SammyDuck
This app is now one of three that I use for brainstorming political articles for my WordPress blog. “Frictionless” is the operant term here—you’ll be up and running in a few minutes. I like the panel interface, the basic folder structure, the ability to move several notes easily from folder to folder. Most of all, perhaps, the ability to arrange and then merge notes into a larger file has become quite handy. To top it off, the share and export features make this a good starting point before sending off to a markdown text editor, in preparation for my blog publishing.
UPDATED REVIEW, FEB 11, 2025:
Just had an iCloud sync problem with the latest version. Notified developer and it’s already fixed, within a couple hours! FASTEST SUPPORT I BELIEVE I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.
UPDATED REVIEW, MAR 1, 2025:
I’ve been trying out other “frictionless” brainstorming, mindmapping, and simple writing tools on the TOP PAID list on the App Store. I like mindmapping but often find it unnecessary for 5-12 paragraph essays. Since the final result is going to be linear anyway, coherence is mostly a matter of arranging paragraphs in the best order, with clear transitions between them.
This BRAIN DUMP app has, so far, proved to be the most efficient and truly frictionless I have found for my Wordpress blogging workflow. My vision is not great, but I find both the fonts and font size adjustments quite convenient here. And when you finish brainstorming, you can arrange and merge your selected notes into one document. Then use the share sheet to share it to your favorite text editor or blogging platform.
Response from developer
Thank you so much for your review! I'm happy you like the app. If you have any feature you would like to see in BrainDump you can send me an email here braindump.help@gmail.com
SammyDuck
In the past I have supported this app, but I find it hard to do so now, for two reasons:
1) I have used the app, intermittently, to help with brainstorming my blog posts (see below), partly because of the MERGE FEATURE, which allows writers to stitch together several notes in order to “compile” a finished article. Because I use the free version of this app, I now find myself locked out of the merge feature, which is now behind the subscription paywall.
2) The subscription rate for this app is entirely unreasonable, and there is NO LIFETIME OPTION here.
This is still a good app, of course, if you’re in the upper five-percent, financially. The tendency here on the App Store to market what are essentially overpriced brainstorming utilities as subscriptions is not a welcome one, however. ANOTHER RESULT OF ECONOMIC INFLATION?
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
This app is now one of three that I use for brainstorming political articles for my WordPress blog. “Frictionless” is the operant term here—you’ll be up and running in a few minutes. I like the panel interface, the basic folder structure, the ability to move several notes easily from folder to folder. Most of all, perhaps, the ability to arrange and then merge notes into a larger file has become quite handy. To top it off, the share and export features make this a good starting point before sending off to a markdown text editor, in preparation for my blog publishing.
UPDATED REVIEW, FEB 11, 2025:
Just had an iCloud sync problem with the latest version. Notified developer and it’s already fixed, within a couple hours! FASTEST SUPPORT I BELIEVE I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.
UPDATED REVIEW, MAR 1, 2025:
I’ve been trying out other “frictionless” brainstorming, mindmapping, and simple writing tools on the TOP PAID list on the App Store. I like mindmapping but often find it unnecessary for 5-12 paragraph essays. Since the final result is going to be linear anyway, coherence is mostly a matter of arranging paragraphs in the best order, with clear transitions between them.
This BRAIN DUMP app has, so far, proved to be the most efficient and truly frictionless I have found for my Wordpress blogging workflow. My vision is not great, but I find both the fonts and font size adjustments quite convenient here. And when you finish brainstorming, you can arrange and merge your selected notes into one document. Then use the share sheet to share it to your favorite text editor or blogging platform.
Trash
Response from developer
We’re really sorry, especially when you needed your notes for school. We understand why this looks like BrainDump deleted your notes. What can happen is that when your iCloud storage is full, BrainDump can’t complete the iCloud sync and the app may appear empty. The notes are not deleted from iCloud. After you free up iCloud storage space and reopen BrainDump, the notes should sync back. If you reinstall the app, your notes will still be available through iCloud as long as you have not deleted the BrainDump data from iCloud. We’re sorry that the app didn’t clearly explain what was happening. We’re working on improving this so users aren’t left thinking their notes are permanently gone.
Worst App - Deletes ur notes
Response from developer
We’re really sorry this happened. The app can appear empty when your iCloud storage is full because the notes can’t finish syncing. Please free up some space in your iCloud account and reopen BrainDump, your notes should sync back into the app. You can also reinstall BrainDump if needed, your notes will still be in iCloud as long as you have not deleted the data from iCloud. We understand how alarming this is, especially when the app gives no explanation. We’re working to make this situation much clearer and prevent users from thinking their notes are gone.
Exceptional!
Response from developer
Thank you so much for your positive review. I'm really happy that BrainDump is helping you capturing your ideas!
