SammyDuck
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.
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.
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SammyDuck
UPDATED REVIEW, AUG 13, 2026:
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.
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.
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Trash
I came to finish my notes for school and a large piece of my notes are gone! This isn’t the first time this has happened! I can’t recover my notes even on my iPad
Worst App - Deletes ur notes
Will just delete ur notes
Exceptional!
Really impressed with this app. I’m a divergent writer in content creator so capturing ideas is really important to me and this app has made it really easy and I love the minimalist UX/UI. It helps me to think better and gather ideas. I’ve tried so many apps, but sometimes too many features creates more friction. This app is simple straightforward and gets you into creating more. If you care about having novel ideas this app is for you.
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