Writing brings clarity, but it feels like homework.
Skip the homework, talk to Brain Dump.
The best thinkers, from Stoics to Silicon Valley write daily. Our reality: prepping meals, Netflix, kids yelling, office pings, and a credit-card bill to review. Brain Dump is an easy alternative to doing nothing.
Lift your phone; talk.Your words appear instantly as coherent, formatted text, automatically titled, dated, and ready when you need it.
Free download • Private, on-device
A 60-second ritual to tame your monkey mind
1. Tap record.
2. Speak for a minute.
3. Open the plain-text note now living in iCloud. No setup, no waiting, no blinking cursor.
Capture everything, keep everything
- iCloud storage. We don't have a database for your notes; they stay in your own iCloud account.
- Open format. Each entry is a simple Markdown file that fits in Git, Obsidian, or Google Drive.
- On-device accuracy. About 95% word-for-word on iPhone 12 or newer (even in Airplane Mode).
- Works with Shortcuts. Launch with Siri, append to the last note, or file new ideas by voice alone.
- Custom dictionary. Teach Brain Dump your character names, product jargon, or inside jokes once and see perfect transcriptions afterwards.
- Built-in prompts. Quick templates for journaling, decision logs, brainstorming, and more.
- Optional AI polish. Summaries, rewrites, or email drafts (only if you switch it on).
- Emotion tags. Naming a feeling can cut late-night rumination (Pennebaker 2018). Tag any entry with one tap.
- Fair pricing. A generous free tier. Upgrade once or subscribe when you need extra space; your choice.
Used by engineers, writers, and night-time over-thinkers
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You will read this page in eighteen seconds.
In that time you could have finished today's journal entry
simply by talking.
That is Brain Dump.