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MindMaster

 

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A great solution for students, teams, and decision-makers to work together, share ideas, and break down complex topics.

The free web version is great for users who want to quickly create a mind map with minimum installs, although you have to register online before you can create your first map. The paid individual subscriptions are feature-rich and not very expensive. As such, they are perfect for freelancers and marketing professionals who regularly need to present their work or ideas.

You can save on your MindMaster subscription by bundling additional products from Edrawsoft, such as Edraw Max and Edraw Infographic. These are advanced tools for drawing visuals and creating presentations. MindMaster offers a special student plan as well, in the form of a perpetual plan that never expires. It comes with two years of free upgrades.

Features

With MindMaster, you can create thousands of different visuals. Whether you are planning a wedding, brainstorming new ideas, or breaking down a complex topic, you can use MindMaster to visually show your audience your thought process. The software also makes it easier to identify potential problems or pitfalls with your project or proposed action plans down the line.

Here are some of the key features of the tool.

Build the Maps You Want

You can customize your shapes, styles, themes, and colors to express your ideas and tailor your maps to your exact preferences. There are a dozen pre-installed structures from which to choose, such as circle maps and fishbone diagrams, that make creating, customizing, and sharing your mind map quick and easy. Over two dozen themes and decorative clip-art images also help create rich, visually attractive maps.

Brainstorming

A special brainstorming tool makes it easy to hold meetings and gather feedback and ideas from your team. All you have to do is launch MindMaster’s brainstorming mode, record input from everyone in different colors on one side of the map, and drag them to the other side to automatically generate a mind map of everyone’s ideas and suggestions.

Project and Task Management

Software tools are only as good as their ease of use. With MindMaster, you can seamlessly switch from one mode to another without having to re-learn or redo everything from scratch. For example, if you create a mind map using the brainstorming feature outlined above, you can create a project management mind map from it, complete with Gantt charts, progress tracking, and resource requirements, all in one click.

Presentation Mode

The same goes for creating stunning presentation decks from your mind maps. With just a few clicks, you can convert your mind map into an MS PowerPoint file for quick and easy presentation to the rest of your team.

Interface and In use

MindMaster comes with a sleek and functional UI, both on desktop/laptop and mobile. In five easy steps, anyone can create a detailed mind map. All you have to do is select a template that you like and populate it with symbols from the library. You can then add text to the symbols and customize other map details using a number of shape and color editors. Once your map is ready, you can export and share it with others.

The layout of your mind map canvas has a tool ribbon that runs at the top of your screen, very similar to MS Word. A menu for additional functionality (such as rotating images or dragging shapes around) can be found at the left of your screen.

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The mobile apps place your tools and options at the bottom of your screen, within easy reach of your thumb for on-the-fly creation and editing. You can add shapes and text, change colors and connections, and customize other details sequentially within a single view. Once you are done, your updated map appears on your screen, with additional features and options again within easy reach.

The competition

We compared MindMaster with MindManager and Miro, two other popular mind map tools on the market. Here is how they stack up against each other.

Budget

Like MindMaster, Miro has a free plan, and its paid plans start at $8 per user per month, up to $16 per person per month for business plans. This is slightly higher than the annual costs of MindMaster’s plans.

MindManager does not have a free plan, and its entry-level plans cost several hundred dollars ($179 for Mac and $349 for Windows).

Ease of Use

MindMaster has the edge over MindManager and Miro in this category. Miro is easy to set up and use, but it can take some time to learn all of its features. As for MindManager, some users have called it clunky in terms of how the application runs. The drag-and-drop functionality of MindMaster and the ease with which mind maps can be created make it the best application of the three in terms of user-friendliness.

Features

MindMaster has brainstorming and project management modes, so it is very easy to switch functionality from within the app to suit different requirements. However, while Miro has a unique whiteboard feature that is custom-designed for use by teams, MindManager has no such unique offerings. This makes it a straightforward mind mapping tool.

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That said, of the three, MindManager is the solution that is perhaps best suited to enterprise needs. It is priced as one and has a very extensive list of features and capabilities. It does not offer lower-level subscription tiers, and this may indicate that the company wants to focus on catering to businesses and corporations, not individuals.

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Record video messages of your screen, cam, or both. Faster than typing an email or meeting live. Instantly ready to share and watch anywhere.

Record and share video messages of your screen, cam, or both. Faster than typing an email or meeting live. Free to use on Mac, Windows, Chrome, and iOS.

