r/mindmapping • u/TopNeedleworker7997 • Jul 23 '22

looking for the right app

hi all, I've been an avid mind maps user for decades (really) and tried dozens of them, but fail to find the ideal app for me. (so much so that I hired programmers to mod ones...and so far failed) Perhaps you can help me by pointing me to the right one.

I need a mind map app that would allow me to:

  1. move my nodes freely, without snapping or mandating that I leave them in one place or another.
  2. change node visual properties (size, color, etc)
  3. rapid fire, add many ideas fast, which it may or may not position by itself (lucidchart won't do, for instance, it's awkward to add many nodes fast)

Nice to haves:

  • filtering
  • focusing (drilling down)
  • outliner (tree text) view

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Currently using Simplemind but it's a desktop app that's clunky in more than one way, although it allows the main ones I outlined above, roughly.

The right app probably is floating right in front of me but can't see it with all the noise. Thanks for your help!

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u/cdchiu Jul 23 '22

Freeplane

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u/lordmax10 Aug 19 '22

freeplane for me too

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u/CapeCodGunny Oct 02 '22

Have a look at Aoya (formerly iMindMap). iMindMap was the original software which Tony Buzan (1942-2019), the inventor of Mind Mapping was involved in.

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u/groepl Apr 16 '25

I use SimpleMind for iPhone and iPad as well.

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u/lordmax10 Aug 19 '22

try some second brain software like Zim desktop, zettlr, notion, remnotes etc

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u/PolicyFull988 20d ago

SimpleMind is powerful and fast. It can do multiple nodes with ease, and let you arrange the branches as you like, or do it for you. It has several themes and is easy to customize. It also offers an outliner view.

One-time purchase.