NovaMind Feature Comparison

All versions of NovaMind are a rewrite since version 3, and all the versions have the templates, themes and styles as well as massively improved user interface and map creation and manipulation etc, and the screenwriting functionality has been rewritten in NovaMind 4 for Mac (and it is planned to do the same in Windows). And as with the lifecycle of v3 where we did massive updates within the free upgrades, it doesn't stop with 4.0...

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NovaMind 4 Express
NovaMind 4 Pro
NovaMind 4 Platinum
Planned for a future release of NovaMind 4.x as a free upgrade. This does not constitute a promise to deliver any or all of the planned features outlined below, and is merely a reflection of our current plans. The intention of this page is to help you find the best mind mapping software for your needs.

Mind Mapping Feature Comparison

NovaMind Express

NovaMind Pro

NovaMind Platinum

Typical User

Schools, primary school pupils and beginning Mind Mappers. Advanced Mind Mappers, senior school and university students, coaches, and for general business use. Power Mind Mappers. If you need to make compelling presentations, if you are a screenwriter, project planner, or business consultant. For serious business people, and the people who need the absolute best - this is for you.

Price

US$49

US$149

US$249

Category

Feature

Windows

Mac

Windows

Mac

Windows

Mac

Document Multiple Mind Maps in a Document
Full screen mode
Spell-check Mind Map text, scripts, branch notes, attached text graphics, other Maps/Documents      
Spotlight importer for easy searching for Mind Maps
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Quicklook support
Document meta-data - Creator, Organization, Keywords, Comments, Revision Number, Creation Date, Modification Date    
Find on Mind Map text, scripts, branch notes, attached text graphics, other Maps/Documents
Automatic save / Automatic backup options
Online help available within the application, on the NovaMind web site, and as a downloadable PDF document
Built-In Tutorials
Online access to Tutorials & Documentation
Outline View Simplified outliner
Fully featured outliner
Map Page layout view (as well as "Normal" view)
Background colors
Background images (single or tiled)
Rainbow branch coloring
Specified branch colors
Alternating rainbow colors
Infinite Canvas Size
BranchStorm Mode for Brainstorming
Map Creation Standard templates with preview images for easy document creation
Professional templates with preview images for easy document creation
Enterprise templates with preview images for easy document creation
Create your own Templates
Map Themes & Styles Standard themes which can be applied to your document
Professional themes which can be applied to your document
Enterprise themes which can be applied to your document
Built in Map Background Styles
Create your own Map Background Styles
Branches Line, oval, rectangle, rounded-rectangle, chamfered rectangles, FlexiBranch™
Line and Fill settings
Shadows      
Built in Branch Styles
Create your own Branch Styles
Branch Notes
Branch Hyperlinks to other branches on the same map or other maps in same document, or other documents, other files, web site etc.
Branch numbering, with numbering configurable at each level of the Mind Map with numbers, Roman numerals, and letter formats
Adornments on branches
Formatted text including multiple fonts and text colors on a single branch
Constrain text maximum width
Suggesterator™
Attach text boxes, shapes and pictures to branches
Reflections, chamfered corners, rounded corners on attached graphics
Layout Free, Assisted and Controlled layout
Branch Boundaries
Navigation Large map Navigator
Task Information Checkboxes on Branches, automatic checkbox updating
Ability to assign resources to branches for task management and for import into project management packages
Attach task information like start and end date, due date, duration and percentage complete to the branches
The percentage complete can be shown as a pie chart on the branches
Priorities of tasks can be shown on branches as icons indicating a priority from 1-9
Import / Export to Project XML check
Images Graphics libraries with over 1400 high quality images
Extra high resolutions image libraries (up to 7 times the standard library image size)
Over 900 extra high images in the graphic libraries
iPhoto integration
NovaMind Presenter Mouse click stepping through the presentation
Display of entire map or portion of a map
Transition from one map to another
Floating from one place on the map to another
Focusing on branches
Hiding and showing branches
User Interface Languages English
French
German
Spanish
Dutch      
Japanese
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hebrew
Printing Printing with crop marks for aligning multiple pages
Print with line borders at the top, bottom, left, right
Addition of headers and footers with fields such as filename, date, path, page number, page count    
Print images in the header and footer for logos etc.    
Print the Mind Map graphics only without any branch text (for lecture handouts)
Print the Mind Map scaled to a specific number of pages high/wide
Print a text outline of the Mind Map
Print selected branches/graphics  
Print prioritized task lists
Print timeline of tasks
Print all tasks assigned to a certain person
Print tasks due within a specified timeframe
Screenwriting Easy recording of script ideas attached to the branches within your Mind Maps
Script window with quick open and close hotkeys to enable viewing of your Mind Maps without obstruction
WYSIWYG formatted script window using industry standard screenwriter commands
Logical cycling through elements to enable quick recording of scene / action / character name / parenthetical / dialogue / transition / shot / title / general
Hot-keys allow for quick element selection
Text completions to save re-typing of character names, character prefixes, scenes, scene prefixes, continueds and mores
Customizable Parenthetical Extensions, Transitions, Scene Prefixes and Scene Times
Export into various formats including FDF (Final Draft), RTF (Movie Magic), TXT and PDF for file sharing
Toggle print/non-printing for individual branch scripts
Control over the order of the elements and which is the default element for branches
Control over capitalization of elements
Paste in directly from Final Draft, keeping the formatting
Scenes and characters list which allows you to change the scenes and characters in one place and have them reflected throughout the document
Imports OmniOutline files
OPML files
Plain text files
Mind Manager files check check
MS Project         check in Platinum
Exports Keynote
Powerpoint
HTML web pages
OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language)
Plain Text
RTF
Jpeg
TIFF
PDF Express Checked Pro Checked Platinum Checked
PNG
GIF
BMP
EPS
Mind Manager
MS Word
MS Project         check in Platinum

