Mind Map vs HMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
HMind
Transform scattered thoughts into organized visual structures for notes, plans, and outlines. Offers multiple layouts, customization options, and local storage with optional cloud sync. Export and present your ideas effectively.
- Multiple layout structures
- Customizable themes and styles
- Rich node content (images, files, links)
- Local-first storage with optional sync
- Outline view for text focus
- Export to image, PDF, and Markdown
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HMind turns scattered thoughts into a clear, visual structure. Start from one central topic and branch out into study notes, project plans, reading notes or writing outlines, right on your iPhone or iPad. MAP YOUR IDEAS • Add child and sibling nodes, drag branches to reorder them, and undo any step. • 31 layouts across six structures: mind map, logic chart, org chart, tree chart, timeline and fishbone. Switch anytime without retyping. • Switch to the outline view to focus on the text, then go back to the map. • Start from a blank map or a template. MAKE STRUCTURE STAND OUT • Themes, color schemes and backgrounds. • Styles for nodes, text and branches. • Summaries, relationships, icons and stickers. • Add images, videos, files and links to nodes, and open them without leaving the app. LOCAL FIRST, SYNC WHEN YOU WANT • Maps save to this device automatically. Create, edit and export without an account. • Sign in with Apple, Google or email to sync your maps across devices. • Organize maps in folders, find them by title, and restore deleted maps from Trash. • Import and export .hmind files. EXPORT, PRESENT AND SHARE • Export images (with a small watermark) and .hmind files for free. • HMind Pro unlocks watermark-free images, PDF and Markdown export, fullscreen presentation, and link sharing with link passwords. ABOUT HMIND PRO HMind Pro is an optional auto-renewable subscription, available monthly or yearly. The price for your region is shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Purchases can be restored in the app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hmind.app/eula Privacy Policy: https://hmind.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HMind at 5.0 against Mind Map's 3.0. HMind also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Mind Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HMind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HMind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Mind Map ships an update fortnightly, HMind every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mind Map | HMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gunawan Santoso | 雪征 魏 |
Customer experience
Mind Map
HMind
In-app purchases
Mind Map
- MindFlow Pro$6.99
HMind
- HMind Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- HMind Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









