Turn spoken ideas into Markdown notes, on your device

Features

1. Speak it, keep the text and the audio

   Tap the microphone, talk for up to five minutes, and stop. IdeaMic transcribes on your device using Apple's speech recognition, and you can play back the original recording any time. There's no server involved, so it doesn't need an internet connection to transcribe on supported devices and languages.

2. Ideas that build over time

   Keep related recordings and transcripts together in an idea thread, then export the text as Markdown, TXT or JSON into your own writing or note-taking workflow. You choose where the export goes.

3. A daily journal, by voice or by typing

   The Journal keeps text and voice entries by date. Open Today or any past day, resume a draft, add an optional mood, search your entries, and export a single day or a date range as Markdown.

4. A short reflection, if your device supports it

   On iOS 26 or later with Apple Intelligence turned on, you can tap "Reflect on this day" to get a short summary and one reflection question about that day's notes. It runs on-device with Apple's system model and only reads the day you picked. It's optional: everything else works without it.

5. Private by default

   No account and no sign-in. Turn on App Lock to protect all notes with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode; the app locks when it goes to the background. Your notes aren't sent to the developer or to a cloud AI service, and the App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected".

6. Backups you control

   IdeaMic data is left out of automatic system backups. To move or recover your notes, save a password-encrypted backup file yourself (.ideamicsecurebackup) and keep it wherever you like. Keep the passphrase safe: a forgotten passphrase can't be recovered.

Use cases

• Walking ideas: capture a thought before it's gone, then come back to it in the same idea thread.
• Writers and bloggers: talk through a draft and export Markdown into your editor.
• Evening journal: say how the day went, add a mood, and search it later.
• Weekly review: export a date range of journal entries as one Markdown file.
• Brainstorming on the go: no login screen, no upload wait, just record and move on.

Release notes

Original text from the U.S. App Store, not translated.

Version 2.0.2 · 2026-10-31

Fixed known bugs.

FAQ

How much does IdeaMic cost?

It's a one-time purchase of $1.99 on the App Store (price may vary by country). No subscription, no in-app purchases and no account.

Does transcription work offline?

Transcription runs on your device with Apple's speech recognition, with no server fallback. It works when your device and the selected language support on-device speech recognition. If yours doesn't, the app tells you, and you can still type notes and journal entries.

How long can a recording be?

Up to five minutes per recording. IdeaMic is built for short ideas and journal entries; record another clip to keep going.

Which devices support "Reflect on this day"?

It needs iOS 26 or later on a compatible device with Apple Intelligence enabled, the system model ready, and a supported app language. Without it, you can still write, record, search and export.

Where are my notes stored? Is anything uploaded?

Notes stay on your device. They aren't sent to the developer or a cloud AI service, and they're excluded from automatic system backups. Exports are plain text and go only where you send them.

How do I move my notes to a new phone?

Use Settings to export a complete backup protected by a passphrase (16–64 characters), then import it on the new device. Backups currently support up to 512 MiB of uncompressed data, and a lost passphrase can't be recovered.