System Requirements

Windows: Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later or Windows Vista. NovaMind will run on 32-bit or 64-bit versions of the operating systems.

Macintosh: MacOS X 10.4.9 or later. We will be updating NovaMind Platinum to a version that will require 10.5 soon after it is released, as we will be rolling out new features that require Leopard.

Downloads

Current Versions

Supporting Files (Suggesterator & Graphics Libraries)

Old Versions

Screenwriting

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Testimonials

"This is a must have"

Well - I do not want to duplicate the - true - statements in the other testimonials, just one thing should tell it all: NovaMind set a personal record for me. That is: first shareware ever purchased within 1 hour after downloading the trial version.

After moving from Win XP back to Mac OS (after moving in the opposite direction 5 years ago) the only application I was really missing was Mind Manager and for a while I was afraid I would have to live with outlining tools such as OmniOutliner or Notebook (which are both very good products I do recommend if outlining is what you want to do). But outlining tools do not offer the amount of assistance and visual clarity in developing complex concepts, while being an enormous time saver in being a development, presentation and marketing tool at the same time.

Honestly, I have been involved in several large-scale international consulting projects and the difference between showing decision makers an outline (or presentation) and allowing them to actually "feel" how much effort and thought went into creating "their" solution by presenting a Mind Map is enormous and priceless.

NovaMind offers exactly that while even being easier to use than the Windows counter part. Add to that the reasonable pricing and (compared to many other current Mac OS X apps) broad import/export capabilities... (cannot even think of words to describe my happiness finding out how well the Mind Manager import works having more than 1700 of them at hand) this is a must have. Love it.

Uwe Rueckeshaeuser : Frankfurt, Germany/Bangkok, Thailand


"I wrote my assignment in record time!"

Your programme is so easy to use. I wrote my last assignment in record time, and I didn't leave anything out! I used to use the Dylan Thomas method - hundreds of bits of paper with ideas, quotes, points, etc on them; now it's all virtual.

Ken Goddard : Lleida, Spain


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