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1. #Mind mapping software review software license#
2. #Mind mapping software review full#
3. #Mind mapping software review pro#
4. #Mind mapping software review free#
5. #Mind mapping software review mac#

#Mind mapping software review software license#

If you are in the market for a mind mapping software license and haven’t committed yet, you should take a look at Novamind. This is widely noted for producing very attractive maps, but with what I already have, I can’t justify to myself the extra cost. Many excellent software packages! One I haven’t mentioned and really ought to is NovaMind. Here, then, is a comprehensive list of mobile applications with sample maps and my observations that you can consider for mapping on the run. And its developer continually adds to its capability. Not only is it easy to use and able to make attractive maps, it has the ability to import and export maps from a wide range of other mind mapping software. Mapping on an iPad is a different case – it is more practical, and here I’d warmly recommend iThoughtsHD. Of those I’ve tried, iMindMap is the standout on really small screens. Working on phone screens can be painful (once you’ve got over the ‘Wow!’ factor), but there can be times – when stuck on a train, for example – when you want to whip out your smartphone and start mapping. I have to mention mind mapping on a mobile phone, pad or tablet. Not free: Novamind iMindmap (other versions) MindManager Curio Mythoughts ConceptDraw.

#Mind mapping software review mac#

Here’s a quick list of Mac mapping software: Free: Freeplane, FreeMind Xmind MindNode iMindmap Basic. Mac users have less choice and though some software runs on Windows and Macs, updates to the Windows version will often be released before the Mac. Your computer will limit choice to some degree. Where the MAP ITSELF is important When organizing information Where the PROCESS is what matters to you: For study, learning and You’ll find a link to the next article at the foot of each:

Choose the one(s) that fit your needs, or browse them all. or even all occasions, so I’ve split this into a few articles. One package can’t support all user profiles … MindManager and Inspiration can both do this. Alternatively, a product that can turn a mindmap into an outline may be useful in winning over people who are not ‘visual thinkers’. Publishers of one on-line web application, Comapping, claim to have researched their left-to-right mindmapping style and found this easier to introduce to mindmap novices, though you may soon want to move on to maps that allow more flexibility. Whether this means it’s appropriate to stick to auto-layout and not too much color will depend on the business culture. Here, your colleagues’ comprehension of the map will be important, so a tool that produces clear and businesslike results is needed. You may want to turn off auto-layout, though. MindManager, Xmind and Freeplane are good for this and provide quite a lot of freedom in layout to suit your own immediate needs. You need to look out for keyboard shortcuts, ease of moving round the map and searching, and ways of connecting maps. Then, ease of use of the software will be important so that it does not get in the way of the process of thinking. Someone seeing the map you produce may not be able to make much sense of it, but it’s how you got there that matters. The map map you make during this process will probably be filed away and forgotten when you’ve finished. The process of building the map can help you think something through, get new ideas or learn. (wondering which software made this map? Click here) Either because it makes you think I’ve been mapping for more than thirty years but soon after starting, I saw that there are two motivations for using mind maps (and similar visual models): When the process of making it is what’s important or when the map itself is what you need. The map below shows the advantage of being able to go beyond a tree structure. It’s amusing, but it does confine the user to a strict tree hierarchy and that’s something I find very limiting. I played with text2mindmap for a while, because it takes a different approach: Key in a text outline and it produces a mindmap from it.

#Mind mapping software review pro#

Myself, I mostly use Xmind, 3D Topicscape Pro (naturally, as much of it is my design), MindManager, MindMeister and CMAP depending on what I’m doing.

#Mind mapping software review free#

Here you will find recommendations, some free and some not so free.

#Mind mapping software review full#

Most of us probably do all of these from time to time, so we need a quiver full of arrows to choose from. Some mindmap alone, others mindmap in groups. Some people use them for study, some for planning projects, some for organizing information, some to spark ideas and facilitate brainstorming sessions, some while planning the writing of a report or blog post. What is “best” depends so much on how you use mind maps.