--- description: Review of Thortspace Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Thortspace | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Higher Education Software](/directory/4253/higher-education/software) > [Thortspace](/software/289551/thortspace) # Thortspace Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/289551/thortspace Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/289551/thortspace?page=2) > Thortspace is an online platform designed to help businesses solve problems, collaborate on ideas or educate their employees. It offers tools for gathering information, recording research, analyzing data, solving problems, collaborating with others on projects of interest and educating oneself. Thortspace allows people to explore ideas so that they can clarify, organize and visually display them into multiple complementary structures. This enables teams to see the relationships among their ideas, making it easier for them to find insights that might otherwise go unnoticed. Thortspace aggregates user-generated thought, producing a more holistic view than if users had created content individually. Its intuitive drag-and-drop functionality makes it easy for people to explore other people's knowledge by learning new things. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 21 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 21 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Gooisoft - **Founded**: 2012 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: £9.17 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Free local only version. Free public cloud (+ads). Premium private cloud. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English, Portuguese - **Available Countries**: Portugal, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity/News Feed - Archiving & Retention - Brainstorming - Catalog Management - Collaboration Tools - Communication Management - Content Management - Curriculum Management - Customisable Dashboard - Dashboard - Data Import/Export - Data Security - Data Visualisation - Decision Support Software - Discussions/Forums - Drag & Drop - Feedback Management - Flowchart - Full Text Search ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Higher Education Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4253/higher-education/software) ## Related Categories - [Higher Education Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4253/higher-education/software) - [Mind Mapping Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4305/mind-mapping/software) - [Diagram Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4275/diagram/software) - [Strategic Planning Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/3854/strategic-planning/software) - [Productivity Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4366/productivity/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Although it is not stable on Android at this time, technical support is still available. ----- ### "Cartoonish, but Poignant" — 4.0/5 > **Robert** | *13 August 2019* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Thortspace is the only mind-mapping software available with any 3D capabilities. It's really 2 1/2 D, mapping everything on spheres instead of flat pages. But spheres can be chained together in 3D to create clouds of related topics. Sacrifices were made to enable the paradigm. All content must be broken down into sub-tweet-sized "thorts", shown as text-laiden bubbles. Thorts are then categorized and organized into groups which are sticky blobs of thorts that can be rotated, re positioned, and titled. Paths can then be used to relate thorts or groups, or spheres. Categories and path types are entirely user-configurable. I've one set I use for computer science, and an entirely different set I use for Bible study. Thortspace has a "do" mode that presents groups of thorts as a list of lists. Its...there. I've little use for it personally. I find it looses the positional and relational context the information is built with. The "explore" mode has all of the navigation tools "think" mode does, but is read-only. It's useful for freeform review of a sphere's information. Thortspace also has a "present" mode. I often use it to blow people's minds when they're expecting death by PowerPoint in the conservatory. It allows for views of spheres to be sequenced instead of slides. > > **Cons**: The user interface was designed by the psychology department, not the usual software engineering folk. Controls are all present and functional, but not where a sane user would expect to find them, nor is everything entirely labeled sensibly. "Search" for example really acts more like "File", switching among and managing your inventory of spheres. It all makes sense if you're willing to adopt a certain level of psychosis. The image handling features need some streamlining, but they are functional if you're willing to wrestle them. Specifically Thortspace imports image files into its available catalog, and then allows thorts to be painted from its image pallet. Managing the pallet is not intuitive. Pasting an image from the clipboard directly to a thort is a glaringly missing feature. > > Overall the workflow creates organic structures that aid in understanding complex topics and provide context to attach details to in subjectively relevant locations that contribute to knowledge retention. It creates the most organic-looking results among mind-mapping tools that I've considered. Being required to break down content so atomically forces the user to distill information to its essential components and consider its emergent structure from there. I find complex topics grow organically like colonies of bacteria across sphere surfaces. Thortspace has become my primary tool for learning any important topic. I have created publicly view-able spheres on diverse topics including tax liens and deed investing, blockchain fundamentals, advanced Matlab and Simulink programming for control systems engineering, and a verse-wise study of the Book of Psalms. Several of those maps would span unwieldy acreage in any less succinct mind-mapping tool. ----- ### "The 3D Mind Mapping Giant" — 3.0/5 > **Rohit** | *17 April 2020* | Media Production | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: 1. It's intuitive and easy to use. 2. Leaning mind mapping has never been that easy. 3. It's available in almost all platforms (including Android) 4. Gives free trials > > **Cons**: There isn't anything particular I don't like about this software but I think the UI could have been improved and there should be more stress on letting the user learn how to use the application. It's sometimes too complicated to grasp what's happening. ----- ### "What can you do with Thortspace?" — 5.0/5 > **Dasaratha** | *31 July 2019* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is a visually engaging software. I have experimented with many tools over the years, and use Thortspace for the following reasons: 1) the distinctive look of connected spheres, 2) how spheres look when shared on Facebook, Twitter etc., 3) support for multiple ways of categorizing same information, 4) selecting and organizing information into journeys for users. Unlike users who fill the sphere with many thorts, my preference is for a small number of thorts in a sphere. I like to include more text in groups rather than on individual thorts because it is more readable. I like to use Thortspace for storytelling. The point is that there are many ways to use Thortspace that are discovered over time. Thortspace user community on Facebook is a useful resource for discovering ways to use the software. > > **Cons**: While I do not need bi-directional links for all uses, there are situations when I would have liked to have that functionality. I would like to be able to specify colors using codes rather than just selecting from a set of pre-defined colors. Finally, being able to edit thorts in web browser would be very useful in some applications that I would like to develop. > > The software is easy to use, engaging, and looks good when shared in social media. The appearance of spheres on social media is a key factor that drives my use of Thortspace. The Thortspace team is responsive, and many ideas are shared by the user community. ----- ### "Create perfect ideas" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *15 June 2020* | Legal Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like to use thortspace, it is an amazing application. Thortspace provides to collect and see all the ideas together, make relations between them and also let for recognising relations that you have never thought. The application helps to think and see troigh different windows, and open new windows in the mind. > > **Cons**: I dont want to say it doesnt worth but the price looks expensive. Out of this, i dont have any dislike. > > I use thorthspace for anything that i need to think about. It is really a useful application. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/289551/thortspace?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/289551/thortspace) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data