Ordo: Brain Dump

Messy thoughts,
sorted.

A task. An idea. That thing you almost forgot. Type or say it all — Ordo sorts your thoughts into Now, Next, and Someday.

Download on the App Store

Free on iPhone. No account required.

See how Ordo works
FROM DUMP TO DONE
Dump your thoughts in Ordo by typing one thing or ten, in any order.
01 Dump your thoughts.
Ordo sorts a mixed dump into Now, Next, and Someday.
02 Ordo sorts them.
Ordo shown with a five-star App Store review from a person using it to organize their thoughts.
03 Made for busy minds.
Dictate a brain dump in Ordo and edit the text while speaking.
04 Say it as it comes.
Mention a time in a dump and Ordo creates a reminder.
05 Add a time.
Completed items move out of the way in Ordo, leaving room to breathe.
06 Tick it off.

Swipe through Ordo, from dump to done

What is Ordo?

A brain dump app for iPhone.

Ordo: Brain Dump is a free iPhone app for capturing mixed thoughts by typing or speaking. It separates a dump into individual items and sorts them into Now, Next, and Someday. No account is required.

Read the FAQ Compare Ordo

New in Ordo 1.4

Talk to Ordo.
See it sorted.

Talk for up to five minutes. Ordo keeps listening, then sorts everything into Now, Next, and Someday.

01 / TALK

Take up to five minutes.

Ordo keeps listening, then sorts everything you said into Now, Next, and Someday.

02 / START ANYWHERE

Talk to Ordo from anywhere.

Start with a Home Screen widget with a mic, a Lock Screen widget, a Control Center control, the Action Button on iPhones that have one (iOS 18+), or Siri: “Talk to Ordo”.

03 / REMINDERS

Choose how a reminder comes back.

Pick a time, then choose Once, Until Done (it comes back until you tap Done), or an alarm (iOS 26). Tap Done or Snooze right on the notification.

More in 1.4

A simpler first day. Your thoughts stay yours.

  • Your first dump happens inside the app, with an example if you'd like one.
  • A half-typed dump waits for you. Settings → Everything Ordo can do lists every feature.
  • Where supported, speech becomes text on your iPhone. The text—not your audio—is sent to sort it; Ordo doesn't store the audio or dump text on its servers. Read the privacy policy.

Less organizing. More doing.

Start with the thought.
Ordo takes it from there.

01 / CAPTURE

Let it all out.

Type or speak whatever’s on your mind. Mix tasks, ideas, and reminders in one brain dump—or capture from the share sheet, Siri, or your widget.

02 / SORT

A place for each thought.

Ordo separates your thoughts and sorts them by when they matter: Now, Next, or Someday.

03 / MAKE IT YOURS

You have the final say.

Move an item. Change the wording. Adjust the result until it makes sense for you.

Everything on your mind.
Three places to put it.

You don’t need to decide where a thought belongs before you capture it.

01Today

Now

What needs your attention today.

Start here
02Soon

Next

What’s coming up, without crowding today.

Keep it in view
03Later

Someday

Ideas and possibilities worth holding onto.

Save the possibility

Room for the unscheduled.

Before it has a date,
it has a place.

Some thoughts are ready for a calendar. Others are just ready to leave your head.

Ordo captures and sorts thoughts before they have a date. When a reminder matters, pick a time and choose Once, Until Done, or an alarm on iOS 26. Tap Done or Snooze right on the notification.

Dump first. Sort second.

Your next thought
can start here.

Download Ordo for iPhone

Free on iPhone. No account required.

Built by Samuel, after needing a faster way
to capture everything on his mind.