Minds vs QCue

Speak it, snap it, or type it. Capture ideas by text, voice, or photo (OCR), and organize them into a clean mind map. Minds is a simple, lightweight, and completely free mind map app. ■ Three ways to capture — effortless Beyond the keyboard, jot ideas by voice or pull text from a photo with OCR. Get thoughts down without breaking your flow. ■ Clear and organized Nodes are auto-arranged into a tidy tree. Color-code, zoom/pan, and collapse subtrees to keep even large maps clean. ■ Search and export Tag items (with colors) and search across all your maps. Export to Markdown to move your work into other tools. ■ AI for a quick first draft (optional) If you like, generate a starter map from a conversation with AI — handy for brainstorming and planning drafts. ・Completely free ・Data stays on your device; iCloud sync is optional ・Works on iPhone, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro ・Great for organizing thoughts, brainstorming, meeting notes, and study Turn what's in your head into a map — just by speaking or snapping. *The optional AI generation feature requires your own API key for the AI service you use (Claude / OpenAI). The app itself and its core features are free and need no setup.

QCue is a capture-first "second brain." Catch a fleeting thought the instant it appears — by typing or by voice — and let an AI you choose and control distill your notes into a private, interlinked markdown wiki. • Capture in one tap. Text or dictation, online or offline — nothing is ever lost. • Your AI, your key. Connect your own provider key (OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, and more). Your notes are processed only by the provider you choose. • A wiki that builds itself. Ideas become linked pages you can recall and search. • Offline-first. Captures are saved on-device first and sync when you're back online. • Private by design. No ads, no third-party tracking, encrypted storage, and each account's data is isolated. Delete content or your whole account anytime. QCue is "bring your own key" — an active API key from a supported AI provider is required to use the AI features.