In a previous post I featured a mindmapping product for the iPhone called MindMaker. Recently, I learned of a new mindmapping program for the iPhone called iBlueSky.
iBlueSky has functionality that surpasses that of MindMaker. That is probably why it costs a little more coming in at $7.99 instead of $4.99 for MindMaker.
But I must say that the extra $3 is worth it. One criticism I had of MindMaker is that it did not take advantage of iPhone’s accelerometer which allows you create mindmaps in landscape mode. Another criticism was not being able to e-mail your mindmaps. Well, iBlueSky does both.
Here’s a mindmap I created on my iPhone with iBlueSky and then e-mailed it to myself as a PDF:
(Click mindmap to enlarge)
The folks over at Tenero, creators of iBlueSky, have even created a YouTube video for the product. Check it out:
If you are an experienced mindmapper or new to mindmapping and just want a creative way to capture your thoughts and ideas, this is a good buy.
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Looks very interesting! Will have to check it out! Question–can I change the format from circles to squares or triangles or other?
Tony
Tony:
I don’t see any functionality to change the circles to squares or triangles. When you click the plus sign (+) to add a new topic or subtopic it just defaults to a circle. But I’ve had conversations with the developers and they are quite responsive to feedback and they constantly thinking of ways to improve the app. So, I am sure they’re working on it.
Yeah, I bought iBlueSky originally and then discovered iThoughts.co.uk – another UK outfit developing mind maps for the iPhone.
I prefer the latter since it supports much larger maps, multi line nodes and crucially map imports. Only criticism would be the rather unimaginative color scheme – although their web site implies that this will change in the not too distant future.
Regards
Scott
Thanks Scott for the feedback and the mindmapping software suggestion. -Chance
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