Switching apps
Leaving your mind-mapping app? Bring the maps with you.
Apps get discontinued, go subscription-only, or just stop fitting how you work — but your maps still matter. Pellven opens your existing files locally and saves a clean, portable copy, so switching never means losing years of thinking. Your original files are never touched.
- Your original file is never touched
- Stays on your computer — no upload, no account
- Buy once — yours forever, no subscription
No upload by default · your original file is read-only · recovered work saved as a portable .pellven copy.
Your maps, kept
Old app
Original untouched
Saved as .pellven
Why switch with Pellven
Your maps should outlive any single app.
Whether the app shut down, raised its price, moved to a subscription, or you simply prefer something else, the risk is the same: the longer your maps stay locked in one app's format, the easier they are to lose. Pellven reads your existing files directly — no need to keep paying for, or even installing, the old app — and gives you a future-proof copy you fully own.
No app requiredPellven reads the file itself — you don't need the original app installed or subscribed.
Originals untouchedYour source file is read-only. Recovered work saves separately as a .pellven copy.
You own itThe portable .pellven / .json format means no lock-in and no recurring fees.
Recovery guides by app
Find your old app and bring the maps across.
Pick the app you're moving from for a short guide on recovering your maps with Pellven.
How switching works
From old app to a map you own — in minutes.
- Find your fileLocate the map your old app saved — Pellven reads it directly.
- Preview the recoverySee exactly what was recovered, free, before you pay anything.
- Save a .pellven copyYour original stays untouched; the recovered map is yours to keep.
- Keep workingEdit, reorganise and export — no subscription, no lock-in.
Next step
Switch without losing a single map.
App and format names referenced here may be trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to describe file compatibility. Pellven is independent and no affiliation is implied.