Comparison

Mind Map vs MindShift Mind Map

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

Head to head
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.

About

MindShift Mind Map

Features
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MindShift is a mind-mapping app that does mind maps, and nothing else. Open it and start typing. Tab adds a child, Return adds a sibling, arrow keys move around, drag a branch to move it. The map lays itself out; you never push boxes around. What it does: - Two layouts: Mind Map (branches on both sides) and Logic Chart (everything flows right). - Two densities: Classic and Compact. That is the entire settings list. - Drag any branch onto another node or between its siblings; it re-parents and reorders. - Collapse branches, marquee-select, delete in bulk, undo everything. - Text wraps automatically; nodes size to their content. - One app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Full keyboard control on Mac and iPad with a keyboard; a bottom bar for touch. What it doesn't do: No account, no cloud, no ads, no analytics SDKs, no export formats yet, no themes, no icons and stickers. This isn't a promise—it's how the app is built. Every map is stored in the app's sandbox on your device and never leaves it.

Screenshots

Mind Map4 screens
MindShift Mind Map1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MindShift Mind Map at none against Mind Map's 1. Mind Map's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. MindShift Mind Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mind Map versus MindShift Mind Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMind MapMindShift Mind Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGunawan Santoso腾 骆

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mind Map

One-time1
  • MindFlow Pro$6.99
None

MindShift Mind Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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