XMind
Me: *submits this chaotic mess to my senior project sponsor as a possible paper outline, apologizing if it makes absolutely no sense*
my sponsor: “it looks excellent!!!!”
To be honest, I did this in like an hour after skimming some sources I’ve already had a look at, so I was very surprised that he really liked it.
For this kind of outline, or mind map, I use the app XMind. It’s available on both iOS and Android and is relatively easy to use. There is a web download, too, but it is sadly only available on Windows. Since discovering it last semester, this is all that I’ve been using to plan out my papers. It really does help to see it all laid out like this!


















