Keep the exact moment, not only the card
Save a timestamped YouTube transcript and screenshot, a podcast audio range, a web passage, or a PDF highlight—with your annotation attached. Each Pick remains reusable evidence inside the Board.
YouMind
YouMind vs MyMind:From saving inspiration to building from evidence
MyMind is a private, visual place to save notes, bookmarks, articles, images, PDFs, and videos—with AI summaries, Smart Spaces, beta semantic search, and Serendipity. YouMind is built for the next step: investigate exact evidence and turn it into editable, source-aware work.
The difference that matters
Choose based on what you want memory to do
MyMind removes the work of filing what you save. YouMind makes selected sources, exact excerpts, and notes usable as context for research, drafting, and creation.
From saving to making
Make memory an active part of the work
MyMind helps you keep and rediscover what catches your attention. YouMind lets exact evidence stay active across research, Tasks, and editable outputs.
Keep the source inside the draft
Bring Files, Picks, and Notes into the Document Editor. Keep citations traceable to the original material, and review AI edits in Diff View before accepting or rejecting each change.
Give new Tasks the research you already did
Board Memory lets a new Task work with the Board, a Group, a File, or selected Picks and Notes. Carry that context into an article, deck, image, video, audio, or webpage.
Beyond One-off AI
See how YouMind connects what other toolsleave separate
Frequently asked questions
Why choose YouMind instead of MyMind?
Choose MyMind for private, low-friction capture, automatic organization, and rediscovery. Choose YouMind when saved material needs to become exact evidence for research, a developing point of view, and editable work that remains connected to its sources.
Is MyMind just a visual bookmark manager?
No. MyMind also supports notes and longer drafts, web highlights with source links, Reading Mode, PDFs, videos, Smart Spaces, Mind Links, AI summaries, semantic search Beta, export, and a Beta API. Its strength is personal memory and recall.
Can both tools save highlights?
Yes. MyMind saves web highlights and quotes with the original source link. YouMind adds timestamped YouTube transcript and screenshot Picks, podcast audio ranges, PDF highlights and annotations, and reusable Picks that can enter Tasks and drafts.
How is PDF and media research different?
MyMind analyzes PDFs with a title, tags, and TLDR, but its official documentation says the full PDF text is not indexed. YouMind lets you highlight and annotate PDFs, save timestamped video transcript and screenshot Picks, and keep podcast audio ranges as evidence.
Can MyMind create work from what I save?
MyMind offers Focus Mode for longer notes and drafts, but it says it is not a word processor. YouMind carries Files, Picks, and Notes into a source-aware Document Editor and other creative formats, with traceable citations, Diff View, and per-change accept or reject.
Can I use YouMind and MyMind together?
Yes. Use MyMind for private capture, visual memory, and serendipitous rediscovery. When a save becomes project material, add the original URL, PDF, video, or audio to a YouMind Board so exact evidence can stay traceable through research and creation.