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24 Essential Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools

24 Essential Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools
Mind mapping is the process of using visual diagrams to show the relationships between ideas or information. Its popular uses include project planning, collecting and organizing thoughts, brainstorming and presentations — all in order to help solve problems, map out resources and uncover new ideas. It can be more useful than trying to keep track of our ideas by scribbling them on paper, and can aid in manipulating and generating concepts. We've compiled a list of 24 mind mapping tools to help you organize, summarize and visualize information, with both free and paid versions available to suit any budget or requirement. The tools mentioned are either browser- or desktop-based, with a selection of mind mapping mobile apps at the end of the article for use on iOS and Android devices. Is there a particular mind mapping tool you would recommend? 1. MindMeister was built to facilitate collaboration for mind mapping and brainstorming, with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. 2. iMindMap 3. 4.

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New features - SimpleMind Pro for iPad/iPhone - SimpleMind Version 1.28 Version 1.28.3 – Released 3 March 2021Thai translationUI modernizedLong press to see context menus, for example in the mind map explorer, stylesheets etc.Three-finger gestures supportedVersion 1.28.2 – Released 25 January 2021Arabic translationVersion 1.28.1 – Released 11 December 2020fixes iOS14 related problems with editing notes.Version 1.28.0 – Released 7 Dec 2020 Built-in cloud support for OneDrive. Connect SimpleMind to OneDrive and you’ll see all your existing folders and mind maps. With the built-in support you can now add links to mind maps, documents and images.Sort Local Mind Maps by name or date.New command Checkboxes | Reset state. Sets checkboxes to unchecked, and progress bars to 0.Using latest Dropbox APIMinor bug fixes.This update requires iOS 11.0 or later. Version 1.27 – Released 24 August 2020

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