Mind Map: Smart Mind
AI mind maps, kept on your device.
- AI generate & expand
- 8 layouts, 18 themes
- PDF, PNG, Markdown, OPML
- No account, exports free
Comparing your options? Free AI mind map generators, compared (2026 guide)
Why it exists
Most mind mapping apps want an account before they will let you write anything down, and a subscription before they will let you get it back out. Smart Mind inverts that. It opens on a blank canvas, keeps every map on the device, and exports to six different formats. A thought you can't retrieve later was never really captured.
Start with AI, finish by hand
Describe what you're thinking about in one sentence and Smart Mind builds a structured map from it. Tap any topic to expand it into sub-topics. AI topics arrive as ordinary editable text: nothing is locked or watermarked, and undo works normally. Generation runs on an online AI service, so the text you ask about is sent to it; the map itself stays on your device. A few generations are free, and Pro makes them unlimited.
Built for real maps
- Unlimited topics on an unlimited canvas that grows with your thinking.
- Several mind maps side by side on one page.
- Drag and drop to re-parent a topic or re-order siblings.
- Checkboxes with progress that rolls up from the branch below.
- Auto-numbering, crosslinks between any two topics, labels and call-outs.
- Images from camera or gallery, notes on any topic, emoji and stock icons.
- Collapse, hide branches, autofocus one branch, branch and group borders.
- Editable outline view: type a list, see a map.
- Search in a map and across your library, organised into folders.
Layouts and style
Eight layouts: horizontal, vertical, top-down org chart, linear timeline, radial, matrix, list, and free-form. Eighteen built-in themes, eight of them dark. Style any topic (fill, text, border, shape, font) and any branch line's colour and pattern.
Take it anywhere
Export to PDF, PNG, HTML, Markdown, OPML or plain text outline. Print from the app. Present a map branch by branch as an animated slideshow. Back up everything to one file and restore it on another device. Importing is always free, so your maps are never trapped.
Privacy, plainly
No account. Your maps live on your device and are never uploaded or synced; only the text you send to AI generation is processed online. The free version shows non-personalized ads from Google AdMob, and the app uses Firebase Analytics to see which features get used.
Questions
- Does Smart Mind need an account?
- No. There is no account and no sign-in. Your maps live on your device and are never uploaded or synced.
- What is free and what needs Pro?
- Mapping, every layout and theme, and all export and import are free, with ads. AI generation includes a few free uses. Pro unlocks unlimited AI and removes the ads, as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
- Can I edit the topics the AI generates?
- Yes. AI topics arrive as ordinary editable text: nothing is locked or watermarked, and undo works normally. You can also tap any topic to expand it into sub-topics.
- What formats can I export to?
- PDF, PNG, HTML, Markdown, OPML or plain text outline, and you can print directly from the app. You can also back everything up to a single file and restore it on another device, and importing is always free.
- How many layouts and themes are there?
- Eight layouts (horizontal, vertical, top-down org chart, linear timeline, radial, matrix, list and free-form) and eighteen built-in themes, eight of which are dark.
- Can I put more than one map on the same page?
- Yes. Several mind maps can sit side by side on one page, on a canvas that grows with your thinking.
Try it in the browser
Free, nothing uploaded, no account — and a fair way to find out whether this is the kind of tool you want on your phone.
Guides
- How to make a decision with a mind mapMost stuck decisions are stuck on vague options and unstated criteria, not analysis. Map to find both, then leave the map and compare in a table.
- How to fix a mind map that has become unreadableToo wide, too deep or too tangled: three different failures that look identical. Here is how to tell which you have, and the five fixes in order of cost.
- How to mind map a book you have readHighlights are a list of the author's sentences in the author's order. Here is a four-branch method that records what a book argues, and how to revisit it.
- How to outline an article with a mind mapA blank page asks you to find out what you think and put it in order at once. A map splits those apart: dump everything, find the shape, then export the outline.
- Mind map vs concept map vs flowchartMind map: a tree. Concept map: a network with labelled links. Flowchart: steps in order. A side-by-side table, and how to pick by the question you have.
- How to plan a project with a mind mapA mind map is the right tool for the first two hours of a project and the wrong one for the rest. Here is how to scope, decompose and then hand over.
- How to turn a Markdown outline into a mind mapAny indented list is already a tree, so the conversion is a change of view. Here is how to write an outline that imports cleanly, and get one back out.
- How to use mind maps to studyBuilding a map helps; looking at one is re-reading. Here is how to make study maps you can test yourself against, and what to use flashcards for instead.
- How to turn meeting notes into a mind mapLinear notes bury what a meeting actually produced: the decisions, the open questions, who owes what. Here is a repeatable way to restructure them into a map.
- Free AI mind map generators, compared (2026 guide)Most free AI mind map tools cap you at three maps, watermark the export, or want an account first. Here is what each one actually gives away, and where it stops.
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