Afterthought: Voice Inbox

Your best ideas don’t happen at your desk. Capture them instantly with your voice and send them where they belong.

Afterthought is a voice inbox for your thoughts, notes, tasks, reminders, and ideas.

When something comes to mind, speak before it disappears. Capture from your iPhone, Apple Watch, or Action Button, then keep everything together in one place.

That is the core improvement in Afterthought: it now works first as a reliable voice inbox, not just a routing tool.

Afterthought classifies each capture automatically, so a spoken thought can become the right kind of note without you having to organize it in the moment. A capture might stay as an inbox note, or become a reminder, task, calendar item, journal entry, email draft, or routed update.

You stay in control of what happens next:

keep notes in Afterthought for review let Afterthought prepare the right destination turn on automatic routing when you are ready speak naturally, or name the app directly Capture from anywhere

Record in the app, from Action Button, or from Apple Watch Keep everything in one voice inbox Save the thought before you decide what to do with it Use Afterthought even if you never enable a third-party integration Smarter classification

Classify notes, reminders, tasks, events, reflections, and more Use on-device transcription first Let Afterthought understand whether a capture should stay put or move on Keep the automation, but make it easier to trust Route when needed

Apple Notes Reminders Calendar Apple Journal Music Shortcuts Notion Todoist Things 3 Slack Bear Obsidian Day One Email Apple Watch capture that does not depend on immediate phone access

Record from your Watch when your iPhone is away Let the recording sync back later when devices reconnect Store captures locally first Keep the inbox reliable even when capture happens away from your phone Speak either way:

Remind me tomorrow to call Sarah Save this idea: simplify the pricing page Send this to Notion: launch notes for onboarding Post to Slack: I am running 10 minutes late Private by design

On-device transcription first Local-first capture storage Optional on-device AI models Optional cloud AI only when you configure it API keys stored in Keychain Free includes capture, transcription, inbox workflow, and limited classification for Apple app workflows.

Pro unlocks stronger AI options, unlimited classification, and third-party integrations.

Speak once. Keep the thought. Let Afterthought handle the next step.

Try the Pro version free for 7 days.

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