SimpleMind Pro has a collection of useful templates that you can get started with: Mind Map, Timeline, ToDo simple, ToDo, Meeting, SMART, SWOT, Week planner, Month planner, Flowchart and Organogram.

When creating a new mind map, you can start with a blank template to have full control over the mind map you will be creating. It helps though to see the contents page as a mind map because it puts things into perspective. This converts the Contents Page into a mind map with links to the PDF that opens on a window with no annotating tool. When you tap a PDF for importing you have to Convert and Open. To import a PDF, it must have a Table of Contents. PDFs are the most user-friendly file format in digital productivity. Most of us use PDFs and it’s important to understand how they work in as many apps as possible.

PDF bookmarks caught our attention and we were curious to see exactly how that would work. You can import text files, OPML, Freemind, PDF bookmarks and the native SimpleMind Pro formats. Something we noticed though, it is cheaper to buy the app from third-party apps (Appstore, Google Play, etc.) than from their website. They also have some cool packages on their website for bulk purchases. It costs $29.99 for macOS, $9.99 for the iPadOS/iOS version, $7.99 on Google Play and $32.40 for Windows. The app is a one-time purchase on all these platforms. They’ve got most operating systems covered. SimpleMind Pro is a mind mapping app that is available on macOS, Windows, iPadOS/iOS and Android.

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