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
Category
Document
US$49
Feature
Multiple Mind Maps in a Document Full screen mode Spell-check Mind Map text, scripts, branch notes, attached text graphics, other Maps/Documents Spotlight
US$149
US$249
Windows Mac Windows Mac Windows Mac
importer for easy searching for Mind Maps Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Quicklook support Document metadata - 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 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 Standard themes Map Themes which can be applied to your & Styles document Professional
Map Creation
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 Line, oval, rectangle, roundedrectangle, 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
Branches
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 Checkboxes on Branches, automatic checkbox updating Ability to assign resources to branches for task management and for import into project management packages
Task Information
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 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 Easy recording of script ideas Screenwriting 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/nonprinting 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 Plain text files OPML files Mind Manager files MS Project Exports Keynote Powerpoint HTML web sharing (via NovaMind Connect) OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) RTF Jpeg TIFF PDF PNG GIF BMP EPS Mind Manager
MS Word MS Project
System Requirements
Windows: Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. NovaMind will run on 32-bit or 64-bit versions of the operating systems. Macintosh: MacOS X 10.4.9 or later for older versions of NovaMind. 10.5 or 10.6 for the latest versions of NovaMind 4.