Afterthought
Capture notes, tasks, and ideas from your Action Button, Apple Watch, or inside the app. Keep them in Afterthought first, then choose what happens next. On-device by default. No account. Ever.
Press the Action Button, tap your Watch, or record inside the app. Speak naturally — a task, an idea, a reminder. No menus, no setup dance, no rigid phrasing.
Private offline transcription turns speech into text on-device so every thought lands safely in one place first. Review what you captured, clean up details, and stay confident you will not lose it.
Route notes, tasks, and ideas into Reminders, Calendar, Todoist, Notion, Slack, Shortcuts, and more when you need to. Name the app directly, or let Afterthought work it out.
One press. Speak. Done. Your thought is captured privately on iPhone and kept in Afterthought so you always have one place to review it before sending it anywhere else.
Your Watch is the fastest way to save a thought before it disappears. It records offline, stores notes safely when your iPhone is away, and transfers everything automatically when the connection returns.
Afterthought is useful before you connect anything else. Keep notes in your own voice inbox, review them later, and add routing or stronger AI only when it helps.
No account. No login. No mandatory cloud storage. Add integrations when you want them, not because you need them to get value.
Start instantly with Afterthought Inbox, Apple Notes, or Reminders. Add third-party workflows and stronger AI with Pro when you are ready.
Capture is free. Pro is for third-party apps, stronger AI, and unlimited classification.
No monthly Apple app cap.
Deeper on-device understanding.
Notion, Todoist, Slack, Shortcuts, Bear and more.
Extra focus scenes for capture and review.
Everything is processed on your iPhone using private offline transcription and on-device AI — Core ML for speed, or a local LLM for deeper understanding. Apple Watch notes are held on your wrist and processed the moment you reconnect. Nothing leaves your device unless you opt in to a cloud provider in settings.
Nothing leaves your device unless you choose. Cloud AI is off by default and entirely opt-in. Connections to third-party apps only happen for destinations you've enabled, and some integrations can use local or manual fallback modes instead of network posting.
Siri expects a command. Afterthought is built as a voice inbox first: tap once, speak naturally, keep the thought safely in one place, and send it on when you want. No command grammar, no rigid phrasing required.
Afterthought works instantly as its own inbox, and you can also turn on Apple apps or Pro third-party integrations when you want them. You can name the app directly, or speak naturally and let Afterthought work out the note, destination, and payload.
Yes. If you say an app name like Notion, Slack, Todoist, Bear, or Reminders, Afterthought uses that as a strong routing signal instead of forcing you into a rigid command format.
No. You can keep notes in Afterthought first, forward them manually later, or turn on auto-forward when you trust the setup. Routing is optional, not required.
You can keep capturing, transcribing, and using the inbox workflow. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited classification, stronger AI, and third-party app workflows. Pro includes a 7-day free trial.
No. Afterthought has no login system and does not require a user account — ever.
Yes — completely. Your Watch captures and stores thoughts locally without any phone or internet connection. Go for a run, leave your phone at home, record as many notes as you need. You can also enable auto-record from the complication or use the Ultra Action Button. The moment your Watch reconnects to your iPhone, the queued notes import automatically and everything is processed privately on-device.
Free tier: Apple apps — Reminders, Calendar, Notes, Apple Journal, Music — up to 10 classifications per month. Pro: Notion, Obsidian, Todoist, Slack, Day One, Bear, Shortcuts, and more, with unlimited classification. The integration list keeps growing.
Plans are billed through Apple. You can change or cancel at any time in your App Store subscription settings.
Free to download. Unlimited capture and transcription, a local voice inbox, and Pro workflows when you want stronger AI or third-party apps.
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