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Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet

 

Facebook
Timeline
Profile Picture	160 x 160 px	Must be uploaded at least 180 x 180 px
Cover Photo	851 x 315 px
About Us	255 Characters
App Preview Image	111 x 74 px
Total Length of Apps bar (including gaps)	350 px
Timeline Profile Picture	32 x 32 px
Shared Image	403 x 403 px	Photos can be viewed up to 960 x 720 px in the lightbox and expanded up to 2048 x 2048 px.
Shared Facebook Video	403 x 226
Status Update	63,206 characters
Shared Link Preview	156 x 116 px	Editable, can be set with the og:type meta property
Shared Link Title Tag	Up to 100 characters	Editable, can be set with og:title meta property
Shared Link Metadescription	Varies based on available room
Highlighted Post or Milestone	843 x 403 px
Highlighted Video Post or Milestone	843 x 475 px
News feed
News feed profile picture	50 x 50 px
News Feed Status update	Up to 5 lines of text before Facebook truncates & appends ‘See More’ at the first break after the fifth
Shared Image	Landscape	398 x 296 px
	Portrait	296 x 398 px
	Square	320 x 320 px
News Feed Sponsored Story Profile Picture	32 x 32 px
News Feed Sponsored Story Image	Landscape	358 x 268 px
	Portrait	268 x 358 px
	Square	300 x 300 px
Shared Facebook Video Preview	403 x 226 px
Shared Video Link Preview	130 x 73 px
Shared Link Thumbnail	90 x 90 px
Shared Link Title	Up to 100 Characters	Editable
Shared Link Description	Varies based on Thumbnail & Title Size	Editable
Ads
URL Ad Title	25 Characters
URL Ad Copy	90 Characters
Page Ad Profile Picture	50 x 50 px
Page Ad Title	Page Name
Page Ad Copy	90 Characters
Page Post Ad Profile Picture	32 x 32 px
Page Post Ad Title	Page Name
Page Post Ad Copy	First 90 characters of selected post	First 120 characters if post is text-only
Page Post Ad Image	90 x 118 px
Page Post Ad Video Preview	128 x 72 px
Page Post Ad Link Thumbnail	50 x 50 px
Sponsored Story Fan Picture	50 x 50 px
Sponsored Story Profile Picture	32 x 32 px
Premium Page Post Ad Profile Picture	50 x 50 px
Premium Page Post Ad Video Preview	185 x 104 px
Premium Page Post Ad Image	168 x 128 px
Twitter
Profile
Background Image	90% of visitors see first 78 px of the background
	67% see 204 px
	43% see 247 px
	21% see 284 px
Recent Image Preview	90 x 90
Profile Picture	81 x 81 px	4 px border
Tweet Length	140 Characters
In-stream
Profile Picture	48 x 48 px
Shared Media Tweet Length	140 characters, including link
Shared Link Preview	120 x 120 px	Must be at least 60 x 60 px
Shared Link Title	First 70 characters of twitter:title tag
Shared Link Description	First 200 characters of twitter:description tag
Shared Image	375 x 375 px
Shared Video Preview	435 x 244 px
Video Details	Video Title and first 160 characters of video description
YouTube
Branded Channel
Content Container	970 px wide
Mappable Header	970 x 150 px	Can map links off of YouTube
Profile Picture	55 x 55 px
Featured Video	640 x 390 px
Video Thumbnail	288 x 162 px
YouTube Brand Channel Background Size	90% of users see 8 px on either side of the content container	Up to 1 mb in size
	67% see 136 px
	43% see 180 px
	21% see 216 px
Video
Title	Up to 100 characters
User Banner	Up to 170 x 25 px
Video Preview	640 x 390 px
Description	Up to 5000 characters
Tags	Up to 500 characters	Hidden, can be found in page source under “meta:keywords”
Recommended Playlist Details	Playlist Title
Recommended Playlist Large Thumbnail	120 x 67 px
Recommeded Playlist Small Thumbnail	40 x 25 px
Recommended Video Details	Video Title, Author, and Views
Recommended Video Thumbnail	120 x 67 px
LinkedIn
Overview
Horizontal Logo	100 x 60 px
Cover Photo	646 x 220 px
Company Square Logo	50 x 50 px
Company Comment Logo	30 x 30 px
Shared Link Thumbnail	180 x 110 px
Shared Link Details	Shared Link Title and up to 230 characters of description. The description is editable.
Careers
Careers Cover Photo	974 x 238 px
Products and Services
Products and Services Banner Image	646 x 220 px
Product Image	100 x 80 px
Product Details	100 character title and 2000 character description
Pinterest
Profile
Profile Picture	160 x 165 px
About Section	Up to 200 characters
Boards
Board	222 x 207 px
Big Thumbnail	222 x 150 px
Small Thumbnails	55 x 55 px
Pins
Profile Picture	32 x 32 px
Pin Image Preview	192 x scaled height
Pin on board	222 x scaled height
Pin
Profile Picture	49 x 49 px
Pin	600 x infinity