Comparison

DeMinds vs Thoughts AI

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

Head to head
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/

About

Thoughts AI

Features
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Think out loud. Thoughts AI turns what you say or type into clear notes, gives each one a title, and files it in the right project, with the AI running on your iPhone. Ideas show up half-finished and at the wrong moment. Thoughts lets you get them down in seconds, then does the tidying and the filing for you, so every idea ends up somewhere you will actually look. Speak or type • Tap Speak and talk: live transcription keeps up on your iPhone • Or tap Type and write • Every capture saves instantly, even before the AI has finished • Teach it the names and words it mishears with your own dictionary Clean up in one tap • Turn a rambling transcript into a clear note with one tap • Undo brings back your original words • Titles write themselves once a thought has enough to go on It files itself • Thoughts suggests the right project while you type and files the thought when the match is clear • Anything it isn't sure about waits in Unfiled • A project or Unfiled choice you make is always kept Projects that stay tidy • Give every project its own colour and summary • See thoughts as a grid of cards or a compact list • Pin the projects you use most to Home Private by default • Clean-up, titles and filing run on your iPhone, on Apple Intelligence where it's available or on the model built into the app • Your voice recordings never leave your device • No account needed: capture, clean-up, filing and search all work on your iPhone alone • Lock individual thoughts behind Face ID Sync and share only what you choose • Turn on sync one project at a time • Invite people by email as editors and see what they add • Sign in with Apple, Google or an email code And more • Checklists, bullet and numbered lists, and bold text • Photos, PDFs and documents inside your notes • Smart links for the pages you paste • Search across projects, notes and transcripts • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets to Speak or Write in one tap • Export a project as Markdown, plain text or JSON • Dark mode • Connect AI assistants that support MCP to your synced projects, only after you approve them Thoughts AI is free, with no subscription, no ads and no tracking.

Screenshots

DeMinds4 screens
Thoughts AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thoughts AI at none against DeMinds's 2. DeMinds's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. DeMinds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Thoughts AI asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeMinds ships an update every 2 days, Thoughts AI every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
DeMinds versus Thoughts AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeMindsThoughts AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB721 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYongguo FanAreeb Qamar

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DeMinds

Subscriptions2
  • DeMinds Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • DeMinds Plus Yearly$19.991 Year
None

Thoughts AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeMinds free?
DeMinds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thoughts AI free?
Thoughts AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DeMinds or Thoughts AI have ads?
Neither DeMinds nor Thoughts AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeMinds or Thoughts AI?
DeMinds ships an update every 2 days, and Thoughts AI every 8 days. Most recently, DeMinds was updated on October 10, 2026 and Thoughts AI on October 16, 2026.

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