fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hourglass versus Mind Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourglassMind Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPASHA MEHRANPOURGunawan Santoso

Customer experience

Hourglass

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

Mind Map

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hourglass

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mind Map

One-time1
  • MindFlow Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Hourglass free?
Hourglass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mind Map free?
Mind Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hourglass or Mind Map?
Hourglass is rated higher. Hourglass averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mind Map averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Hourglass or Mind Map have ads?
Neither Hourglass nor Mind Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hourglass or Mind Map?
Hourglass ships an update every 10 days, and Mind Map fortnightly. Most recently, Hourglass was updated on October 31, 2026 and Mind Map on November 13, 2026.

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