Comparison

Tendril Mindmap vs Tendril

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

Head to head
About

Tendril Mindmap

Features
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Tendril is a focused, beautiful radial mind map builder. Grow your ideas like vines, branching outward from a single root. A calm cream canvas, soft leafy palette, and direct-manipulation gestures — no folders, no toolbars stuffed with options, no ads. KEY FEATURES • Canvas-rendered radial tree with smooth curved edges • Drag any node to reposition it anywhere on the canvas • Per-node color and SF Symbol icon for visual structure • Pinch to zoom, drag to pan around large maps • Multiple saved mindmaps, organized in a clean Library grid • Long-press a node to drag and rearrange your hierarchy • Undo your last layout change in one tap • Reset view to recenter on your root node DESIGNED FOR THINKING Whether you are outlining a project, sketching a story arc, planning a trip, or untangling a problem, Tendril stays out of the way and just keeps your ideas connected. PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. Your mindmaps live on your device.

About

Tendril

This app uses a gamified approach to encourage focused work sessions. A virtual flower grows as you concentrate, wilting if you leave the app. Earn rewards to expand your digital garden and track your productivity.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus sessions with a growing flower
  • Multiple focus modes (strict, app blocking, gentle)
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island integration
  • Apple Watch app for on-the-go control
  • Digital garden with unlockable plants and badges
  • Session tagging and detailed statistics
  • Ambient sounds for work sessions
Features
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A flower grows while you focus. Leave the app, and she wilts. Tendril is a Pomodoro timer with a stake in it. Start a session, put the phone down, and a seed grows into a bud and then a bloom. Every finished session plants her in your garden and pays dew. Every abandoned one leaves a wilt on the bed. No streak guilt, no lectures: just a garden that shows how your days actually went. HOW FIRM IS YOUR GARDEN? • Greenhouse — strict. Leaving the app wilts your flower. • Lattice — the apps you choose are put away until she blooms, using Screen Time. Nothing wilts; the block is the stake. • Open air — gentle. No blocking, just track your focus. THE TIMER • Pomodoro sessions with rests, or a count-up timer for open-ended work. • Live Activity and Dynamic Island: the flower and the countdown on your lock screen. • Home Screen widgets and a Control Center button to start a session without opening the app. • Keeps the screen on during a session, if you want it to. • Tags for Focus, Study, Work, Sport, Practice and Muse, so your hours have names. • Ambient sound while you work: Meadow rain, and more with Pro. APPLE WATCH • The session on your iPhone, on your wrist: the flower, the countdown and the tag. • Plant a seed, set the minutes with the Digital Crown, pause, change the tag or skip a rest without picking up your phone. • Complications keep the session on your watch face. YOUR GARDEN • Poppy is yours from the first session. Daisy and Bluebell are bought with the dew you earn, and Sunflower comes with Pro. • Badges for gardeners who keep showing up: first blooms, long stems, mornings at dawn. • Share a bouquet of your week, or a pressed-flower card of a good day. JOURNAL AND STATS • Every session is kept as a pressed flower with its note. • Plan tomorrow's sessions and get a reminder when it is time to plant. • Day, week and month views, tag split, trends and a heat map of your best hours. FREE, NO ACCOUNT The timer, the three modes, the Apple Watch app, the garden, badges, widgets and today's journal are free forever. TENDRIL PRO • The whole calendar, with the planner and plan reminders. • Every past day of your journal, not just today. • Stats charts: focus by tag, focus trend and when you focus. • Every sound: Campfire, Breeze and Birdsong join Meadow rain. • Custom tags beyond the six built in. • Sunflower in your garden. • Alternate app icons. • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad. Yearly with a free week, monthly, or once for life. Terms of Use: https://touch4feel.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://touch4feel.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Tendril Mindmap3 screens
Tendril4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tendril Mindmap at none against Tendril's 6. Tendril's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Tendril sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tendril Mindmap asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tendril Mindmap versus Tendril: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTendril MindmapTendril
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinh Phan Nhat KhanhTouch 4 Feel

In-app purchases

None

Tendril Mindmap

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Tendril

Subscriptions3
  • Tendril Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Tendril Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Tendril Pro Yearly1 Year trial$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Daisy$2.99
  • Bluebell$3.99
  • Tendril Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Tendril Mindmap free?
Tendril Mindmap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tendril free?
Tendril is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tendril Mindmap or Tendril have ads?
Neither Tendril Mindmap nor Tendril shows ads.

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