
I’ve been using both extensively on the iPad for a year now, primarily iThoughtsHD then Popplet when the connection to the online Popplet website went live and now v2 iThoughtsHD is my primary mind mapping tool. It’s Simple, Easy and you can begin working right away, the downside is it is still beta, no ability to import and export (including the web Popplet site). – Popplet is the other mind mapping or context mapping tool to allow Images as well as a simple drawing tool in the product. You have one very useful Mind Mapping tool. So you add on top of that the ability to import and export from a number of mind map applications, open and sync with Dropbox and WebDAV servers, links to URLs, and include Images in Topics.

– iThoughtsHD: Clean, Simple, Full Featured, with Regular enhancements and upgrades. There are in fact only two mind mapping apps on the ipad that make use of the Images in Topics from the Photo App: The whole basis for Mind Mapping was images, color and text, but somewhere along the way most of the applications of mind mapping for PCs and Macs alike has been mostly about the text. This new version brings Topic Images both built-in and from the Photo App (aka Camera Roll) on the iPad. I think that the new iThoughtsHD is the best mindmapping tool for the iPad, without a doubt. Tweet me - I’d love to know and follow you. If you’re on Twitter and tweet about mapping topics,

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** I wrote “arguably the most significant iPad mind mapper” because though there are others, many of them very good, iThoughtsHD is the one I see praised most. IThoughtsHD still costs less than $10 and a matching update for iThoughts for the iPhone is due out soon. It now allows images, better formatting and hyperlinking nodes, an improved note view, better performance and other enhancements. Thanks to Andrew Wilcox for pointing out to Vick’s Picks that iThoughtsHD, arguably the most significant iPad mind mapper**, has just undergone a significant upgrade.
