I absolutely love BigHairyGoal! This software empowers me to craft comprehensive project overviews effortlessly. As a visual thinker, being able to align multiple roadmap steps and brainstorm ideas on a whiteboard-style canvas is incredibly effective. BigHairyGoal's seamless feature for adding connections and groupings, along with its intuitive interface, makes my ideation process smooth and efficient. I never have to search for functions; they're right where I need them.

I'm a big fan of the software, and I have just one minor suggestion for improvement. Occasionally, I've noticed that the alignment of arrows can be a bit off. It would be fantastic if you could consider adding more alignment options, such as the ability to hold the Shift button to move elements on only one axis at a time or enabling horizontal and vertical distribution. Currently, the distribution option is greyed out for groups. This enhancement would make aligning multiple groups much easier and enhance my overall experience as a true Monk (for the non-Germans: someone with OCD who overemphasizes neat structures.)

Big Hairy Goal is very helpful to me, and having tried several other mindmapping software packages, it is definitely my favourite. It has the ease and flexibility to let you explore ideas in a nonlinear way, but then makes it easy to find the thread that runs through the ideas, so you can communicate them in a linear way when writing papers or proposals.

My go-to tool for brainstorming, expanding on ideas, linking to notes, and then helping me organise my thoughts to make it easier to write papers, grants and lectures. Network/map structure can be hierarchical but also freeform, allows for ideas to expand, but then makes it easy to restructure as you go along. Useful formatting options make it more intuitive to refer to in the future. The developer is responsive and incorporates feedback into future versions. Many keyboard shortcuts allow the ideas to flow without awkward interface interruptions. The MacOS and iOS versions work together well with iCloud integration.

Sometimes the map automatic restructuring will move things in a slightly surprising way.

Overall I will not continue after my trial ends. I mainly use this for financial roadmaps and personal business. I think this is a basic app and doesn't provide anything more than a simplistic UI.

I like that you can move the arrows around and change the format of how you want the bubbles to be arranged

The lack of features for the price, There should be an ability to use templates, search user generated templates, maybe a community feed. There should be more with a monthly price for such basic features. In addition there is no 'free' version you have to pay first to decide if you link it, yes the trial is useful, however I think that there could be more features for having to purchase it.In addition to the simplistic features, the text wrapping, box snapping, and overall accessibility of the app is pretty basic and robust. The text isn't centered and it pisses me off.

Big Hairy Goal is entirely clutter-free. The controls are minimal and the "functional" nature of using the software blends into the background soon after getting the hang of it. It feels quite intuitive to use, never feels overbearing, and still I'm sure I haven't yet found (or needed) every feature this application has to offer.

The software does have a learning curve. You need to spend a bit of time getting familiar with the controls and shortcuts that are offered. For most things, there is another way to do it but the software is clearly designed to be used "keyboard first". Its not overly complicated or unintuitive though.

BHG fares really well against the competition. There is no other app that can match the overall features of BHG. It feels like Scapple on steroids. These are the type of features that Scapple should have had, atleast as a consideration, but did not. I would recommend it to people, but I don't suppose many would purchase it due to the high cost and lack of family sharing.

BHG has the ability to rapidly brainstorm, connect cards, and group them. The grouping mechanism sets this app apart from the rest of the competition - it can quickly arrange cards into tables, rows and columns, and flow-charts (processes and flows), which is unique to this app. Having Kanban style boards is a plus, as it can quickly be used to visualise the state of a project. Overall, the app is very easy to use, and has some minor quirks (the cards in a table become misaligned, and require us to reselect the table grouping, when the align once again, etc.)

BHG currently lacks dates and card attributes (thinking along the lines of Tinderbox) - implementing these would really help make BHG THE tool for note taking. The inability to mix processes and flows for flowcharts is a pain point. The inability to customize the arrows is a pain point - I'd like to make them curve around, rather than pass through other cards while connecting between two cards. This improves readability. At the price point ($50 for a license), it should have included family sharing (absolutely essential, since most apps feature family sharing nowadays) - since otherwise, being a mac app store app, its not easy to even test the collaboration/sharing functionality. Not to mention a separate price for the mobile apps (on iPad and iPhone) make it a rather expensive package. I would say that the cost is reducing the apps reach to, and usefulness for, many people.

My every day tool for everything from general note taking two breaking down documenting and sequencing complex logic or projects

Freeform establishment of concepts that I can later start to group and organize is essential - while traditional mind mapping utilizes a high article structure to organize nodes or concepts the freedom to not have to organize initial concepts that way is priceless. So many different ways of using BHG....

Inability to export structured data especially from larger documents

We are about to enter into a time of new and exiting technology and software. Most of the things we will encounter will come from a single idea. That spark that idea then needs to become a part of a story. That is where Big Hairy Goal [BHG] steps into the picture. The journey of an idea has obstacles, challenges and victories. Some we can anticipate; most we cannot. Nevertheless we need a guide that will help us build a plan and BGH is that guide. I love building mind maps. I used to use index cards on my bedroom floor. I used to use post it notes on my office wall. Today I use BHG it provides a clear visual picture of my thoughts and ideas and allows me the opportunity to navigate, drill down and adapt the parts while preserving the whole. It is fast. Easy to learn. Plus it has the best icon of any piece of software I have ever used. This is a all around great product for creative thinking and for idea development.

I wish that there was a better process to onboard and use the product. The quick tutorial is a great quick start feature, and I would not change that at all. I would love to have had a personal follow up at some point to help once I got the basics down. Maybe a community group would help.

It is one of my favorite apps on my Mac

It's easy to use, clean and sleek and does help me to organize all my ideas in a graphical way.

Until now I didnt find any cons. Even I search, everything is great.

So far, I find Big Hairy Goal very capable of helping bring complex ideas in a state of being structured and understandable. I am able to oversee the entire structure and expand/fix where is needed.

The ease of use is where it shines. At least while I'm setting up a creative project that is to run for years to come. The ability to work, structure and branch it into different directions is something that nearly every other mind mapping software lacks. You are free to design and structure everything without having to follow a predefined ruleset. This allows me to create starting and ending points for each branch without having to work on a "main trunk."

There is a limitation to the formatting of the cards that you can use, which can make categorizations a bit tougher to manager. It would be great if font sizes and formatting could be changed on the fly. In addition, the arrangements/alignments inside containers would be great.

The main feature that i liked about Big Hairy Goal is that it allows you to capture your thoughts quickly, allowing for the fluidity that is required, and restructuring may be required. It does that with minimum load required to manage the tool and thus allows us to just think in a focussed and creative way.

Image integration and other tools integration will be great.

Je gagne de la clarté dans l'organisation de mon travail qui regroupe beaucoup de sujets différents à traiter. J'aime avoir une vision globale ce qu'il reste à faire et ce qui a été fait. Je peux organiser l'urgence et le moins urgent en ordonnant le tableau général comme je veux.

La vision systémique du travail à accomplir! La possibilité de lier les cartes à des emails, la possibilité de mettre autant de commentaires que nécessaire + le lien direct vers les fichiers concernés représente un gain considérable dans l'organisation du travail au quotidien. J'utilise plusieurs postes (Mac) et retrouve mon travail sur chacun d'entre eux !

Pouvoir regrouper les cartes dans un "chapeau" auquel on pourrait donner un titre, sans que ce soit une carte.

I love it!

I love what I've been able to see and use so far!

I wish it had more options for the titles/box designs.

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