MindNode: Mind Map & Outline
IdeasOnCanvas GmbH Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touchMacApple Watch
MindNode: Mind Map & Outline is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by IdeasOnCanvas GmbH. Rated 4.6/5 from 310 ratings. Requires iOS 18.0.
- Rating
- 4.6
- 310 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 210 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 21
- 2026 · v2026.6.1
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About MindNode: Mind Map & Outline
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: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://mindnode.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://mindnode.com/privacy
Ratings & reviews
4.6
310 ratings
What’s new
Version 2026.6.1 · Updated September 21, 2026
• 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.
App privacy
The developer, IdeasOnCanvas GmbH, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: App Functionality
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| MindNode: Mind Map & Outline | 4.6 / 5 (310 ratings) | Free | September 21, 2026 |
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| Xmind: AI Mind Map, Brainstorm | 4.8 / 5 (6,970) | Free | Sep 14, 2026 |
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