
Catchly - Capture Ideas Fast
ADHD-Friendly Idea Capture
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Catchly is a fast, lightweight place to capture ideas, thoughts, and possible next actions.
Ideas can appear and disappear in seconds: a sentence that suddenly comes to mind, an unfinished plan, something to handle later, or an insight from work or reading. Catchly gives each one a safe place to land.
Catchly does not force every thought to become a heavy task. Capture it first, organize it later, and decide when—or whether—it deserves action.
WHY CATCHLY WORKS
- Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. Catchly reduces the friction between a thought appearing and storing it somewhere you trust.
- An idea does not need to be complete. Save the first trace now and refine it when you are ready.
- Unfinished thoughts occupy attention. Writing them down helps clear mental space without creating a complicated to-do system.
- Important and urgent are not the same. Lightweight importance and urgency markers help you decide what deserves attention.
- Low-friction capture builds a lasting habit. Input, reminders, filters, widgets, and shortcuts are designed to stay out of your way.
- Your ideas remain yours. Catchly requires no account, uses no advertising trackers, and keeps your content on your devices and in iCloud rather than on developer-operated servers.
HOW TO USE IT
- Tap the capture button and write down your idea.
- Add a date when timing matters, with the option to create an Apple Reminder.
- Mark an idea as important or urgent to make it easier to find later.
- Complete ideas you have acted on, or archive those you no longer need in view.
- Search and filter by status, importance, or urgency.
- Add Catchly widgets to your Home Screen so earlier ideas can resurface.
- Use shortcuts and system integrations to capture ideas with minimal interruption.
MADE FOR REAL LIFE
- Work: follow-up actions, product ideas, copy, and investigation notes.
- Learning: reading notes, course insights, questions, and concepts to revisit.
- Life: shopping ideas, travel plans, temporary tasks, gifts, and loose ends.
- Creativity: titles, paragraphs, scenes, story concepts, and fragments of inspiration.
- Reflection: review your timeline and rediscover directions worth pursuing.
FEATURES
- Fast capture without forcing ideas into a complex task structure
- A chronological timeline for browsing and reflection
- Search and filters for keywords, status, importance, and urgency
- Open, completed, and archived states
- Lightweight importance and urgency matrix
- Apple Reminders integration
- Home Screen widgets that resurface captured ideas
- iCloud and CloudKit sync across your Apple devices
- No Catchly account required
- Privacy-friendly design with no advertising tracking or sale of personal data
CATCHLY MAY BE FOR YOU IF
- You collect scattered thoughts but do not want to turn them into projects immediately.
- You want something more focused than a general notes app and lighter than a task manager.
- You want ideas, possible actions, reminders, and review in one simple flow.
- You have ADHD—or simply a busy, fast-moving mind—and want an external inbox for your thoughts.
- You often lose ideas while switching tasks and want a lower-friction way to preserve them.
- You prefer to capture first and decide what matters later.
CONTACT
Questions, feedback, or suggestions for new capture methods are always welcome.
Support: freemind.dev.workshop@gmail.com
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://glib-march-c73.notion.site/375a6a5d5d23806393f5dece27445693
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What's New in Catchly
0.3.1
August 6, 2026
Added complete support for English and Simplified Chinese. Added a floating capture button in the bottom-right corner, making it easier to capture ideas. (@禾宝) Improved widget layouts and fixed text overlap at certain sizes. (@禾宝) Improved interface details and overall stability.
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