# Braindump \| Idea Capture — Catch ideas before they fade

> Catch ideas before they fade (iPhone/iPad app by Christopher Bennett.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/braindump-idea-capture/id6799758258 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Christopher Bennett](https://appshunter.io/developer/6783495721)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-19
- Data updated: 2026-09-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/braindump-idea-capture/id6799758258/reviews.md

## What is Braindump | Idea Capture?

Ideas don't wait. Braindump is the fastest way to get them out of your head — and into a backlog you'll actually work through.

CAPTURE IN SECONDS • Type it, or tap the mic and just talk — dictation works in English and Deutsch, switchable with a long-press • Home Screen widgets keep your projects one tap from a new idea, with live open-idea counts • Snap a photo of a whiteboard, book page or sticky note and pull out exactly the sentences you want — Braindump highlights everything it can read, you tap what to keep • Attach photos and reference links to any idea

TRULY HANDS-FREE — IN THE CAR TOO • Say "Hey Siri, Braindump" and the app asks "Which project should this go to?", listens, and saves the moment you pause • Finish with the word "braindump" — or a save word of your own — and the idea files itself. No button, no waiting for a pause • On CarPlay your projects are cards on the car display, just like on the phone: tap one, or the mic, and talk — same warm voice, same flow • Ideas the app can't match land safely on an auto-created Braindump list — nothing you say is ever lost

A TINY KANBAN FOR EVERY PROJECT • Every idea moves Ideas → Doing → Done with a swipe • Select several ideas and move, copy, share or delete them in one go • Add subtasks with one tap and tick them off right on the card • Optional Spaces separate work from private — switch with one tap • Projects wear your colors, icons — or your own photos

BUILT FOR THE AI AGE • The copy button exports every open idea as a ready-to-run brief — paste it into your AI tool of choice and press return • Start in Claude or Codex: connect a project to Claude Code or Codex on your Mac, and one tap sends the whole open backlog over as a brief — by voice, too • Optional GitHub pipeline: one tap turns an idea into an issue that AI can refine and even implement • Send ideas straight to Jira, Asana or Notion with your own API token

YOURS, DOWN TO THE DETAILS • Light, dark, or follow the system — your call • Choose your dictation language and your own save word • Reword the copy-prompt so it speaks to your AI tool • Word the shared idea list your way — greeting, sign-off, all of it

PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything lives on your device. No account, no tracking, no cloud — your API tokens, if you use any, stay in your Keychain.

A guided tour walks you through everything on first launch. Stop losing ideas — braindump them.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.5 — 2026-09-07

Everything since 1.0, in one update.

CARPLAY, REDONE
• Plug in and your projects are cards on the car display — the same look as the phone, with a mic button in the top bar
• Tap a card to dictate into it, or the mic to run the whole conversation; the voice screen shows a breathing mic while it listens
• Same warm recorded voice and the same flow as the phone. Want the mic the moment the car starts? One switch in Settings

START IN CLAUDE OR CODEX
• Connect a project to Claude Code on your Mac (scan the session's QR code once) or to Codex (pair your phone with the Mac in ChatGPT — scan that QR code right from Braindump)
• One tap then sends every open idea over as a ready-to-run brief and opens the Claude or ChatGPT app — or just the ideas you picked
• Say "run my ideas" in the hands-free flow and the same thing happens by voice

HOME SCREEN WIDGETS
• A new Projects widget puts your projects on the Home Screen as badges with live open-idea counts — four on the small size, eight on the medium
• Every tile jumps straight into capture, and you choose per widget whether it opens the mic on the way

SAY IT AND IT'S SAVED
• Finish an idea with "braindump" and it files itself — no button, no pause. In the app, hands-free, and in the car
• Or set a save word of your own in Settings
• Ideas the app can't match land safely on an auto-created Braindump list

SPACES, LINKS AND BULK EDITS
• Spaces: an optional level above projects, keeping work and private apart
• Attach reference links to ideas, and photos to ideas you already saved
• Select several ideas and move, copy, share or delete them together

FOR YOUR AI TOOL
• Copy-all builds a paste-and-run brief — and you write the wording
• Send ideas to Jira, Asana or Notion with your own API token
• Share a nicely formatted list to WhatsApp, Mail or Notes, worded your way

MADE YOURS
• Light, dark or system
• Redesigned Settings: dictation language, save word, CarPlay, and every piece of wording in one place

Plus a refreshed guided tour and a long list of fixes — the composer always clears after you send, and the car display behaves itself.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-19

No release notes.

## More apps by Christopher Bennett

- [MyNetworker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mynetworker/id6783495719)
- [Storytime \| Be the Hero](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/storytime-be-the-hero/id6787716814)
- [Homey Nest](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homey-nest/id6800077985)

All apps by Christopher Bennett: https://appshunter.io/developer/6783495721

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