AmyMind Reviews

If you like editing a mind map more than the tediousness of adding a line here/there... then you'll love this. It's almost (almost) as good as when you write it on paper but this is shareable in seconds. It's really good. Truly a gem.

I created my first mind maps with AmyMind and I am absolutely thrilled! Whether I created new mind maps completely frm scratch with AI or automatically from a Word document or PDF – AmyMind delivers! Usually, the mind maps are more than good on the first try, but if needed, I can also have the AI generate additional subpoints after creation or, of course, add them myself.

The handling of the tool is really well-developed, so that it can be used very well as a standalone mind map program, independent of the AI functions. Whether automatic rearrangement of the mind maps, expanding and collapsing individual branches, adding images or notes (the latter even automatically with the AI), or exporting in a variety of formats – AmyMind can do everything I need. The mind maps also look very appealing. In my case, I had the mind maps created in German, which worked flawlessly.

What I would still wish for:
- You can move the mind map back and forth by holding down the spacebar and left-clicking. This works very awkwardly on a (at east my) laptop. It would be nice if you could just hold down the mouse button to move it back and forth.
- Expanding and collapsing is done via a small menu directly on the entry. In my opinion, a dedicated symbol would be better (as long as clarity does not suffer).
- Although there is a presentation mode (which is great), it would be amazing if it showed the mind map overview and then zoomed in and out of the individual branches, so you always know where you are in the mind map. Currently, the view is text-based.

Apart from that, AmyMind is one of my favorite tools here on AppSumo and gets an absolute recommendation from me!

Pros:
1) Creating mind maps were quick and simple from a prompt/file/text. Very easy to implement and see.
2) You can add images easily for better understanding.
3) Interface is beautifully designed, intuitive, and aesthetically pleasing.
4) AI explore and AI chat is very useful, you can chat with it, use it to create child nodes/parent nodes as well as choose to expand on a particular part. It helps a lot when you need to go in depth rather than just a brief sentence.
5) Rearranging is very easy, just drag and drop it on any node and it'll auto attach. Helps when you made a mistake/want to rearrange.
6) Pitch mode is an interesting feature that I've never seen before, love it.
7) Exporting or importing mindmaps are very easy.

Things to improve on:
1) AI often replies in other languages. Was given the reply of Chinese text as well as french text before when asked in English.
2) Fit to window is trash, if you expand the mind map to be in depth, it'll become huge and hard to read.
3) Dragging the mindmap around using space+right click and hold is an awful way to move around. (Personally I got around that by using outline view.)
4) To get useful child nodes, you can't just press a node and add it, you have to first AI explore before scrolling to the bottom and using the add as a child node button. If you don't your child nodes would be really simple and not be as in depth.
5) Dragging multiple mindmaps to a single folder isn't possible too so I have to do it one by one.
6) Folder settings are annoying, I do not want to see my recent mindmaps, I want them gone from app.amymind.com/home. I only want to see them in my sidebar. The main page can just be https://app.amymind.com/mindmap/guide. That would be much more cleaner.

TLDR; Pros: Fast and simple mind map creation, easy image support, beautiful interface, useful AI chat/explore for depth, smooth drag-and-drop rearranging, easy exports and imports of mindmaps and unique pitch mode.

Cons: AI sometimes replies in wrong languages, poor “fit to window” scaling, clunky navigation controls, extra steps needed for detailed child nodes, can’t bulk-move maps to folders, and messy homepage with unwanted recent mindmaps.

Does what it promises to do.
A mobile app would be really helpful though.
Hoping it's in their roadmap.

I still see there are few options/features not adhering to the language setting in Profile.