Comparison

Designs+ for UI Design vs BaseMind

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

Head to head
About

Designs+ for UI Design

Create two-dimensional skeletal outlines for webpages and apps. Design layouts, menu logic, and user interactions before final development. Share navigable versions or present them on an external screen.

Highlights
  • Create 2D skeletal outlines
  • Design layouts and menu logic
  • Publish navigable versions
  • 200+ customizable symbols
  • Add comments and reports
  • Share and import projects
  • Automatic pagination
Features
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A fast and versatile tool to create two-dimensional skeletal outlines of a webpage or an app. Design wireframes to describe layouts, the arrangement of the content, the logic of the menus...anything. Publish and share navigable versions of your schema or start a slideshow on the external screen. We designed this app to reduce drastically the space used on your device (less than 50 Mbytes), so you can work seamlessly on your device anywhere! Purpose: Describe the user interface's elements (e.g., how they interact) before developing the final version. This app is a powerful tool to enhance the potential of developers, UI designers, visual designers, business analysts. Key features: - Symbols and built-in mockups: more than 200 items (iPhone, iPad, basic websites, etc.) can be customized (font, size, color, text). - Comments: you can add notes to projects, pages, elements and include them in a report. - Reader Mode: presents on external screen while reading the contents of the storyboard. - Sharing: Share or import projects with other people using this app. - Publication: print or publish a navigable version of the project as a PDF or HTML file. - Storyboard: add comments to describe the screens and pages. - Automatic pagination: all elements in the page will resize and position automatically depending on the orientation of the iPad. - Links map: automatically generates reports to describe the relationship between the schemas (pages, user interfaces, etc.), the user navigation's logic. Provide clear guidelines. - Project management: organize your projects into groups, and share them. - Versioning: projects can be examined and stored between team members. Take a snapshot of a page, add a comment and share it with your colleagues. - Add external content: images and text can be inserted from the Clipboard as new elements on the page. - Safe: use this app on any network, even when you're not at your desk. All sharing features support encryption with passwords. Contact us directly for feedback, additional functionality, support, and refer to our website for more information and examples. Thank you.

About

BaseMind

This tool revolutionizes note-taking and data organization with an intuitive interface. Create expansive mind maps with customizable elements and freehand drawing capabilities. Seamlessly integrate with iCloud Drive for effortless data management.

Highlights
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Infinite depth mind maps
  • Customizable colors and pen widths
  • Manual node organization
  • Freehand drawing
  • iCloud Drive support
Features
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BaseMind is a next-generation mind mapping tool! It will completely change the way you take notes and organize data. Features: โ€ข Extremely friendly and intuitive user interface โ€ข Mind maps of infinite depth โ€ข Multiple colors and pen widths โ€ข Colors adapt to light / dark modes โ€ข Easy, manual node organization by just tapping and dragging โ€ข Map node reparenting โ€ข Freehand drawing โ€ข Retain orientation of freehand nodes even when reorganizing and reparenting โ€ข Full iCloud Drive support

Screenshots

Designs+ for UI Design4 screens
BaseMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BaseMind at $4.99 against Designs+ for UI Design's $8.99. Designs+ for UI Design's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 16 months) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Designs+ for UI Design costs $8.99 and BaseMind $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Designs+ for UI Design ships an update every 5 months, BaseMind every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
Designs+ for UI Design versus BaseMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesigns+ for UI DesignBaseMind
Price$8.99$4.99 โ€” better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews โ€” better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 5 months โ€” betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better16.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopermorePaths.comSimo Virokannas

Customer experience

Designs+ for UI Design

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

BaseMind

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Designs+ for UI Design

No in-app purchases

None

BaseMind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Designs+ for UI Design free?
Designs+ for UI Design costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BaseMind free?
BaseMind costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Designs+ for UI Design or BaseMind have ads?
Neither Designs+ for UI Design nor BaseMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Designs+ for UI Design or BaseMind?
Designs+ for UI Design ships an update every 5 months, and BaseMind every 16 months. Most recently, Designs+ for UI Design was updated on November 1, 2026 and BaseMind on November 2, 2026.

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