What is the best tool for making mind maps?

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I'm looking for an mind map maker with the ability to attach notes and documents.

Joel Roberts · Accepted Answer

Excellent mind mapping solution for idea management.  Best part: Interactive HTML mind maps that can be opened and edited with any browser. Also, you can create mind maps, concept maps and flowcharts too. 
Best value for money!

Darko Atanasov · Answer

I love iMindQ software. It fits perfectly in my projects.

Eric Ang · Answer

Thought Zenkit is not a full-fledged mind map software, it has an upper advantage against under tools as it consists of different views such as board, list & table.

Start your project by brainstorming in mind map view, plan it through different stages via board view, list down the todos in list view and finally table out the details in table view - all within a unified tool - Zenkit.

Dimitar Janevski · Answer

It offers the best value for money and has a great Mac OS X version which I currently use.

James Brouard · Answer

It's super-easy and fast for creating mind maps of any sort, plus it has probably one of the nicest UI's I've seen on Mind mapping software.

Fariza · Answer

I use it myself almost everyday. Simple UI, nice colors and free!

Taha Maddam, CFA · Answer

Using this for two years and it is a very good product.

Ian Mackenzie · Answer

It syncs flawlessly between all my devices. I use a Mac, iPhone and iPad and I can start a map on one device and pick it up on another. It's also available on Windows too. I have never had a problem or bug with this software and I've used it for years, so that tells you everything.

Magdalena Jovanovska · Answer

They have great customer support!

Ljubisha Mladenovski · Answer

Excellent tool for summarizing information, perform researches and organize the upcoming work.

Ruth Walker Biggerplate · Answer

I have been using Xmind for a few years now, and I find the tool very useful and easy to use. Continuing a 4 year climb up the annual rankings in the Biggerplate Annual Mind Map Survey, and gaining ground in vote %, XMind takes 3rd place for the first time this year. With the launch of XMind cloud in 2016 providing online editing and accessibility between devices, we expect XMind to continue challenging upwards during the rest of 2017.

marque jaqueson · Answer

I haven't used it myself but it looks like a very complete product, with mobile apps & all.

Fabio Calefato · Answer

It's biggest perk is the integration with Google Drive for saving free, unlimited (so far) maps

Susanne Anders · Answer

I'm mind mapping with XMind's free version. Love it. :)

Kavir Kaycee · Answer

Simplistic, web-based mindmaps tool.

Mahir Yildirim · Answer

It is completely free with no costs attached to it whatsoever and it has a super easy mind map maker. But even better is the fact that MindMapNinja is a social network specifically created for mind maps.

Mahir Yildirim · Answer

MindMapNinja is super-simple, a joy to use and 100% free. It is the first social networking site to create and share mind maps.

Camp Olivia · Answer

It seems to be a new one in the mind mapping software market, but it is really easy to use. Besides add attachments, notes, hyperlinks, external images etc., I can also quickly change different mind map theme, layout, or use the built-in tool to auto-create slides based on my current mind map for presentation. Other things I like the software including sharing freely on its online mind mapping community.

LOLO · Answer

It is a nifty cross-platform tool with the best export/import capabilities.

Ruth Walker Biggerplate · Answer

I agree, great tool for online collaboration and also personal use. At Biggerplate we take advantage of the ease of use and access even if we are all in different places.
MindMeister made the top 5 for Best Mind Mapping Software in our Annual Mind Map (2016) survey. Our experience in events, meetings, webinars and other activities in 2016 suggests
that MindMeister is one of the most highly regarded applications available, and one that seems certain to occupy at least a Top 5 place for the foreseeable future.
Would recommend!

Vladimír Seman · Answer

You can try the free text-to-diagram tool Gleek.
Even it is primarily used for creating UML diagrams and flowcharts, you can use it to quickly create diagrams during the mind mapping process.

👉 Try to type "Shape1-->Shape2" to get an idea

Radoslav Stankov · Answer

I really like this mind mapping application. It has sync, clients for macOS/iOS. Really simple and intuitive interface.

Ruurd Pels · Answer

Excellent stuff

Nihit Nirmal · Answer

Fantastic UI, very easy interface and Mac app is briliant

Ruth Walker Biggerplate · Answer

I see a lot more use of Concept Draw on the Biggerplate website! Despite being one of the least active/visible user groups and software formats on Biggerplate, ConceptDraw has maintained a consistent place in the Top 10 for four years in a row in our Annual Mind Map Survey (2016), and even moves up one place in the rankings this year! This suggests a strong core user group remains, despite the absence of mobile apps and web capabilities seemingly demanded by many of our survey participants!

Bojan Naumovski · Answer

Simply amazing... I cant imagine how my work day would look without iMindQ. I increased my productivity and also i organized my activities way better than before i used this tool.

Valentina Ivanoska · Answer

With iMindQ the meetings are more productive and the time consuming tasks (as writing MOM) are significantly shortened. Few valuable features, as present mode, are the one that keep me interested to use it on daily basis.

Panche Shterjovski · Answer

I use it for Creative Brainstorming with my team. It really helps for all members to contribute in the sessions.

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Awesome app. I love the shareable HTML mind maps!

Ruth Walker Biggerplate · Answer

I am a fan of this software! iMindQ made it in to the top ten Best Mind Mapping Software as voted for in our Annual Mind Map Survey (2016) iMindQ has continued to bring innovation and additions to their product mix, and now provide Windows, Mac, iOS and Android applications alongside a strong web-based offering. Based on this impressive product mix, we would expect to see iMindQ move further up the rankings over the next 2-3 years based on their ability to cater for increasing consumer demand for cross-platform, access-anywhere mind mapping.

Harry Kaczka · Answer

Super robust product and I only just discovered it maybe a week ago, how?

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I have used Mindly before - Simple & Effective.

Atilla Deniz · Answer

Because Simple and Fast

sam · Answer

Create amazing mind maps or flow charts. Embed media, share maps via url. One of my favorites.

Ruth Walker Biggerplate · Answer

I'm a fan of the mind maps I see which are created using iThoughts. The software us back up in 4th place this year in our Annual Survey Best Mind Map Software results, with 7% of the votes! We expect the newly launched Windows version of this application to act as a disruptive influence in 2017, and help build upon the already strong following for this application among the Mac/iOS community.

Fabio Calefato · Answer

The best-looking style for mind maps I've seen to date

Fabio Calefato · Answer

The least sophisticated, yet the fastest for creating mind maps from plain text

Nishadha Silva · Answer

It's a diagramming tool that supports mind maps. The mobile app is helpful when you want to view your diagrams on the go. The 1-click create feature will help you quickly come up with mind maps. For mind mapping specific features check out https://creately.com/Create-Mindmaps-Online

Disclaimer: I work for Cinergix, makers of Creately

Roger Lu · Answer

Taskade's new Mind Map view that is perfect for note taking, managing tasks, and organizing everything in infinite nested tree hierarchy. It's also collaborative and super simple and flexible.

Giacomo Lawrance · Answer

Mindnode is an awesome Apple app that really looks great. It also works really well.