Comparison

Mindscope vs Flexblocks

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

Head to head
About

Mindscope

Organize your thoughts and ideas with a powerful yet simple outliner. Create nested boards, sort entries, and export your work. Unlock advanced features like search and cross-linking with an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Create and drag text entries
  • Nested sub-boards
  • Sort thoughts into categories
  • Export as bullet list
  • Import .mindscope files
  • In-app purchase for advanced features
Features
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Mindscope is a new and powerfully simple way to store your thoughts without getting lost in the details. • Quickly create text entries with a double-tap and drag them around, aligning them to each other. Perfect for brainstorming, capturing, and sorting thoughts or taking notes. • Tapping an entry enters its own page where you can create more entries (and as many sub-boards as you like). • Drag entries into other entries to quickly sort your thoughts into categories and projects. • Keep track of lists, todos, notes, and anything else you feel like keeping track of, for example a list of ways to be funny when writing an app description. Or something. • Copy and paste entries including their sub-entries • Export all entries and sub-entries of a board via e-mail as a bullet list. • Import any saved .mindscope file. • Set a default font size for any board (long-press on a font size and select "Set As Default" All of the above, as a universal app, with iCloud sync...completely for free! Yeah, I know, I can't believe it either. You can "pay" me with an App Store review, how does that sound? However, if you are up for spending money, with the "Unlock Everything" in-app purchase, you can also save your own .mindscope files, search through all your entries instantly, create cross-links between boards, create arrows and lines between entries, set up a grid background for a page, set your own colors per page, and export boards to an OPML file (suitable for opening in most major mind-mapping programs). Any upcoming features in future updates will be included for the unlocked version at no extra cost. See a video of Mindscope in action at http://www.mindscopeapp.com Quotes from happy customers: "It’s hitting a sweet spot for me. I have pretty much every single Mind-Mapping or Outlining app for iOS, and this is among the best.” “This is EXACTLY what I've been hoping for. I so need to send flowers to your mother for having you.” "Mindscope is a terrific app, elegant, easy to use, and incredibly useful.” "Scapple for Mac comes closest to Mindscope in its combination of function, ease of use and minimalism but Mindscope is better." "A very cool app. Think of it as Workflowy unbound from the outline."

About

Flexblocks

This app optimizes your day by automatically scheduling time blocks for tasks, helping you avoid procrastination and meet deadlines. It learns your best times to create a personalized schedule.

Highlights
  • Auto-scheduling for tasks
  • Optimizes daily schedule
  • Learns user's best times
  • Integrates with calendar
  • Helps meet deadlines
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Wish you could have more time? Now you can! We save people just like you over 1 hour per day using Flexblocks! Flexblocks is an auto-scheduling app designed to optimize your day so you waste less time procrastinating. Here's how it works: When you have something to get done with a start and end date it goes in your calendar, and you're extremely likely to complete it, but tasks that have deadlines like your annoying math homework or physics lab don't, hence they go on to-do lists. The reason your math homework ends up being done right before the deadline is because you brain needs to see time set aside.. Introducing Flexblocks! Flexblocks fixes this problem by instantly scheduling timeblocks for you to complete these tasks before the deadline. Unlike any other apps, we learn what times work best for you to create the perfect schedule everytime! ------------------------------- We would love to hear feedback about the app. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out via any of the channels below: Instagram: @flexblocks Email: admin@flexblocks.app Notes: At present, all of our plans are paid because as a business we need to be able to pay the team to continue adding incredible features to improve your experience. The student plan is discounted significantly to allow all students access to this incredible software. Improvements to the auto-scheduling feature, calendar integrations, and re-occurring events are coming in the VERY near future. Current use at this stage in the development will enable us to bring these features to market much faster. We thank you for your support, Flexblocks Team ------------------------------ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/flexblocks.app/flexblockshelpcenter/privacy-policy Terms and conditions: https://sites.google.com/flexblocks.app/flexblockshelpcenter/terms-and-conditions

Screenshots

Mindscope4 screens
Flexblocks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mindscope at 4.0 against Flexblocks's 1.0. Mindscope also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (46 vs 1). Flexblocks's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mindscope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flexblocks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindscope holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindscope has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Mindscope's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flexblocks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindscope ships an update every 2 weeks, Flexblocks every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mindscope versus Flexblocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindscopeFlexblocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (46 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn GoeringAndrey Bukati

Customer experience

Mindscope

All ratings46 ratings
Positive71.7%
Neutral13.0%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral7.7%
Negative11.6%

Flexblocks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mindscope

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes when adding entries
  • Text input box disappears before typing
  • Crashes on iPad with iOS 15 upgrade
  • iCloud access causes app to hang indefinitely
  • Crashes when exporting to plain text
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  • Data loss during iOS version upgrades
  • Layout issues when rotating device orientation
  • Crashes when searching linked elements
  • Crashes when inserting text
  • Bluetooth keyboard input not working (earlier versions)
  • Audio playback interruption
  • Alignment and sync issues across devices
  • Copy-paste groups items on top of originals
  • Undo/redo sequence inconsistencies
  • Version 1.5 splash screen hang on startup

Requested features

19 requests
  • Image and photo insertion capability
  • Apple Pencil handwriting support
  • Text formatting (bold, colors, font options)
  • Infinite or larger canvas with zoom
  • iPhone app version
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  • Cloud sync (Dropbox, iCloud improvements)
  • Multiple independent maps/documents
  • Dark mode theme
  • Better file management system
  • Import from other mind-mapping apps
  • Color-coding individual entries
  • Calendar and reminders integration
  • Web version or Mac companion app
  • Notification features
  • Improved animation controls
  • Circular context menu for faster access
  • Plain text export without HTML markup
  • Randomize board item locations
  • Flowchart options

Flexblocks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mindscope

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$3.99
3 purchases

Flexblocks

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Special Offer7 Days trial$11.491 Year
  • Annual Plan7 Days trial$46.991 Year

Questions

Is Mindscope free?
Mindscope is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flexblocks free?
Flexblocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mindscope or Flexblocks?
Mindscope is rated higher. Mindscope averages 4.0 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Flexblocks averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mindscope or Flexblocks have ads?
Flexblocks shows ads; Mindscope does not.
Which is updated more often, Mindscope or Flexblocks?
Mindscope ships an update every 2 weeks, and Flexblocks every 10 days. Most recently, Mindscope was updated on September 9, 2026 and Flexblocks on June 7, 2026.

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