iThoughts discontinued
Started by satis
on 2/16/2024
satis
2/16/2024 11:31 pm
The iThoughts app, which was introduced in 2008 for macOS and debuted its Windows verison in 2017, is no more.
https://www.toketaware.com/
It was never quite as pretty as MindNode, but it was deeper, and it didn't have subscription pricing. I bought iThoughtsX on sale for 99¢ in the Mac App Store in 2015 and never had to pay another penny to use it or get updates... a pricing model which helps explains its defunctness.
Most mind maps today are online services, and there are plenty to choose from from free to freemium to pay. But I always have preferred local desktop apps and the best one for macOS now is probably MindNode, which has either a limited free version or a Mac/iOS subscription price of $25/year.
When iThoughts starts getting buggy or sees incompatabilities from future OS updates, I'll probably move to the free tier of MindMeister, which I've used on and off for a few years.
https://www.mindmeister.com/
https://www.toketaware.com/
It was never quite as pretty as MindNode, but it was deeper, and it didn't have subscription pricing. I bought iThoughtsX on sale for 99¢ in the Mac App Store in 2015 and never had to pay another penny to use it or get updates... a pricing model which helps explains its defunctness.
Most mind maps today are online services, and there are plenty to choose from from free to freemium to pay. But I always have preferred local desktop apps and the best one for macOS now is probably MindNode, which has either a limited free version or a Mac/iOS subscription price of $25/year.
When iThoughts starts getting buggy or sees incompatabilities from future OS updates, I'll probably move to the free tier of MindMeister, which I've used on and off for a few years.
https://www.mindmeister.com/
Stephen Zeoli
2/17/2024 11:10 am
I'm sorry to hear this. I bought iThoughts early on. Turns out, I'm not much of a diagrammer, though I keep thinking I am. iThoughts had some nice features but it always seemed kind of uninspiring... perhaps it was the color schemes or something. Or, as I said, maybe I'm just not a diagrammer.
With note apps adding diagramming to their feature-set (Obsidian, Heptabase, for example), as well as competition from a lot of dedicated mind-mapping programs, it isn't any wonder that iThoughts hit rough times. Still, it was one of the earliest apps that I'm aware of to have both MacOS and iOS versions. A pioneer.
Steve
With note apps adding diagramming to their feature-set (Obsidian, Heptabase, for example), as well as competition from a lot of dedicated mind-mapping programs, it isn't any wonder that iThoughts hit rough times. Still, it was one of the earliest apps that I'm aware of to have both MacOS and iOS versions. A pioneer.
Steve