Catch everything
Type it, clip it, say it, forward it. Two seconds, tops, and it lands in one inbox.
the second brain ✱ but fun
Your brain has too many tabs open.
Engram is the second brain that holds the overflow: notes, links, half-baked ideas. Then it hands them back exactly when you need them.
Mac · Windows · iOS · Android · Web
call mom (actually this time)
idea: an app for ideas. wait. that's this.
read: Building a Second Brain
→ re-read ch. 4
why is my best idea always in the shower
the thing Sam said!!!
→ [[pricing rant]]
oat milk. also the good pens.
✱ stuff it does
Catch it. Link it. Find it.
Links that link back
Type [[ to link any note. Every note shows who's pointing at it. Zero setup.
A map of your mind
See every idea as a dot and every connection as a line. Yes, it's a little bit hypnotic.
Ask, don't dig
Ask a question in plain English. Get an answer from your own notes, with receipts.
Ideas come back
Forgotten notes pop up when they're useful. Like a friend who remembers everything.
Yours. Forever.
Plain Markdown files on your own device. Leave any day and take everything with you.
✱ how it works
It’s basically nothing.
- 1
Dump
Get the thought out of your head and into Engram. Messy is fine. Messy is the point.
- 2
Link
Connect it to anything related. Or don't. Engram suggests links you probably missed.
- 3
Find
Search, ask, or wait for it to resurface. It's there, right where you left it.
✱ the love wall
People are being weird about it (nicely).
“Finally, a notes app that doesn't make me organize things first.”
Jules “I asked it about a meeting from 8 months ago and it just… knew. Then cited itself. Wild.”
Dev “The graph view is my new favorite way to procrastinate productively.”
Marisol “Plain Markdown means I'm not scared of it going away. That's rare.”
Kwame “Quick capture is so fast I now write down ideas in the middle of arguments.”
Ines “My brain has an actual backup. My partner is thrilled.”
Theo
Cheap. Like, really.
Free-ish
$0forever
- Unlimited notes
- One vault
- Backlinks + graph
- Sync on 2 devices
popular
Big Brain
$8/ month, yearly
- Everything in Free-ish
- Ask Engram + citations
- Daily resurfacing
- Unlimited vaults + devices
- 1 year of version history