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Voice Notes App for iPhone — Capture Ideas with On-Device Transcription

Skip the homework, use your voice.

The best thinkers 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.

Download Brain Dump

Free download • Private, on-device

Key facts

  • App: Brain Dump (Productivity)
  • Platforms: iOS, iPadOS, macOS (via iCloud sync)
  • Privacy: On-device transcription; optional AI polish (off by default)
  • Pricing: Free download; optional upgrade
  • Download: App Store
  • Support: [email protected]

Pricing

Free download; optional upgrade. No ads. No lock‑in. Download on the App Store.

A 60-second ritual to tame your monkey mind

  1. 1. Tap record
  2. 2. Speak for a minute
  3. 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

"Five-minute walk gave me five ticket descriptions." - Alex P.
⭐ 4.6 stars100+ reviews5,000+ users500,000+ notes captured

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From the blog

Notes on voice, flow, and privacy.

You will read this page in eighteen seconds.

In that time you could have
simply by talking.

That is Brain Dump.

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