Minders: Micro Journal & Personal Knowledge System
Your mind, organized like a feed you actually want to scroll.
Minders is part journal, part bookmarker, part image board — a new way to capture the things you want to remember. Jot down lessons from books, save interesting links, clip quotes from podcasts, or keep a running log of your day. If it's worth keeping in mind, it belongs in Minders.
A familiar interface for a new kind of notebook
Browse your thoughts the way you'd browse a social feed — but every post is yours, private, and stored in your iCloud. Filter by links, photos, or tags to find exactly what you're looking for. Or flip through your life like a book: the built-in table of contents organizes every post by year and month, so you can revisit any chapter of your story.
Resurface what matters
Great ideas get buried. Minders brings them back. Schedule a post to reappear in 30 days, 6 months, or a year — perfect for inspirational quotes, lessons learned, or goals you don't want to forget. Pin your most important posts to the top of your feed to keep them top of mind.
Features
- Write in markdown, with support for images and video
- Automatic link previews make bookmarking articles effortless
- Tag posts to find them later
- Repost, reply, and quote-post, just like social media
- "Heart" posts to save your favorites in a dedicated tab
- Filter by links, photos, or tags to navigate your archive
- Table of contents view organizes posts by year and month
- Pin posts to keep them front and center
- Schedule posts to resurface in the future
- Multiple streams let you separate work from personal (subscription)
Private by design
Every post is stored in your personal iCloud, away from prying eyes. No ads, no algorithms, no one else reading over your shoulder.
Pricing
Minders is free to download. Without a subscription, you can view all your posts, but the Hearted, Media, Links, and Tags tabs are limited, you're capped at 50 posts per stream, and you can't create additional streams. A subscription unlocks everything.
Minders requires iCloud to function.
Privacy Policy: https://minders.ussherpress.com/privacy
Terms of Use: https://minders.ussherpress.com/terms
I hesitated between 4 or 5 stars (given that the app is still in development and the developer is in contact with me on upcoming improvements). Since I use Minders every day, I went ahead with 5 stars. It is a joy to explore the posts I've made, photos I've snapped, and the links I've saved. I love the UI/UX of the app - it is painless to find quick notes that were posted just yesterday or 1 month ago. The shuffle feature to see random posts is something that gives me 'surprise' so I'm a big fan of that. Minders has given me a private space in both iOS and Mac for my thoughts, quotes, ideas - all easily organized by tags. Thank you Allen Ussher! I look forward to seeing new things added without compromising the simplicity of Minders.
My dream app!
Iffymon
For years, I’ve been on the lookout for an “antisocial media” app that captures the coziness and convenience of posting on social media while keeping your thoughts to yourself, and more importantly, your device. But alas, I had been unable to find it… Until now! And what an app this is.The Tumblr-esque interface offers a nostalgic touch that, somehow, manages to be incredibly functional for solo use: the like button is repurposed into a “favorite” button that puts your post in a special feed, replies/threads allow you to link related posts together, and media type/hashtags allow you to categorize posts for your perusal. Because these features are so familiar to those who have used social media before, it’s incredibly intuitive and runs fantastically in my limited experience.Of course, this could use more features, but as of this review, what IS available right now lays a solid foundation for what will (hopefully) come later.This is a long-winded way of saying that I’m so, SO happy I found this app and I sincerely hope to see it grow, even if it is, for now, a small niche. To the developer, thank you!!! I’m so glad I stumbled upon this hidden gem.
I like the concept
vamp007
I can see the value of a dumping ground for things of interest. Several apps in this space, but I like the UI of Minders. I just wish that on the Mac there was a really simple way to get stuff into it. Maybe a keyboard shortcut or a browser extension would help. Having all data private and in iCloud I LOVE…
My favorite capture app.
vamp007
I’m always searching for the best place to put things I want to save and connect but not necessarily process as in a PKM app. I like the idea of a social feed ui. It makes sense and is intuitively obvious.
- Works without iCloud. Create streams and edit posts anytime, even when iCloud is off or unavailable. Your changes sync automatically once iCloud is back.
- Faster saving. Posts and photos now save instantly. Your changes are saved on your device right away and upload in the background, so you're never left waiting.
- More reliable photo saving. Fixed a bug where a photo could occasionally fail to save and show up as a missing-image placeholder. If a save can't finish, you'll now get a clear message instead of losing your work.
Version 1.5.6
The developer, Allen Ussher, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
