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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I am using mindnode for many years, it is still the best mind map app, but I am really missing the manual layout in this new version. This missing feature causes problems in importing older documents and implementation of it should have the highest priority.
Developer Response
Hi, thank you for the feedback! We're happy to hear you enjoy MindNode. We are aware that this is an important feature missing in MindNode Next. That's why it is already one of our priorities and we plan to implement it soon. If you're interested, you can check the roadmap for MindNode Next here: https://www.mindnode.com/article/features-classic-next Best regards,Jessica
Why you need constantly change something?
andkedr
It was good application before you have transferred documents to hidden location. That is made application unusable. In response to the developer’s answer:You are overreaching by arbitrarily enforcing a single method of file handling. This is not only inappropriate — it may also be legally problematic for the following reasons:a) Your software’s declared purpose is diagram creation, not file system control. The new forced behavior alters the way I organize my files on my device, violating the principle of functional separation and exceeding the legitimate purpose of the application.b) You do not offer any opt-out or alternative configuration, thereby violating the user’s right to informational self-determination and freedom of choice, as outlined in Article 5(1)(b) and 5(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — data minimization and purpose limitation.Additionally, this appears to be an unacceptable commercial tactic that forces users to migrate their files to an unknown storage system — one that may involve elevated risks, unclear data handling policies, and potential additional costs.I urge you to reconsider this approach and respect user agency by either restoring the previous behavior or providing a clearly visible and accessible configuration option.
Developer Response
I'm sorry you're feeling this way! There is a difference between how documents are stored on MindNode Next and MindNode Classic. This is why you're documents don't show up instantly. However, you can import your files from MindNode Classic to MindNode Next using the following steps:To import your documents from MindNode Classic to MindNode Next, open your Finder and search for the document you’d like to import. Drag the file to the MindNode Next icon. This will automatically open it in MindNode Next. If you'd like to continue using MindNode Classic you can redoanload it via this link: https://www.baidopan.top/app/mindnode-classic/id1289197285?ct=web-blog-dl&mt=12Update: Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding our new document management. We understand that the new system is not a viable solution for all users and it’s the reason why we are continuing to support our previous app. In the future we also plan to support external documents in MindNode Next, but unfortunately our conflict-free syncing solution will be limited to documents managed in MindNode. Regarding your concerns regarding our data handling policies: we don’t store any data. All data is stored on iCloud. Please send us an email if you have detailed questions (support@mindnode.com)
Missing folders
viki_cz
I really miss the folder support in Next or the alternative way of organizing and categorizing files.
Developer Response
Hello Viki. Thank you for your feedback. A better way to organize your documents is high on our list of things we want to add to MindNode Next and we hope to ship this soon.
I want to back my lifetime version
nvkejkewv
In the past, I purchased the full version of the application twice (mobile + desktop). After years, you change your business model to a subscription and want me to pay additional fees? You can't be serious!!
Developer Response
Thank you for your email. I understand your point of view. Some of the reasons that led to our switch in the business model are that a subscription allows us to deliver updates to our users much more frequently. It also provides us with a stable roadmap for the future where we can continue to adopt new Apple technologies on time. In addition, it also makes pricing much more predictable for the customers. For example, with the monthly subscription, you only have to pay for Plus features at times when you really need them.Anyway, using our free version you can create and edit MindNode documents. We support basic editing features like creating new nodes, adding titles, reordering nodes, and folding child nodes. The Free Editor also allows the importing and exporting of all supported file formats. Also, we have no intention to take anything away from you. therefore, you can still us the version of MindNode you initially purchased. You can redownload it in the AppStore.
• Improved Preview in Marked feature on macOS
• Fixed rubber band selection in document picker on macOS
• Fixed search on iPhone
• Fixed crash on app launch
• Fixed unintended reordering of imported documents
• Fixed documents failing to open after closing window scene on iPad
• Fixed documents being opened in the wrong window on iPad
• Fixed import of MindNode documents on iPad
• Fixed VoiceOver on document picker
• Fixed tint color updates of stickers when updating appearance or rewiring node
Version 2026.3.2
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