Not your ordinary note app. Ikes is for capturing ideas and quotes from anywhere — then finding them again in seconds with filters, tags, and search.
Ikes is not your ordinary note app. It's built for capturing ideas and finding them again — fast.
Got an idea? Read a great quote? Snapped a page from a book? Just throw it all into Ikes. Text, images, and links drop into a single feed, and you add tags, sources, and sparkles to whatever matters. Later, filters and search bring anything back in seconds.
Now with a new unified export: send your whole library — or just the ideas matching your current filter — out as TXT, CSV, TSV, JSON, or YAML. JSON and YAML are designed for AI and RAG workflows, ready to drop straight into your pipeline.
- Save text, images, and links instantly, with tags, sources, and sparkles.
- Works inside Safari, X/Twitter, book readers, and other apps via the share extension.
- Filter bar, tag/source browsers, and full-text search surface what you need.
- Shuffle and random idea views bring forgotten ideas back to the top.
- iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac — included for free.
- Place your favorite quotes on your Home Screen with widgets.
[ Premium features ]
- Intelligent Search — semantic search across your entire idea feed.
- Intelligent Discovery — surface related ideas you had forgotten.
- Unified Export to TXT / CSV / TSV / JSON / YAML (Export All or Export Filtered).
- Text recognition (OCR) on captured images — perfect for reading physical books.
- Filter which ideas appear in widgets.
- Custom color schemes and app icons.
[ Ikes at a glance ]
- Free iCloud sync
- Text, images, and links with tags, sources, and sparkles
- Share extension for 3rd-party apps
- Filter bar + tag cloud
- Shuffle / random view
- Home Screen widgets
- Dark mode
- Universal: iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Widget does not work for me. I’ve tried everything. It only shows a blank, black square as the widget. I’ve tried selecting different lists, widgets styles/sizes, etc. It is always just a black widget block.
Very Helpful & Exciting Developer!
MatthewAV
• ikes is deceptively simple and quietly very powerful for quickly recording those elusive creative thoughts we all have. • TWO TAPS and you are done!!The Dev asks for TWO TAPS in total to save your own concept/idea!!Inputting YOUR OWN content will require the extra typing; or saving someone else’s idea will require a few more “developer-required” taps. • That is excellent UI!• I can quickly create and save my own ideas without being bogged down by categorizing and breaking my flow of thought. • Plus I can easily save inspiration from many other apps and sources. • Tags are very useful AND can be added later so you can keep your creative flow uninterrupted. • The Dev seems to be ensuring the stable foundational functionality of ikes. • He has listed all the great features he is already planning to add—colors, tweaked searches, etc.• ikes is DEFINITELY worth downloading and using NOW as it is sure to become very popular.
Developer Response
We are very happy to hear that! We are going to add more features to Ikes soon. Please follow us on Twitter to keep up with our development progress.
Short notes
kstanley101010
Perfect for short notes when you don’t want to save the whole article or an excerpt of it is much more important to the rest. Has many use cases.I’d forgotten about this app for a time being, and came back to an app that had advanced over time. Now has the new feature to create an image from a quote or any block of text.This is the Goodlinks of text excerpts and quotes you’d like to safe keep from the browser or really an app. Definitely in my keep pile. It’s still useful in ‘freemium’ mode, but I definitely eventually will upgrade to premium.
Perfect
scottageer
Ikes allows you to take notes fast and retrieve those notes even faster. I take random notes not knowing if I will need it later and Ikes is a perfect solution. Note: I avoid large tech companies where possible and the freeware they produce. I want to support companies starting out.
Unified Export is here. Send your whole library — or just the ideas matching your current filter, including Intelligent Search results — out as TXT, CSV, TSV, JSON, or YAML. JSON and YAML are built for AI and RAG workflows. (Premium)
Version 3.1.2
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