Point 1
Had an idea? Found something good? Save it to Ikes right away.
Save text or images one idea at a time. Your saved ideas line up in a feed for easy browsing.
Your ideas & thoughts won't be buried anymore.
Ikes is not your ordinary note app, but is your idea storage.
Free to use. Better with PREMIUM.
No registration. No subscription.
Tired of unarranged pile of notes and images?
Ikes gives you sophisticated idea management and the way to find them later.
Tired of unarranged pile of notes and images?
Ikes gives you sophisticated idea management and the way to find them later.
You need a new way to organize notes.
When we come across nice ideas, or, when we find useful ideas in SNS, blog, books or web media, we write them down in a note app.
In fact, however, most of them tend to be buried in an unarranged pile of notes and forgotten forever.
Ikes gives you the best solution for the problem.
Learn more about Ikes story
How it works?
Three ways Ikes turns ideas into usable assets
Point 2
Add tags, sources, and colors before you move on
Attach tags like project names, themes, or moods, along with sources and your preferred color. These details make your ideas easy to find later.
Point 3
Explore your idea feed with filters and search
Use tag filters, intelligent search, and shuffle to surface ideas that might otherwise stay buried.
Use Cases
Ikes boosts your productivity and creativity in all fields.
Put your Ikes ideas to work with AI
Export your saved ideas as AI-ready JSON or YAML and put them to work in ChatGPT, Claude, NotebookLM, and AI agents.
Learn moreCapture everyday inspiration before it fades
Capture everyday inspiration as a designer or artist, and draw on it later when you create.
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Underlining passages or sticking notes in a physical book still makes it hard to pull out what you need later.
Learn moreUser Reviews
Many users endorse ikes.
”Very, very good effort. If you want to store ideas in an elegant and simple fashion this is an excellent choice!”
App Store Review
” I like how easy it is to add ideas directly in the app or from other sources.”
App Store Review
” Ikes is deceptively simple and quietly very powerful. “
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Ikes features at a glance
Free to use. Better with PREMIUM.
Capture
- Instantly save ideas with quick-add buttons for text or images
- Organize each idea with Tags, Sources, and customizable Star Colors
- Capture text and images from outside Ikes with Share Extensions
- OCR-powered text extraction (Live Text) for images and screenshots
Idea Feed
- Powerful keyword search across your entire idea library
- Filter by Tag, Source, Star Color, or time
- Shuffle Mode to rediscover forgotten ideas
- Home screen widgets that surface fresh inspiration
Intelligent Features
- Intelligent Search combining keyword and semantic search for deeper recall
- Intelligent Discovery that reveals related ideas for every note
More
- Sync seamlessly across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
- Export ideas in multiple formats
- Customizable color themes and appearance settings
Inspired by the Japanese ikesu
The name Ikes echoes the Japanese ikesu — a live well where fish caught at sea are kept fresh until they are needed.
Ideas behave the same way. They are vivid the moment they arrive, fade if left alone, and grow new value when stored well.
Ikes is a digital ikesu, built to keep your ideas fresh and ready to draw upon at any time.
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Get Started
Stop losing ideas. Start storing them.
Download ikes for free — no registration, no subscription. Give every idea a place it won't be forgotten.
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Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
