Mind Mapping - MindMeister
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity | Free | MeisterLabs | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
"[...] the syncing, sharing, rapid-entry features of MindMeister make it my top pick."
The Unofficial Apple Weblog
DESCRIPTION:
MindMeister is the one and only mobile mind mapping app you'll ever need. Whether you're using it in the boardroom, the classroom, the presentation hall, or the lunch meeting, MindMeister can help you organize, prioritize, and even generate new thoughts.
Designed from the ground up as an extension to our award-winning, browser based interface, the MindMeister app stores your mobile creations and seamlessly syncs them with your online account. Of course, you can also use MindMeister without an online account, as a stand-alone application on your iPad or iPhone.
Feature highlights:
- Create and edit unlimited mind maps and folders
- Real-time collaboration
- Seamlessly sync maps and folders with your free online account
- Can be used stand-alone (without online account)
- Share maps directly from the device
- Multi-touch support for drag & drop, zoom, pan
- Add icons, colors, styles and map themes
- View and edit notes, links, tasks and attachments on ideas
- Draw connections between nodes
- Play presentations
- Manage Favorite maps
- Quickly insert ideas ("Geistesblitz")
- Export maps in RTF, PDF and PNG format
Additional features with Pro subscription:
- Add images and photos to topics
- Export maps in MindManager, Freemind, XMind, MS Word and MS PowerPoint format
- Export slides as zip file
Additional features through MindMeister's online interface:
- History view and unlimited undo / redo
- Publish maps, synchronize tasks, etc
For creative and busy professionals on the go, not being able to remember that "Next Big Idea" can lead to lost opportunities. With MindMeister never further than a swipe and click away, you'll never be stuck trying to remember anything. Ever. MindMeister allows you to quickly and conveniently capture your thoughts, ideas, notes, tips, or any other information you want to save for later. Finding these ideas across multiple mind maps is a breeze, thanks to MindMeister's powerful internal search.
Visualizing your thoughts is a great way to remember them and have them close by, but the real fun with MindMeister's app gets started upon entering collaboration mode. Got a great idea and want to share it with your co-worker that's halfway around the world (or halfway across the office)? Simply create your mind map, sketch out a few ideas, and then invite your colleague to join you. Once in MindMeister's brainstorming mode, both mind mappers have a real time view of what the other is thinking, and can see the changes/additions to the mind map in real time.
Complete with the familiar MindMeister icons, colors and map styles, the MindMeister app is the perfect way to get started with mobile mapping, as well as a great compliment to an online MindMeister account.
NOTE: requires a free account registration
Reviews
Helps me organize my thoughts
ShelbyMJ13
I tend too feel like my brain has “too many tabs open” but this app helps me to organize different tasks and plans
Found this morning and already rocking!!!!!
philruff
Amazingly easy to use, intuitive, and helps me get my thoughts into an organized place so i can collaborate and execute effectively. Well done! I started this morning! Found it, watched a few of your YouTube tutorials, and i was off to the races! One of the best products i have seen!!!!
My productivity is off the charts with MindMeister!
DM Duffy
About a month ago, I was having a hard time connecting the dots on a few projects and their interrelatedness. Then this wonderful thought popped into my head, mind-map it! I’ve had and used MindMeister for some time, but not like this. I began to mindmap everything and the clarity that descended was and is outstanding! I love the ease of interface on every device, how everything autosaves, and that I can bring on different collaborators on different maps. I love the icons, color, task mode, presentation mode, I could go on and on. So glad I rediscovered something I was already paying for and have been able to shift my clarity and in turn, my productivity. So grateful for this awesome tool. If you’re a right brain, big picture, associative thinker, you’ve got to get MindMeister! Thank you for creating exactly what I needed. #grateful
THE way to organize disorganized thoughts/tasks
Org-user
MindMeister (and Meistertask) work well on every platform (phone, iPad and web). The combination of MindMeister and Meistertask is probably the only one that seamlessly combines project management (Kanban and todo lists) with mind mapping. There are a few other apps that do this but most of them seem to have clunky UIs on at least one platform. MindMeister, as a lone mind mapping software, is easy to use on every platform - including iPhones’ small screens. On iPad and Mac, I appreciate the presence of ubiquitous keyboard shortcuts which make editing really natural. I recommend MindMeister to anyone who is looking for a mind mapping software, even those who are not interested in its task managing abilities. I do use it for note taking but due to the lack of support for Apple Pencil note taking on the iPad feels incomplete. Adding a feature to add Apple Pencil drawings (like the way Dropbox Paper or XMind does it) would make this app an excellent note taking software as well.
Love this app!
lalalow
I am a uni professor and use mind mapping in my professional development class. I love it personally. Just wish there were more than three free maps!
A wonderful app
edmorrison
I have used my mapping tools for the last two decades. MindMeister is great. It offers speed, intuitive design, and flawless integration across my computers. It gets out of the way and let’s me focus on thinking.
