Christian Cawley

GitMind has a couple of niggles, but is otherwise a competent mind mapping tool. It relies heavily on its fast and impressive generative AI tool, but under the circumstances, that is understandable.

Xmind is one of the best mind mapping tools around, facilitating easy ideation with an uncluttered user interface and easy keyboard shortcuts. However, it lacks advanced collaboration tools.

With Bubbl.us, you can quickly create diagrams and flowcharts that are easy to process and understand.

FreeMind is a useful mind mapping tool, but its user interface is 20 years out of date. While free to use, it lacks the friendliness of competing tools.

MindManager is a wonderful tool that helps you and your team manage projects and streamline ideas.

MindMeister is a great cloud-based mind-mapping tool, providing a modern design space with which to effortlessly create mind maps and other similar diagrams.

MindView is a fantastic way to organize ideas, projects, and time. The software stands out due to its customizability, accessibility, and usefulness for businesses and educators.

A very basic, mind-mapping tool that will help you focus on ideas, not formatting.

Updated Mindomo is an ideal tool for developing ideas, brainstorming with others, and tracking progress as you take it from concept to implementation.

MyDraw features tools for creating slick, professional diagrams, but while the low price is attractive, the user interface creates an impression of an under-powered Microsoft Visio.

A reasonably priced online diagramming tool that is surprisingly easy to use.

ClickCharts offers basic diagrams at a budget price, complete with limited features, and a dated user interface.

With good collaboration features and a beginner-friendly interface, draw.io is probably the best vector graphics editor for anyone who needs to produce professional diagrams for free.

A slick way to create advanced diagrams, and a smart alternative to Visio.

Creately lives up to its reputation with a fresh new web-based diagramming tool with free and paid subscription plans.

Visio offers powerful diagramming tools, but it isn’t immune to cheaper, more accessible apps.

Lucidchart is an extremely powerful visualization program with impressive features and great collaboration tools for large businesses but also plenty of options for personal users.

ConceptDraw MINDMAP is easy to use, but encumbered by the publisher’s pretensions towards a Microsoft-like suite of tools and a hefty price tag.

Thanks to a selection of comprehensive templates and generative AI, EdrawMax can produce mind maps, flowcharts, network diagrams, floorplans, and more.

There is no learning curve with MarvelApp, a browser-based prototyping and design tool.

A focused mind mapping tool for macOS, with iOS and visionOS support.

Sketch is a complete design and prototyping solution for macOS.