Total Recall - Mind Map App Reviews

Hey fellow writers, this app is great for us. You can cluster your events and keep story lines straight. I know thats not why this app was made, but, woe, it is so great for us. You can even color code the characters. I live it!

Im quite content with this app. Ive been in the market for one for a while (that was free and/or cheap) and its pretty easy to use. It does lack some "fluff" details such as shape options, or color and font options, but personally I dont find those things necessary. The ability to text a map to someone or save a map directly to your picture folder would be helpful. Still, as is I believe its worth the purchase.

glad I didnt waste money...

Well thought out app, but unusable to me because it cannot print to an AirPrinter. Five Stars when this feature is added!

But it would be SO much better if it had spell check! Please! >_< I keep making a doofus of myself when I share them.

Maybe not the best mind mapper out there but Super easy UI and totally perfect for a particular project I was working on - I am so bummed because apparently it crashes of you have too many bubbles and I only had to add maybe 5 more to finish what I was working on - i would gladly boost my rating & pay for full version if it could hold twice as many bubbles before crashing because the more bubbles there are the better to see the beauty In how this app organically lays out the relationships

I really want to love this app. When I can get it to work, I absolutely do love it. However, for some reason I have a HECK of a time getting it to draw lines between bubbles. When I drag my finger between existing bubbles with text in them instead of making a line it either moves the bubble or the whole page on the screen. I havent used the app for a few months because of this, but opened it up tonight to try again. Its still driving me crazy. I just cant get it to work. I never see anyone else comment about this, so I fear its me. If it is, just tell me what Im doing wrong! -------------- Holy cow! Its 30 seconds later and several months into it, I finally figured it out. Feel stupid, but you have to have the "+" button pushed to draw the connections. What in the world took me so long?

I love the app however i just wish it were more efficient toggling between adding and typing bubbles. I would also add a feature thag allows u to connect bubbles after they are made. Overall nice app. Thanks.

Lets start with the good: If youre looking for a mind-map app, I wouldnt hesitate in recommending you start with this one. Not only is it free, its better than many of the paid apps. Yes, there is an in-app purchase option, but it looks like the app is totally free and unlocked unless you want to save more than three mind-maps, in which case, youd buy the in-app purchase. Thats totally fair. In fact, I think its a great system. Also - this app works quite well on both the iPhone and iPad. Overall, this app is quite good, but the interface needs a bit of refinement. For example, if you click the settings icon, a menu pops up. The only way to close that menu is to click the settings icon again. Usually, in most apps, clicking outside of the menu will close it. The show/hide ignores its previous status and always opens as "show" when the app is launched. And the black background (seen when fully zoomed out) doesnt match the white background of the mind-map. Also, the look of the bubbles could use a bit of professional polish. It looks like its a childs app, but really, its quite powerful. Like I said... the app needs work. And yet, Im rating it 4 stars because despite its flaws, this is a well done and powerful app. I really hope the developer works on refining the UI. This could easily be a five star app.

Easy to use. Very intuitive. Perfect for a quick brainstorming session.

Ive tried several other mind mapping software options and once you get past the fluff and 3d effects they all have their problems. Total Recall is the best Ive seen yet on iOs, except the size of your canvas should grow with the size of your mind map. Its a bit frustrating to start really diagramming lots of bits only to run out of space. Still, 5 stars. And maybe bigger maps?

This app is a really good start. Its easy to use and I love the auto arrange function. Improvements: better file sorting options would be helpful; the ability to expand and reduce portions of the map; an undo function for that accidental removal of a bubble; the ability to merge maps or portions thereof would be awesome.

I think this app is off to a great start. With just a few more improvements, it would be my must-have mind-mapping app. 1. Bigger spaces for maps. The canvas you are given for mapping is not big if you want to do very detailed maps. EDIT: the website for the developer says the canvas will expand as it gets filled. This was not working for me, but after I forced the app to quit and relaunched it, that function now works. 2. The ability to sort maps in the left pane. This is a simple organizational thing, but it could be a huge benefit. 3. iCloud support. I use this on multiple iOS devices. Having it take advantage of iCloud syncing would be awesome. Beyond that, this program is awesome. It is easy to use, pleasing to look at, and free to try. I like it. I paid for the full version.

Worth a download if you want to make a much simpler chart to show your thoughts. A suggestion would be to have different kinds of mind maps like flow charts or an auto-adjusting circle map (increase in size and difference in shape to conform to text/bullet points).

Does what it says intuitively and with ease. Like the ability to make a mind map fast and export or send via email in variety of formats. Auto expand and auto positioning is really cool. Would be nice if the white space between bubbles could be configured to automatically be more compact rather than so spread out, but that is getting fairly picky as you can always space the bubbles manually and not use the auto positioning. Cloud save (eg Google Drive) would also be nice. All around though, this is a great find and I recommend. Nice job developers, very refreshing and appears bug free!

I spent like 3 hours making a huge and intricate map and then I accidentally pressed the play button and it ruined my entire project. It completely destroyed all of my formatting and the worst part was, theres no way to undo it. I had to start all over and it took forever. It was a complete waste of time.

Be VERY careful of this app. I was just testing it out and it crashed and closed when I opened the app up again, my work was GONE

Simple to use. I love it! When I first started using, I had trouble with crashing, but learned that closing app and reopening frequently prevents loss of data. Also, you need to go to website to learn how to manually arrange bubbles. A very useful tool!

After tapping the screen enough times to drive me nuts I gave up. Never got it to work. Thumbs DOWN.

I was trying to mind map on paper until I remembered I had this app and the play function works great for putting thoughts in an organized fashion I would like it if the background color can be changed for the use of white bubbles