Comparison

Clone+ vs DeMinds

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

Head to head
About

Clone+

Features
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Clone+ is your AI-powered second brain — a Zettelkasten-style note-taking app that connects ideas, deepens thinking, and turns scattered notes into a knowledge network that grows over time. Notes x Links x AI — in one app. Most note apps remember things for you. Clone+ helps you understand them. By linking your notes into a connected knowledge network and pairing them with an AI thinking partner, Clone+ helps you organize ideas, develop insights, and build knowledge you can revisit for years. ## Connect Ideas Into Knowledge • Connect notes with bidirectional links • Visualize your knowledge network as a graph • AI suggests related notes and link candidates • Record why you linked two notes — the AI follows your reasoning Your notes become more valuable as they connect together. ## Think With AI, Not Just Search Clone+'s AI is designed to help you think, not just retrieve information. • AI Chat — answers cite the notes they drew on, so you can open the source • Web Search — look things up mid-conversation when the AI needs to • Agent — ask the AI to create notes, link them, and add tags, with a review step before anything is saved • Auto-Capture — turn URLs, YouTube videos, and images into notes automatically • Quiz Generation — create quizzes from your notes to reinforce learning • Smart Note Refinement — AI summaries, auto-titles, and splitting long notes into reusable atomic notes Whether you are studying, researching, brainstorming, or reflecting, Clone+ helps organize and expand your thinking. ## Capture Thoughts Anywhere • Offline support • Cloud sync across devices • Home screen widgets • Rich text editing • Auto-save • OCR text recognition from images • Color themes • Connectors — let outside AI tools read and write your notes Capture thoughts anytime without breaking your flow. ## Your Notes Stay Yours • Offline-first experience • Synced securely across devices • You can turn off sending data to AI services at any time in Settings Designed for people who value long-term thinking, knowledge ownership, and privacy. Who Clone+ Is For • People who want to organize notes as knowledge • People practicing the Zettelkasten method • Students and lifelong learners • Researchers, writers, and creators • People who want AI-assisted thinking and idea development • Anyone building a personal knowledge management (PKM) system or "second brain" Free to start. Premium unlocks advanced AI features and more. Start building your second brain — download Clone+ today.

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

Clone+4 screens
DeMinds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DeMinds at none against Clone+'s shown. DeMinds also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Clone+ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clone+ ships an update every 3 weeks, DeMinds every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Clone+ versus DeMinds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClone+DeMinds
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShohei TadaYongguo Fan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clone+

Subscriptions1
  • Clone+ Premium$9.991 Month
2 purchases

DeMinds

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

Questions

Is Clone+ free?
Clone+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DeMinds free?
DeMinds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clone+ or DeMinds have ads?
Clone+ shows ads; DeMinds does not.
Which is updated more often, Clone+ or DeMinds?
Clone+ ships an update every 3 weeks, and DeMinds every 2 days. Most recently, Clone+ was updated on September 26, 2026 and DeMinds on October 10, 2026.

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