# ideaShell: AI Thinking Partner

> You talk. It does the rest.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rrd.ideaShell](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rrd.ideaShell)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.rrd.ideaShell`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** RoundRedDot Inc.
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 761,540
- **Rating:** 4.67 / 5 (10,720 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-27
- **First published:** 2025-02-28
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 85 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rrd.ideaShell)
- **Website:** [https://ideashell.com](https://ideashell.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.roundreddot.com/privacy](https://www.roundreddot.com/privacy)

## Description

**ideaShell** is an AI-powered voice notes and thinking partner for capturing ideas, meeting notes, journals, reading reflections, class notes, and spontaneous thoughts. Record or type naturally, then use AI to transcribe audio, remove filler words, format notes, and generate titles, summaries, and tags. Support for multiple languages, custom vocabulary, offline recording, attachments, imported files, and quick capture makes it easy to save ideas anywhere.

Use AI Agents to chat with notes and folders, brainstorm, research, find or edit content, manage tasks, and plan schedules. Turn notes into presentations, Word documents, spreadsheets, web pages, mind maps, Markdown files, images, reports, proposals, email drafts, and scripts. Organize a searchable personal knowledge base, publish shareable pages, export content, sync across devices, and connect with services such as Notion and WeRead.

## Rankings

- #79,982 — Overall
- #25 — ai interview assistant
- #31 — notion

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.READ_CALENDAR`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.USE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.appmarket.service.commondata.permission.GET_COMMON_DATA`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.rrd.ideaShell.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.samsung.android.mapsagent.permission.READ_APP_INFO`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`

## Review summary

Users largely praise ideaShell for being easy to use with a clean, simple journaling interface, and for helping save time. The app is repeatedly seen as useful for students and for jotting down thoughts efficiently, with several reviewers noting its potential as a study aid. Positive feedback highlights ongoing updates and new features. A few feature requests appear (widgets for notes, RTL writing support, Gujarati speech transcription, and free noise-cancellation options), but overall sentiment remains strongly favorable.

### Pros

- Easy to use / intuitive journaling experience
- Clean, simple UI that makes journaling easy
- Saves time and boosts productivity
- Great for students and studying
- Regular updates and new features

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rrd.ideaShell)