MindNode 4 App Reviews

MindNode has been around for a long time: it is tried and true. While I keep trying others, such as Xmind (Mac only) and iThoughts, I keep coming back to this one. It sticks to mindmapping functionality, with a few enhancements, so you cant make it into a general-purpose glorified drawing tool or database tool. This keeps the app both focused and clean. I find that MindNode is a little more polished than other mindmapping apps, generates gorgeous mindmaps without fuss, synchronizes nicely across iCloud, and supports a Mac version. There are plenty of free mindmap apps, but you get what you pay for. As for any "missing" features, if you feel you need a really fancy enhanced graphic for publication or presentations, you can easily export the final mindmap to a tool that understands OPML, like OmniGraffle. Personally, I have yet to find any reason to try and "beautify" what MindNode creates.

This App is a Absolute must I use it for work all the time and my everyday needs.

This app is getting better and better. I wish one could sync a diagram of folder to well-known cloud storages.

Ive found that MindNode is an excellent cross-platform mind mapping tool - highly recommended.

The latest additions to this app make it truly great. I love the new search feature. My original review follows... I have purchased many apps over the years but this by far is one of the best. In addition to using it for brainstorming, I also use it for presentations, note taking and more. The sync is perfect. The iCloud versions feature (which lets you roll back to an earlier save) is fantastic and I wish it was offered by more apps. Well worth the purchase. Really excellent.

MindNode is a solid mind mapping product. I use the desktop verison as well and think its the best one out there. However, the iPad verison is really in need of an update. I find entry a bit slow with the keyboard, and it requires learning a lot of new keyboard commands. Its just not a fluid entry process like a bulleted list for dumping ideas quickly. Another needed feature is import. Theres a missed opportunity to use iOS share capabilities. Imagine selecting a bulleted list from any program (say, Notes or a page in Safari), tap share, and have it imported as a new MindNode document. Barring that, simply having any import capabilities would be great. Finally, Apple Pencil support. Mind maps are all about the visual presentation of ideas, and adding a quick sketch to a node would add a lot, let alone being able to sketch on the whole canvas. Obviously that may break layout as more nodes were added, but there may be opportunities to structure certain pencil inputs (arrows to nodes) while treating others as floating bitmaps. In summary, mindmapping works when its fluid and fast. Right now MindNode is a solid, well-designed app, but needs to update the design to reduce the friction between you and your document.

The developer who makes this app is continuously refining and honing it. You can tell every feature is carefully considered. Its on my home screen and never a let down. Its extremely intuitive, powerful and looks exactly how youd want your mind mapping application to look.

This app really is amazing. Im always brainstorming things and this made it so easy for me to come up with a flowchart that is sleek and easy to read. Ive tried OmniGraffle but it wasnt user friendly for the everyday user, in my opinion. This app is so easy to use and intuitive. Love it.

Great visual map to jot down ideas for party preparations. Also a visual collaboration tool to send to others via text when trying to explain a visual to others.

My excitement when I opened this app and played with it had me bouncing in my chair. This is the way Ive taken notes my entire life. From school to research projects and work meetings... A central idea with connecting fragments to create a web of information and drawings that transform the notes into a "picture" of the meeting. The mapping (sometimes referred to as web) method of note-taking emphasizes critical thinking, maximizes active listening, and affords immediate knowledge toward understanding. It helps you visually track details like relationships between topics and requires little thought. It is easy to edit and add color for emphasis. This is exactly what this app is designed for and its seamless execution and attention to detail is beautiful. It is very easy to use and the outline option makes this great for sharing your notes with others. Fantastic design. I am loving this app.

Absolutely genius idea! Great way to organize and visualize your thoughts. The only bad thing about it is the user interface isnt the best. Its a little hard to control and doesnt always to what you want it to. Other than that, totally a great app! Definitely would recommend!

Love how clean and polished this app is with such simple functionality. Great for brainstorming and neat how it connects to Cloud and Dropbox. Hopefully Drive will be next. :)

I use MindNode to more effectively communicate my ideas to coworkers. It has streamlined our project planning and made my job 150% easier now that I can quickly jot down a few ideas to show to my team. I also set up a Map to keep track of everyone on the team and what projects they are working on and with whom, allowing me to see where my resources are being used at a glance. Awesome tool!

This is by far the best mind-map application out there. Its beauty and sophistication is far superior to other applications that exist. I absolutely love the look and feel of this app. It almost feels as if it was made by Apple itself. The features are superior to other applications, but could use some work. I love the ability to customize each node to my liking. However, one organization feature thats lacking is the ability to add a parent node from a sibling. Sometimes, I find two points that an idea could be categorized under. I dont want to create a new map, but I want to account for another possible parent node. Also, I would love to see much work done with the outline view. As long as the styles and theme are set correctly, I should be able to create maps and nodes from an outline view and have them automatically constructed in the map view!

Love this app, bottom line

Really cool!

Please add support for Google and OneDrive. Thanks. Nice work. Keep it up!

Well worth the money, this app. Its great for free-association brainstorming. Yet its a kind of brainstorming, for me, that actually leads to greater and greater order and structuring of my thoughts, as it were. Im currently putting together my most current business organizational structure with it. I tend to "think visually," which sounds cliche, but its a fact. This app helps me to see things in the broader, macro-view, as I plot out my plan. Plan your work. Work your plan - as the saying goes. This goes a long way towards facilitating that! I highly recommend it.

I would even pay 100$ for this. Easily. This is the tool that I always dreamed about. I use it to organize everything in my life. I bought mac version as well. Feature request: Wish I can save an external file from icloud on a node. Thank you!!!

This 10 dollar app crashed within 3 minutes of doing a test run in just creating nodes. Is this an update issue? This is absolutely unacceptable.