MindNode – Mind Map & Outline 4+

Mind Mapping, Brainstorm Ideas

IdeasOnCanvas GmbH

    • 4.7 • 439 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Every great idea starts with a single thought. And another. And then a million more. MindNode is the most delightful brainstorming app for Mac and iOS. It helps you capture your thoughts and create a clear picture of your idea.

Featured as Apple’s “App of the Day” & “Editors’ Choice”


WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?

• Capture Your Thoughts
Whether as words, images, links, tasks, or notes, capture your thoughts in any form. Create an outline for an organized, hierarchical view, and observe how it grows as a mind map. Use the mind map to visually rearrange nodes and add new thoughts. MindNode is the right tool to get your ideas out of your head the way you want to.

• Organize Your Idea
Your document reflects your ever-changing understanding of an idea as you add and adjust thoughts. Move, tag, connect, detach, and reconnect as often as you like. Mind map and outline side-by-side. Concentrate on one thought at a time with Focus Mode, Visual Tags, and foldable branches.

• Style Your Mind Map
Personalize your document with beautiful out-of-the-box themes and custom stickers. Make your mind map look just right by styling every detail. With Smart Layout your idea will always look fantastic.

• Share Your Vision
Easily share your documents with others or move them one step further in your creative process. Send tasks to Apple Reminders, Things, or OmniFocus. Export your idea as text, image, and to many other file formats.


STAY PRODUCTIVE WHEREVER YOU GO

Whether it’s on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, with MindNode, you stay productive wherever you are. Store your files on iCloud Drive and access them on all your devices.


FREE EDITOR

Use MindNode for free to capture your ideas with actions like editing, rearranging, and folding nodes, as well as importing and exporting files.

• Capture: grow your thoughts into fully-fledged ideas
• Fold branches: keep your documents organized
• Import: FreeMind, MindManager, iThoughts, plain text, RTF, CSV, OPML, Markdown, TextBundle
• Export: plain text, RTF, CSV, OPML, PDF, PNG image, Markdown, TextBundle, TaskPaper, FreeMind


MINDNODE PLUS

MindNode Plus is a cross-platform subscription for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It unlocks all of MindNode’s features like Outlining, Visual Tags, Focus Mode, Notes, Themes, Stickers, Connections, and much more. MindNode Plus is available as a monthly and a yearly subscription. Try out all of MindNode’s features with a free 14-day trial.

• Collect everything: add text, images, and links to nodes
• Outlining: create your document using a hierarchical, organized approach
• Visual Tags: tag your thoughts for more context, highlight tags to see new relationships
• Notes: keep your mind map easy to read without losing a single detail
• Connections: connect nodes on different branches
• Tasks: turn your thoughts into actions
• Quick Entry: just start typing to collect thoughts
• Themes: beautiful out-of-the-box themes and unlimited personal themes
• Images: insert your own images and annotate them
• Stickers: 260+ hand-crafted stickers with adjustable colors
• Styling: rich styling options for every single part of your mind map
• Layouts: top-down and horizontal
• Focus Mode: put a spotlight on a single branch
• Dark Mode: for when your thoughts come at night
• Share Tasks: to Apple Reminders, Things, and OmniFocus


WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT MINDNODE

“The app keeps out of your way, so it doesn’t interrupt your thought processes.”
– New York Times

“An app on the cutting edge of iOS design and technologies.”
– MacStories

“Slowly grow and track your ideas, connecting nodes to help you better conceptualize your idea or thoughts.”
– BusinessInsider


QUESTIONS?

Reach out to us at support@mindnode.com and on Twitter (@mindnode). Let us know if you have any questions or issues. We’re always glad to help.


Terms of Service: https://mindnode.com/terms

What’s New

Version 2023.3.7

• Improved the vertical centering of many fonts like Rockwell or Hiragino Sans (Japanese)
• Added support for copy & paste of notes to and from MindNode Next
• Updated MindNodeID Signed-in screen
• Fixed folding indicator not showing up after unfold
• Fixed Organize toolbar items menu always being disabled

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
439 Ratings

439 Ratings

Editors' Notes

Articulating a complex idea can be a challenge, but fortunately MindNode—which simplifies a technique known as mind-mapping—can make the process a whole lot easier. The app lets you create a diagram where an overarching idea branches off into related ones. You’ll be able to zero in on specifics and zoom out to see the entire concept in all its complexity.

Exkellick ,

Very Useful - highly intuitive to use

I first started using mindnode back in 2013 to help me plan and execute oil and gas contracts I was managing. I had tried a few others at the time and it was the simple and intuitive interface that sold me on it. I find that my priority for mindmapping is that it must be fast enough to keep up my thought processes without gettting in the way - with a bit of editing capability later on to tidy up details and make it presentable. The power of the app was spectacularly demonstrated when we had a major product issue and had to redesign subsea oil and gas pipelines midway through production. My engineering manager and I sat down together in a hotel bar in France literally mapped out the entire project recovery plan in under an hour. More that that, we actually followed the plan and presented it in mindnode format to the client. They hadn't seen anything like it before and were incredibly impressed, especially as we saved the delivery date of the project through the actions we took from the map. Its a great product and I have used it for everything from multi-million dollar projects to short articles I have written. Love it!

Ozchu ,

Steady improvements to a great tool!

I've been using MindNode since Version 1 in 2014, and it is still my go-to mindmapping tool for my project- and strategy consulting firm. It's been a valuable visualiser for everything from collecting thoughts, developing strategic approaches, and even brainstorming with a 30-person room of clients. I've used it to pitch engagements on my iPad, talk through project structures on my iPhone, and have groups of people stand in front of it pointing and gesticulating as the mindmap is projected off my MacBook Pro. Integration with iCloud is seamless, and the latest addition of stickers is making me enjoy using it even more! This app introduced mindmapping to one of my client's organisation - too bad they were PC-based and couldn't get MindNode!

Developer Response ,

Thank you so, so much for this radiant and beautiful review ❤️ we really appreciate it! I get your point and understand why you would want MindNode for Windows. We are a small firm with limited resources and unfortunately we don't have the capacities at the moment to develop MindNode for an additional operating system. We are however thinking about a web-based version of MindNode. Maybe that might be of use to you. I just can't make any promises on when this will see the light of day.

App Privacy

The developer, IdeasOnCanvas GmbH, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Purchases
  • Contact Info
  • Identifiers

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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