Your brain doesn't think in straight lines. MindNode doesn't force it to. Capture scattered thoughts, connect them in a mind map, and turn them into a clear outline, plan, or project structure.
DESIGNED FOR EVERY KIND OF THINKER
• Personal Productivity: organize your week, track life goals, and plan your next vacation
• Students & Educators: create study guides, summarize lectures, and plan your essay structure
• Business Professionals: visualize project roadmaps, prepare meeting agendas, and plan strategy
• Creatives & Writers: outline your novel, plan your content calendar, and brainstorm campaigns
THINK: EXPLORE AND CAPTURE
• Mind Maps: branch, cluster, and grow ideas freely on an infinite canvas
• Outline View: switch to a structured, hierarchical list whenever a linear flow helps
• Live Collaboration: brainstorm with others in real time and always stay in sync
CLARIFY: STRUCTURE AND REFINE
• Visual Tags: categorize ideas and spotlight what matters
• Connections: draw links between nodes that go beyond hierarchy
• Notes: tuck extra detail into any node, hidden until you need it
• Focus Mode: dim everything except the work in front of you
• Folding: collapse whole branches for a cleaner view
ACT: FROM THOUGHT TO IMPACT
• Tasks: turn ideas into actions, synced with Apple Reminders
• Apple Shortcuts: automate your recurring workflows
• Document Linking: connect nodes across separate documents
• Import and Export: OPML, Markdown, PDF, SVG, PNG, and more
EXPRESS: MAKE IT YOUR OWN
• Themes: choose a curated look or build your own, with automatic light and dark mode
• Layouts and Shapes: arrange nodes your way and pick from a range of node shapes
• Images, Stickers, and Emoji: enrich your maps with over 250 custom stickers and more
AI, A THINKING PARTNER, NOT A REPLACEMENT
MindNode treats AI as a sparring partner for your thinking, never a substitute for it. You stay in control of every idea.
• Suggest a starting structure or expand a branch with a tap
• Turn a finished map into a written draft, or summarize a long document
• Powered by Apple Intelligence where available, with its privacy protections built in
ON ALL YOUR DEVICES
• Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro, native on each
• On Vision Pro, gather your thoughts as colorful pills floating in space and connect them by hand
• Automatic iCloud sync, with offline changes merged when you reconnect
• Localized in 13 languages, with VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your ideas stay yours. Documents are stored encrypted in your own iCloud, not on our servers, and even live collaboration is end-to-end encrypted, so only you and the people you invite can read your work. MindNode is a small independent team in Europe, owned by its founder and answerable to its users, not investors.
FREE
• Capture ideas as mind maps, edit, rearrange, fold, and view them as an outline
• Sync across all your Apple devices, and export your ideas in open formats so you are never locked in
MINDNODE PLUS
• Adds outline editing, Notes, Visual Tags and Connections, Tasks, Focus Mode, Apple Shortcuts, Document Linking, SVG export, AI, and full theming, across every platform
• Available monthly or yearly
QUESTIONS?
We value excellent customer support. When you contact us, you will always reach a human. We're always happy to help: support@mindnode.com
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Privacy Policy: https://mindnode.com/privacy
I am a new user of MindNode, so this review is immature. However, minus a moderate learning curve to the formatting toolbar on iOS, I have been very impressed. The prime consideration for me has been a seamless Apple ecosystem experience: so I discounted the legendary FreeMind, skipped by Lucidchart and moved past XMind. With this need in mind, MindNode has been super pleasant to interact with use. It’s fluid, aesthetic and fast, and it importantly syncs across my devices without issue. I particularly like how branches can contain thousands of characters without degrading performance. They can also be marked as tasks, while containing associated notes. That’s not mentioning the fact mind maps can be grouped in folders, cross-linked across other mind maps and be switched to/from outlines at any moment. The result is a well-rounded mind-mapping experience that has met my criteria and exceeded expectations set by other services. I have subscribed to a year.
