The app is not the hero of the story, nor should it try to be. Our ethos in evaluating mind mapping app design is that the app you choose to use should give you the features you need, then get out of your way. In this post, we compare these two apps side-by-side, using the following criteria: But two apps rise above the others as the true cream of the crop: MindNode, with a stunningly beautiful user interface, and iThoughts, with powerful features and impressive flexibility.īoth of these apps are great, but they take very different approaches to mind mapping that can make it difficult to choose which one is right for you. IdeasOnCanvas presented the new version of its mind-mapping software MindNode 5 is coming soon this year for iOS and macOS.When it comes to mind mapping on Apple hardware, there are lots of great options available. MindNode 5 is an update packed with new features, enhancements and many small refinements to make working with MindNode even more productive. Top-Down-Layout and orthogonal branches will enable you to use MindNode for new use cases, like organization charts. Other new features include a brand new brainstorming mode and the adoption of many significant iOS 11 features. The free version doubles as a viewer for MindNode documents. The conclusion is that MindNode is now more functional if compared vs iThoughtsĢ017 - iThoughts adds import to Mindmeister and SimpleMind If you only want to edit your documents on your Mac, but want to view them on you iPhone you can now do this without paying for the iOS version. The new version of mind-mapping app iThoughts is now live. It features Siri integration, Drag/Drop and a new way of marking tasks as complete. There is also a feature called focus lock. With focus lock, you can now keep a bunch of topics in focus regardless of which one is selected. If you drag/drop a topic onto it then the topic will be marked as 100% complete - great for check lists. Mindmeister (.mind) and SimpleMind (.smmx) mindmaps can now be imported. The Doodle feature now supports a resize option to resize selected parts of your doodle (see the +/- button in the toolbar.) Doodle also has better support for Apple Pencil.Ģ017 - MindNode for iOS now supports all cloud storages. Users of mind-mapping app MindNode for iOS know that you have the option to import documents from Dropbox or iCloud directly through our app’s Document Picker. This has always been limited to just MindNode documents. Dropbox has decided to deprecate their old API and MindMode developers took the chance to revamp Import for MindNode and it now lets you easily import all formats from any cloud storage you have on your iOS device, right there in the Document Picker. Thus MindNode gets more iOS-friendly than XMindĢ017 - iThoughts gets compressed layout and costs to catch up with iBlueSky A pre-requisite for importing on iOS is that you install the iOS app of your preferred cloud service. Mind-mapping app iThoughts got an update for iOS, macOS and Windows. Maps now have a new Style option called Compressed. This will trim back the margins at the edge of topics and also the inter topic spacing in order to present more information on the screen. ![]() ![]() There is a new task attribute called Cost. This is a simple floating point number that can be attached to a topic. So iThoughts becomes more functional if compared vs iBlueSkyĢ017 - iThoughts comes to Windows to keep up with iMindMap The Cost field also supports rollup which means that the sum cost for immediate child topics is calculated automatically (similar to effort.) In addition to the headline features above, there is a spell check and new keyboard shortcuts (in Windows version). Mind-mapping software iThoughts is now available for Windows. It is designed primarily for the desktop/laptop (keyboard mouse) environment - but it does also work with touch. The goal in developing this has been to enable people to work seamlessly between iOS, macOS and Windows. To that end, you can use either iCloud or Dropbox to keep your maps all in sync. Thus iThoughts is now more Windows-friendly than iMindMapĢ016 - MindNode gets task integrations to challenge iMindMap Maps will look pretty much identical across all devices (subject to installed fonts etc.) Just like iOS and macOS, the Windows version is an additional purchase. ![]() Mind-mapping app MindNode for Mac, iOS and Apple Watch just got many new features and enhancements. Using MindNode for Mac you can now send your task directly to Cultured Code’s Things. Just select “Export to Things” from the share menu and all your tasks will be exported to a new Things project. MindNode also integrates with OmniGroup’s OmniFocus and allows to import and export TaskPaper documents.
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