Developer Barking Dog announced the launch earlier this week of CrowdMap, a new mind mapping application for the iPad that enables you to to real-time map sharing and co-editing. In other words, as your coworkers add content to a shared map, it appears instantly on your iPad.

ThinkBuzan, the developer of iMindMap, has announced that it is developing a version of its iMindMap Mobile app for the iPad. A paid version of iMindMap Mobile, with enhanced export options, is also under development.

In much the same way that developers have written a significant number of mind mapping apps for the Apple iPhone/iPod Touch platform, similar apps are starting to emerge for the Android smartphone operating system. Here are two of the most popular: Mind Map Memo and Thinking Space. One looks very promising, the other one, not so much.

Think Buzan (formerly Buzan Online) just released iMindMap for iPhone today, which faithfully captures the organic feel of its desktop big brother on Apple’s popular mobile platform. What’s even more remarkable is that the developer is giving it away for free, as part of its mission to spread the influence of mind mapping worldwide.

The large screen of Apple’s recently announced iPad device should make it an awesome platform for mind mapping. One developer is already in the process of moving his popular app over to this exciting new device.

MindMeister recently launched a new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Geistesblitz – a tool for capturing your ideas on the fly that has been bundled with the developer’s popular web-based mind mapping tool – is now available as a separate app.

Earlier this week, Mindjet launched its own mind mapping application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It enables you to work with maps created on any MindManager platform, including Windows, Mac OS X and the company’s web client, MindManager Web.

In a recent e-mail to its affiliate sales team, the developers of iMindMap recently announced that they are working on an iPhone version of the creative mind mapping program, which is expected to be available some time this fall.

Ignited Software recently released version 2.0 of ThinkDigits, a unique combination of calculator and mind mapping application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

After many months of development, MindMeister has finally unveiled its mind mapping application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. My verdict: The wait was worth it.