Developer Response
Thank you for the great feedback! We're very happy to hear you enjoy using MindNode so much:) Also, as you evolve using MindNode, we're always open for feedback. You can send it to us via email at support@mindnode.com.
A Game-Changer for Productivity!
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I’ve been using this app for a week now, and I can confidently say it’s one of the most useful and well-designed tools I’ve ever come across. The team behind this app has done an incredible job—congratulations on creating something so intuitive and powerful! The app is lightning-fast, beautifully designed, and works seamlessly across multiple platforms. The syncing is flawless, and I love how easy it is to pick up where I left off, no matter which device I’m using. It’s so well-crafted that it feels like something Apple itself would create—maybe even better! One feature I’d love to see in the future is the ability to fully organize my maps into folders or categories. I’ve created quite a few maps already, and having a folder structure within the app would take my organization and productivity to the next level. Overall, this app has already become an essential part of my workflow. It’s intuitive, reliable, and a joy to use. Thank you to the team for such a fantastic product—I can’t wait to see how it evolves! Keep up the amazing work! Highly recommended to anyone looking for a powerful, user-friendly tool. Five stars without a doubt! 🌟
Developer Response
Thank you so much for the nice feedback:) We appreciate it very much! Also, we're happy to hear MindNode Next is enhancing your workflow this much. To make it even better, we're already working on Folders. So stay tuned for when this feature will be added in the future. Best regards,Jessica
This is 'cloud only'. They've hidden the old file-based version, even from subscribers.
StopHasslingMe
They're so obsessed with making their mindmapper cloud-only, which is incredibly inconvenient if you have to work offline and depend on being able to make your own backups (backups are impossible under this new model! Something goes wrong, you're out of luck.) I don't understand how obstinate this company is to completely overturn and remove their old file-based storage systems. I got Soulver 4, which also uses 'cloud' storage - which makes sense for transitory documents, not files you need to back up and process locally - but even *they* have an option to create locally files. It's sheer bloodymindedness on this company's part to remove one of the most foundational, basic elements of software - that you can edit and copy your own files - and hide it behind a morass of intermittently based servers. With that as a caveat, if you're using this professionally, bear in mind that this is no longer the dependable, serious piece of software and the company will pull the rug out from under paying users without notice.
Developer Response
Thanks for your feedback. We understand that the move away from file-based storage isn't for everyone, especially if your workflow relies on managing files directly in Finder or creating your own file-based backups.With MindNode Next, documents are stored in CloudKit rather than iCloud Drive. This approach has a few advantages, such as keeping your documents available offline. If you prefer working with files, you can still drag documents from MindNode onto your Desktop or the Files app to create aliases that open the original document in MindNode.We know this change doesn't fit every workflow, however, we appreciate you sharing your perspective. If you rely on this feature you can also continue using MindNode Classic, which is still available on our website and receives regular updates.
True to the original mind mapping concept.
Nick DNH
I am 82 and have been into mind mapping since Tony Buzan developed the idea back in the 70s. Before the development of computer software, it was done with paper and coloured pencils. Having tried many different mind mapping apps , it is my view that Mindnode Next is as close to the original Tony Buzan model as it is possible to get using a computer.
Developer Response
Hi Nick, we're so happy to hear this! Thank you for appreciating our concept of mind mapping. We value it very much.
• Fixes an issue where AI-Brainstorming did not create any nodes.
• Fixes connection issues when using Codex with the MCP Server on macOS.
• Fixes unwanted scrolling in the notes popover on iPad and Mac.
• Improves On-Screen Awareness when working with an open document on iPhone and iPad.
• Fixes occasional issues when reordering nodes in radial layouts.
• Improves the import of fixed-width nodes from MindNode Classic.
• Keeps tag highlighting active even when the selected tags don't match any nodes.
• Improves the reliability of selecting and deselecting nodes.
• Fixes documents sometimes opening at the wrong or an empty position and improves restoring the canvas position across devices.
• Fixes onboarding appearing again when opening a new window during the tutorial.
• Updates the app icon on Apple Watch and visionOS.
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