mymind is the better fit when…
- You want the best-looking visual grid there is
- You use Android, Windows or the web
- You’re fine with your library living in their cloud
iki vs mymind
Both promise a private mind. Only one is on your device.
mymind is one of the best-looking save-anything tools around, and its stance against ads, tracking and social features is close to ours. The difference is where your saves get read.
mymindIKI
Reads videosNo: Keeps the video; no transcriptYes: Yes
Transcribes voiceNo: No voice notesYes: Yes
Picks up screenshotsPartly: Reads text in images you share inYes: Yes
Answers with sourcesNo: No questions over your savesYes: Yes
Runs on the phoneNo: Their serversYes: Yes
mymind is for visual thinkers who want a calm grid of everything they’ve saved, on Android, the web and Apple devices alike. It’s a mature product, and its no-folders approach respects your attention. It reads text in images you share to it and keeps video uploads, though we found no way to search what’s said in them. There are no voice notes and no questions over your saves. IKI reads your videos and voice notes on the iPhone, lets you ask the whole library, and keeps everything as markdown files you can open in the Files app.
IKI is the better fit when…
- You save videos and voice notes and want them read, not just stored
- You want to ask your whole library and get sources back
- You want the reading done on your phone and the library kept as files
side by side
The details.
| Question | mymind | IKI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99/mo Bookmarker; $79/yr Student of Life; $129/yr Mastermind | Free; Pro $6.99/mo or $49/yr; Founder $99 once (500 seats) |
| Free tier | No, paid only | Yes: unlimited saves, on-device AI, Ask, three recipes |
| Video | Uploads up to 500 MB; no transcript that we could find | Speech and on-screen text, read on the phone |
| Voice notes | No | Transcribed on the device in English, Russian and Portuguese |
| Screenshots | Text read from images you share in | New ones arrive by themselves, text already read |
| Ask your library | No | Yes, with sources. It says “not in your library” when it isn’t |
| AI, and where it runs | Server-side; summaries and PDF analyser on Mastermind | On your phone, Apple’s on-device model; your own Claude key optional |
| Where your library lives | Their servers | Your iPhone, or your own iCloud Drive |
| Format and export | Desktop browser only: your files plus one cards.csv | Markdown files in the Files app; nothing to export |
| Works offline | iOS beta, read-only | Yes, offline-first |
| Account | Required | None |
mymind details checked in September 2026. Prices change, so check mymind.com. Sources: mymind.
credit where it’s due
Where mymind wins.
It’s beautiful
The best-looking tool in this category. IKI’s card library doesn’t try to imitate the visual grid.
It’s everywhere
Android and the web as well as Apple devices. IKI is Apple-only, so if your devices are mixed, mymind fits and IKI doesn’t.
It’s mature
Years of refinement. IKI is younger.
moving over
How to move over.
- 1Request your export from mymind in a desktop browser (export is desktop-only). You get your files and a cards.csv index.
- 2In IKI, open Settings › Library › Import from mymind and choose cards.csv. Links are fetched and read on your phone, and text cards become notes.
- 3Share the images and PDFs from the export into IKI too. Screenshots get their text read, and PDFs are read in full.
Start with one save.
It’s free to start, and every save is a file you own.
Free · iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac · Made for iOS 27
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