iki vs mymind
mymind is the most beautiful save-anything tool on the market, and its refusal of ads, tracking and social features is close kin to our own. The difference is where your mind actually lives.
mymind is for visual thinkers who want a serene, gorgeous grid of everything they've saved, reachable from Android, the web and everywhere else. It is a mature product with years of polish, and its no-folders philosophy genuinely respects your attention. IKI is for people who take the privacy promise one step further: the AI that reads your saves runs on your iPhone, and the library it builds is a folder of markdown files you can open in the Files app. If "private" should mean "never leaves my hardware", that difference decides the comparison for you.
| mymind | iki | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (annual) | $79/yr Student of Life, $129/yr Mastermind; $4.99/mo Bookmarker | $49/yr Pro, or $6.99/mo. Founder: $99 once, 500 seats |
| Free tier | No, paid only | Yes: unlimited saves, on-device AI, 3 recipes |
| Where your data lives | Their servers | Your device |
| Data format / export | Desktop browser only: your files plus one cards.csv, no re-import | Markdown files in the Files app, Obsidian-compatible; nothing to export |
| Works offline | iOS beta, read-only | Yes, offline-first |
| AI (where it runs) | Server-side; summaries and PDF analyzer on Mastermind | On your phone, Apple's on-device models; your own Claude key optional |
| Ask your library | No | Yes, with citations; says "not in your library" when it isn't |
| Voice capture | No | Yes, on-device transcription in English, Russian, Portuguese |
| No account needed | No, account required | Yes, no account, ever |
| Import path into IKI | Their export hands you your files plus cards.csv | IKI reads the files: images get OCR, PDFs get read, text becomes cards |
Competitor details checked August 2026; prices change, check their site.
It is the best-looking tool in this category, full stop. The visual grid is a pleasure that IKI's card library does not try to imitate.
It runs on Android and the web. IKI is Apple-only: iPhone, iPad, Watch and Safari on Mac. If your devices are mixed, mymind fits your life and IKI doesn't.
It is a mature product with years of refinement behind it. IKI is younger, and pretending otherwise would be silly.
Request your export from mymind in a desktop browser (export is desktop only). You'll receive your images, PDFs and text files, plus a single cards.csv index. Drop the files into IKI: share them in from the Files app, or copy them straight into the library folder. Screenshots get on-device OCR, PDFs get read, and everything becomes a card with a summary and tags. The import runs on your phone, like everything else in IKI.