Mind Map vs Libretto AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mind Map
Create visual mind maps on an infinite canvas with organic branches and multiple layout options. This offline tool offers focus and presentation modes, customizable nodes, and various export formats. It's designed for private, local storage of all your ideas.
- Infinite canvas
- 6 layout modes
- Focus mode for concentration
- Outline view sync
- Presentation mode
- 15 built-in templates
- Rich node properties
- Export to PNG, PDF, text
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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.
Libretto AI
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Libretto brings your LibreChat servers to your iPhone: secure, quick to reach and with voice. Libretto is an unofficial client. You enter the address of your own LibreChat server, and Libretto shows its chat page in a clean, fast app. There is no account with us and no detour through our servers. MULTIPLE SERVERS, KEPT APART • Any number of profiles, each with its own isolated browser storage • Quick switching with the bar at the bottom, with a colour and symbol per profile • Optional automatic re-login (password and two-factor code), protected by Face ID and the keychain • Single sign-on (e.g. Microsoft) and MCP authorizations work VOICE • Voice mode: you speak, Libretto sends your question and reads the answer aloud sentence by sentence while it is still being written • Conversation mode with follow-up questions without tapping • Speech output with the iOS system voice or optionally through OpenRouter with your own key • The microphone button can be placed anywhere on the screen ON THE GO AND QUICK TO REACH • CarPlay: start a conversation hands-free in the car • Siri and Shortcuts: “Start Libretto” • Widgets and controls for the Home Screen and Lock Screen • The conversation keeps running while the screen is locked PRIVATE • No ads, no tracking, no analytics • Your data goes only to the server you enter yourself • A demo profile to try the app without a server of your own COST Libretto is free for private, non-commercial use. For commercial use there is a one-time purchase to confirm it (it unlocks no features) and company licenses on request. If you like, you can support Libretto with a voluntary coffee. Note: Libretto is not affiliated with the LibreChat project. You need your own LibreChat server or access to one. The operator of the server is responsible for it and its content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Libretto AI at daily against Mind Map's fortnightly. Mind Map's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Mind Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Libretto AI sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mind Map ships an update fortnightly, Libretto AI daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mind Map | Libretto AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gunawan Santoso | INGO HANS KEUTGEN |
In-app purchases
Mind Map
- MindFlow Pro$6.99
Libretto AI
- Espresso$0.99
- Cup of coffee$2.99
- Pot of coffee$3.99
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- Commercial use$8.99









