Mind Mapping Software

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MindMeister is an online mind mapping tool that lets you capture, develop and share ideas visually. More than 11 million people already use our award-winning mind map editor for brainstorming, note taking, project planning and tons of other creative tasks. MindMeister is completely web-based, which means that there's no download and no updating! XMind is the most professional and popular mind mapping tool. Millions of people use XMind to clarify thinking, manage complex information, brainstorming, get work organized, remote and work from home WFH.


Since 1998 MindView has helped over five million users turn ideas into reality with our ever-evolving mind mapping software. With the powerful MS Office integration, comprehensive project management features and collaboration options MindView has become the industry leader in mind mapping software.

More Than 5 Million People Use MindView®



McKesson

Health Care


Mind Mapping Software 2021

“Looking back, I attribute a lot of the success to how quickly we understood the reason and requirements with the help of MindView.”

Mind Mapping Software

Mind Mapping Software Review

Stephen Orr

Director, User Experience Group


'MindView Business Edition allows us to brainstorm, work out a preliminary estimate, assign resources and generate a draft schedule – all in a single meeting!”

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IT Project Manager


'The efficiency and productivity gains alone mean we will never go back to traditional work sessions.'

Mind Mapping Templates

Brainstorm and Present with MindView



Improve your meetings by utilizing the Mind Mapping technique. Use Mind Maps to easily capture ideas and concepts, attach unlimited number of documents, link to SharePoint, Google Drive, Dropbox etc.

Go beyond PowerPoint presentations by illustrating concepts and strategies using mind maps. Mind Maps make ideas easier to understand and overview for both clients and colleagues.


Convert Your Mind Map To Other Documents


Making a Mind Map


Let's start with the basics, how easy is it to make a mind map because if you can't use the software its worthless, right?

All three desktop applications felt easy to understand and use right away because they all adopt the Microsoft Office interface. Further, you are able to use familiar keyboard shortcuts, so the learning curve was dramatically decreased. This seems very different to online tools where you have to find your whereabouts, learning a new interface, before getting started.

MindManager and MindView seem to have implemented and updated the Microsoft Ribbon system (menu structure) and Backstage particular well, whereas MindGenius is beginning to look a bit outdated. MindGenius is like using your dial-up AOL account to download a photo album..the millennials won't understand that reference but it's accurate.

Mind Mapping software can have an over-abundant amount of features in their interface which may be rather overwhelming for beginners. In the software world this is called 'bloatware'. MindView's simplified user interface is the first tool we have encountered that tries to solve this conundrum. We agree, I think they may have done it!

Online Mind Mapping Software

By the end of the day, making a mind map in MindManager and MindView was a very similar experience. It was almost like comparing BMW vs Mercedes. If you like more features and options in your interface, then choose MindManager. If you like a simplified user interface choose MindView. But it doesn't stop there..

Free Mind Map

Let's explore the differences a little further. For example, attaching files was intuitive in MindView, and unlike other mind mapping software lets you attach an unlimited amount of files since MindView links files by default; don't worry MindView also allows you to embed the files.

Here is the section for all you die-hard Mind Mapping theorists (everyone else is starting to yawn). Stay awake, we will make this section brief.

Mind Mapping Software

In all three applications, you have the ability to add images and colors to your mind map..blah blah blah..mind mapping theory states something about memory retention. Our interns did the research and the theory is correct, trust us (wink wink). Also, all three software tools enable you to add easily images, icons and colors to branches.

However, not all of us think non-linearly like a mind map. Some of you prefer to consume data in a linear layout. This leads us to the various ways you can communicate the data in an outline, timeline or Gantt view. Spoiler Alert: we will discuss the Gantt and timeline layout later.

Finally, let's talk about customizing the mind map? There are plenty of ways to customize the maps in all 3 programs, and all 3 programs are basically the same. Let's move on to something more interesting…something that really separates the pack…the MS Office integration.