A woman walking a coastal path at sunset, speaking into her phone.

Voice notes for your Obsidian vault

Capture
your thoughts
on the go.

MindDrop is an iPhone app for voice notes. Tap once, talk however it comes out, and get a clean Note saved as Markdown in your Obsidian vault or any folder you choose.

iPhone only. No account.

Note

Write the essay as letters

The draft keeps stalling because it's written to everyone. Writing each part to one person could give it a voice.

How it works

One tap from your Lock Screen. Then keep walking.

Use cases

For the thoughts you'd never sit down and type.

Talk it through wherever you are. Each one becomes a Note in your folder.

A woman wrapped in a blanket on a city balcony at dusk, holding a mug and speaking into her phone.

Journaling

"Today was better than it looked this morning."

A man stopped on his bike beside a canal at golden hour, speaking into his phone.

Business ideas

"What if we did breakfast boxes for offices?"

A woman on a park bench in autumn with a book on her lap, speaking into her phone.

Reading notes

"Habits stick when you tie them to something you already do."

What you get back

Your words, tidied up, with next steps suggested.

MindDrop keeps your Note in your own words and adds:

  • The gist, in one sentence
  • Themes, also saved as tags in the Markdown file
  • Questions to explore, in your own voice
  • Next steps, when you mention any

Where MindDrop fits

The voice input for your personal knowledge base.

Call it a vault, a second brain or an LLM wiki. It's where your thoughts live, in files you own. MindDrop is how they get there.

Say it in October. In March, your search or your AI finds it next to everything else.

Capture

Your words, with MindDrop

Store

Where your notes live

ObsidianiCloud Drive

Work with it

How you find and process them

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Starter prompt

Start your own knowledge base.

Paste it into Claude Code or Codex in your vault. It sets up a Raw folder for your Notes, a Wiki your AI keeps, and the rules for both. It never changes your existing notes.

Version 23 October 2026

You are helping me set up my notes folder so you can work with voice notes from MindDrop. MindDrop saves each Note as a Markdown file in a folder I choose. You are running in the root of my vault.

Rules for this setup:
- Don't move, rename, edit or delete any file that is already in the vault.
- Write nothing until I say yes to your plan.
- If AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md already exists, don't overwrite it. Show me what you would add.

Step 1. Look around, without writing anything.
List the top-level folders, check whether AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md already exist, and read a few notes to learn how I name files and use tags and links. If I already have an inbox or raw folder, say so and suggest using it. If MindDrop Notes are already in the vault, read two or three.

Step 2. Propose a setup and wait for my yes.
Suggest names that fit my vault for:
- a folder where MindDrop saves its Notes (default: Raw/). Notes stay there for good, so this is a source folder, not an inbox to empty.
- a folder for pages you maintain (default: Wiki/)
- Wiki/index.md, a list of the pages you maintain
- Wiki/log.md, a list of which MindDrop Notes you have processed and when
- AGENTS.md with the standing rules, the note format and the routines below, plus a CLAUDE.md that only says "@AGENTS.md"

Step 3. After I say yes, create those files and nothing else. Then tell me which folder to choose in MindDrop's save settings.

Standing rules to write into AGENTS.md:
- The MindDrop folder is source material. Read it, never change it.
- Inside Wiki/ you may create and update pages without asking. Only add to log.md, never rewrite it.
- Outside Wiki/, don't move, rename, edit or delete my files. You may read them and link to them.
- Keep my wording. Don't invent facts or feelings I didn't say.

How a MindDrop Note looks, to write into AGENTS.md:
Frontmatter with the date and tags. Then "Key insights": first the themes (the same as the tags), then any questions (they end with "?"), an insight if there is one, and any next steps (short things to do). Then "Note", my words cleaned up.

Routines to write into AGENTS.md:
- "Process new notes": for each Note not yet in log.md, add what it says to the right topic page in Wiki/ (create the page if needed) and link back to the Note with a wikilink. If one of my own notes covers the same topic, link to it too. Add questions to Wiki/Open questions.md and next steps to Wiki/Next steps.md, update Wiki/index.md, then add the Note to log.md.
- "Weekly review": summarise this week's Notes in a few lines, list the open questions and next steps, and point out themes that keep coming back.
- "Ask my notes": answer my question from the vault and link every Note you used.
- "Check the wiki": list broken links, pages that repeat each other, and Notes missing from log.md. Change nothing until I say yes.
Luca, the designer who makes MindDrop, smiling in a stone corridor.

Who makes it

I built this for my own walks.

I'm Luca, a product designer in the Netherlands. I built MindDrop because my best thinking happens on walks, and I kept stopping to type into my notes app or recording voice memos I never played back. I'd love to hear what you think, so write to me anytime.

Questions

Before you try it.

What do I get after I speak?

A Note with a title, key insights, questions to explore and possible actions. You can remove parts you don't need, edit the Note, and open the original transcript from any Note.

Does it work with Obsidian?

MindDrop saves each Note as a Markdown file in any folder you pick on your iPhone or in iCloud Drive, including your Obsidian vault. Obsidian opens it like any other file.

Where do my recordings go?

With your permission, your recording or text goes through MindDrop to OpenAI to be transcribed and shaped into a Note. MindDrop doesn't keep your audio, transcript or Note on its servers. Your Notes stay on your iPhone and in the folder you choose. The privacy policy explains what OpenAI keeps and for how long.

What does it cost?

Three processed MindDrops are included. After that, a monthly subscription covers 100 MindDrops and 300 voice minutes. It's €4.99 a month in the Netherlands, and the App Store shows the price in your country.

What if I stop paying?

Your Notes stay. Writing Notes yourself and saving Markdown to your folder keep working without a subscription.

What if saving to my folder fails?

The Note stays in MindDrop and you can retry anytime.

Can I type instead of talking?

Yes. You can write a Note when speaking isn't convenient.

Do I need an account?

No. There's no account and no login.

What do I need?

An iPhone with iOS 26 or later.

Does it work offline?

Your Notes are stored on your iPhone, so you can read and edit them offline. Turning a recording into a Note needs an internet connection.

Catch the thought.
Keep the meaning.

MindDrop is on the App Store. iPhone only.