Comparison

CoCoCal vs Mindscope 2

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

Head to head
About

CoCoCal

This app offers a unique timeline view for your existing calendars, allowing you to zoom in for details or out for an overview. It enables intuitive scrolling through time and supports custom timespans beyond standard daily, weekly, or monthly views.

Highlights
  • Zoomable timeline view
  • Intuitive time scrolling
  • Custom timespan options
  • Uses existing device calendars
  • International timescale support
Features
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• Zoom in or out - view details or look at the big picture. • Scroll and move intuitively by swiping back and forth in time. • Custom timespan - not limited to fixed day, week, month or year. • Uses the existing calendars from your iPhone or iPad and their colors. No separate data. • Add additional timescales for international context.

About

Mindscope 2

Capture and organize your thoughts visually with a fluid mind-mapper and outliner. Create nested entries, link ideas, and export your work in various formats. Syncs across Apple devices and offers offline access.

Highlights
  • Free-form visual boards
  • Instant outlining and nesting
  • Multiple boards per project
  • Rich entry types (text, links, todos, notes)
  • Line and arrow connections
  • Smart Undo/Redo
  • Multiple export formats (OPML, PDF, PNG, HTML)
Features
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Mindscope 2 is the fastest way to capture your thoughts and keep them organized. A fluid, visual mind-mapper and outliner in one, built entirely with SwiftUI and running on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Apple Watch. Create entries to capture your thoughts anywhere on a simple and elegant free-form text canvas, drag them around, and tap to zoom into an entry to enter its own space to add sub-entries, for as many levels as you want. Use the "breadcrumb bar", or a quick pinch gesture to jump up a level. Some highlights: • Free-form visual boards with smooth, speefy navigation. • Instant outlining. Drag your entries to reorder, nest, and shape ideas. • Multiple boards for different projects. Entries saved where you want them. • Entry types: text, links (including deep links to other apps!), todos, and long-form notes. • Drag open a selection rectangle for moving and styling multiple entries at once. Long-press for context menus. • Draw lines and arrows between entries. Customize arrowheads. • Smart Undo/Redo of your changes. • Set bookmarks for quick access to key entries. • Lock entries you don’t want to move or enter into. • Rich styling: fonts, colors, backgrounds, rotations. Preserved in exports. • Reminders on any entry: one-time or repeating. Notifications will then pop up which take you straight to the item. • Multi-window support on iPad and Mac. Full keyboard shortcuts and native menus. • iCloud (CloudKit) sync. Work offline and catch up later. • Intelligent paste with local Apple Intelligence: automatically summarize pasted text into tidy, titled bullet hierarchies. • Instant global search across all your entries. • Gorgeous liquid glass UI. Exporting makes sure you retain complete control of your data: • Mindscope archive (.mindscope2) • OPML (supported by most mind-mapping apps) • Bullet-list text • PDF (multi-page optional) • PNG (per board) • Interactive single-file HTML export that mirrors the real app, complete with navigation, styling, lines, and todos, and works offline in any browser. Importing works too. Open .mindscope2 files into new top-level boards, or bring in OPML with formatting, positions, metadata, and line connections preserved. Mindscope 2 is completely free to use with all the way up to 200 entries and 2 boards. All features, all export options, all syncing included. When you get close to the limits, you’ll see gentle upgrade prompts to get the Pro version either as a subscription or a one-time purchase. Mindscope Pro unlocks unlimited boards and entries and there is a 14-day trial as well for the monthly/yearly plans. Early adopters get the low prices locked in. Apple Watch app included for a synced, streamlined list view on the wrist. I made Mindscope 2 for my own usage, with my primary focus being speed and focus, for getting thoughts out of my head, organized, and easily accessible later. Try it for free and see if your brain doesn't feel just a bit lighter after using it a bit. (EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula)

Screenshots

CoCoCal4 screens
Mindscope 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mindscope 2 at Free against CoCoCal's $3.99. Mindscope 2 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). CoCoCal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (81% vs 50%). On 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

Mindscope 2 is free to download; CoCoCal costs $3.99 up front. Mindscope 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CoCoCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindscope 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CoCoCal has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of CoCoCal's written reviews are positive against 50% of Mindscope 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CoCoCal ships an update every 5 months, Mindscope 2 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
CoCoCal versus Mindscope 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoCoCalMindscope 2
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrank O. MartinJohn Goering

Customer experience

CoCoCal

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Mindscope 2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CoCoCal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mindscope 2

Subscriptions2
  • Mindscope Pro Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Mindscope Pro Yearly14 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mindscope Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is CoCoCal free?
CoCoCal costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindscope 2 free?
Mindscope 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CoCoCal or Mindscope 2?
Mindscope 2 is rated higher. CoCoCal averages 4.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Mindscope 2 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CoCoCal or Mindscope 2 have ads?
Neither CoCoCal nor Mindscope 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CoCoCal or Mindscope 2?
CoCoCal ships an update every 5 months, and Mindscope 2 every 3 weeks. Most recently, CoCoCal was updated on October 13, 2026 and Mindscope 2 on October 5, 2026.

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