Have you ever read a business or self-help book only to forget most of the advice a few weeks later? Did you ever listen to a podcast but have trouble remembering the story you heard or the ideas discussed? See all that Brain Bump does in just 90 seconds!
COMING SOON (July 2023)
Version 2.0 is coming. It will allow you to add your own content and tips! There will be more options for reminders, such as weekday only or once a week, and one time reminders. Multiple favorite lists. Support for larger fonts. Bug fixes. Updated layouts.
Add books, blog, podcasts, talks, and classes. Explore new content; better retain what you've read and heard.
You don’t even need to open the app. You decide what and when.
Or have the content in your pocket for just-in-time access when and where you want.
Customize the format, colors, size, and other attributes when sharing on your favorite social media.
Have you ever read a business or self-help book only to forget most of the advice a few weeks later? Did you ever listen to a podcast but have trouble remembering the story you heard or the ideas discussed? All that time wasted. What if there was an easy way to remember that required only 2 seconds a day?
Writers, podcasters and others have provided the tips and other highlights from their content. It may be a book you've read and want to remember, or a podcaster that looks interesting and you want to explore. Pick that content that is right for you. The tips have been created for you, you just need to look at them.
You can search for tips as needed (e.g., get networking tips right before you walk into a networking event). You can also used the scientifically proven technique of spaced repetition to help you remember and keep things top of mind; e.g. get a tip at 8am each day on how to be more productive. You don't even need to open app; the tips come up when you ask for them (the app queues up 7 days of tips). Brain Bump only send the tips you want, when you request them; it never sends an unrequested notification.
This is a more detailed set of instructions than those shown within the app.
Brain Bump helps you retain what you read and hear. You can access content just in time, as you need it, or use the once-a-day notification to passively learn, keeping ideas top of mind using the proven technique of spaced repetition. Unlike other apps, you can use this for just a few seconds each day to help you grow.
Select from “Additional Available Content” or scan a Brain Bump QR code to add content. The content are the sets of tips from books, blogs, podcasts, classes, and talks. Add ones you've read or heard or ones you want to explore.
You can get all tips from the nav bar or click a cover image for only tips from that content. Filter by content (e.g., a book) or topic (e.g., "leadership" will give you leadership tips from any content you've downloaded). You can also save tips as favorites or share them on social media.
We never bother you with unwanted notifications. With Brain Bump’s “pull notifications” you only get the notifications that you want, when you want them. You can set a scheduled reminder for tips from a content set or topic. You need to have notifications turned on for the app. We do not send any other notifications, so we won’t bother you other times when you don’t expect to see them, only the ones you've set to come.
Brain Bump social media sharing is like a cross between Canva and Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. In less than 30 seconds you can find and share tips on a number of topics.
There are other apps out there to help you take notes on books and save them. Brain Bump is all about efficiency. The content creators (e.g., author, podcaster, speaker) upload their tips to the server and those are made available to you in the app. You don't have to figure out what to save or how to save it.
If you do want to add your own content, you can do so starting in version 2.0 (out in summer 2023).
There are two ways to approach it. You can add content you're engaged with, like a book you read, or a podcast you're listening to. It will help you retain it. But you can also use it to check out new content and see if it's something you want to invest your time in.
There's no formal restriction. Depending on the speed of your phone if you start to add dozens of content the app can start to slow. But since the point is to help retain content, you probably don't want to focus on dozens and dozens of content sets at once anyway.
We know you're busy. We've made it easy, so easy you don't even need to open the app. Who wants to have to remember to open an app every day? The tip will come up once a day even if the app is closed (you can turn this off in the settings). You can read it and swipe it away in just seconds. You can also click the notification to open it in the app. Note that send you up to 30 days of tips, but then you need to open the app again. (Here's why.)
If you want to memorize a lot of content, say for a test, get a flashcard app, that's not us. We don't have academic content, and we're not designed for seeing how well you answer questions.
If you want a daily inspiration, some of the content could work that way, and you can get a daily push, but there are better apps for that. We have lots of content not made for that purpose.
If you want a summary of a book, that's not us either. Those sites and books are great for getting the gist of the book. If you want to retain the key ideas in the book, that's where we come in.
So what are we? We took ideas from each that together help you best retain the content you read and hear.
Designing for Android and iOS, with the multiple versions, one different phone models, with different settings is hard. We've tried to support different combinations, but we may have missed some. It's especially likely if you changed default font size or settings, or made other display changes on your device. Please email suggestions@cognoscomedia.com with screenshots and details about your phone and settings so we can work to address it in an upcoming release.
This app was designed for our users ad we welcome your ideas. If it's a bug, please include screenshots and device info. Email us at suggestions@cognoscomedia.com. Thank you!
Right now we're starting with business and self-development. Later we'll add other categories. You can also add you own content and tips starting in version 2,0 (out summer 2023).
More than we had last month, less than we'll have next month. Like a streaming service, we continue to add content each month. How many tips are in a content set is up to the content creator, but it varies from a few dozen to a few hundred per set.
If we don't yet have your favorite content you can always add you own content and tips starting in version 2,0 (out summer 2023).
We didn't. All the tips and content can be tagged with one or more topics by the content creator. It's a dynamic set and the topics you see come from the content you've downloaded.
The search bar on the Library page currently just searches for keywords in titles. We may not yet have content with that word in the title.
As we add more content we'll update the Library page UI and will add better search functionality. For now your best bet in scrolling the content at the bottom of the page and using the sort and filter dropdown at the top.
Some content creators include tips that stand on their own, even if you haven't read or heard their content. Others have tips that are more meaningful when you've read or heard their content.
If a specific tip or set of tips doesn't seem helpful, you can uninstall the tips from that content set and enjoy tips from other creators.
There are a few ways. You can scroll through the list of content on the Library page. Also on the Library page you can search for a word in the title, filter by content type, or change the display order.
As the amount of content increases we'll adjust the Library page to allow for more options to filter through more content.
You can also click a Brain Bump link or snap a Brain Bump QR code to instantly add the content it links to. Content creators get unique links for their content on the app that they will share with their audience.
Any content you added can be removed from the Library Page. Click the title text below the cover image to bring up information about the content. Click the Remove button to remove the content from the app.
If you see an issue, whether it's a typo or content that violates our User Guidelines, you can hit the red flag in the lower right corner of a tip card to report the content.
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With version 2.0 (out mid summer 2023) you'll be able to add your own tips and content sets. To add a content set (e.g. book, class, or just a collection that's meaningful to you) go to the Library and select "Custom Content", then click the "Add Custom Content" button.
To add a tip to your own content set or to an existing set, simply click the "Add Tip" button when looking at the tips for the content set (yours or one you downloaded from the server).
With version 2.0 (out mid summer 2023) you can edit or delete custom content through the Library page.
Absolutely! If you click the share button on the bottom of a tip you can share it as text or image. The image can be formatted to the standard social media formats, colors and fonts sizes can be adjusted, and you can optionally include the text in the post, and even tag the creator in your post. You can also use the copy icon to copy the text into the paste buffer.
Absoliutely! From the menu int he top right click Share Brain Bump. Select Content and then pick the content you want to share from the dropdown. Someone next to you (or in a video call with you) can snap the QR code, or you can click the share button at the bottom to share the link. If the other person has the app the QR code or link will add the content. If they don't, the QR code or link will take them to this website to download the app.
Absolutely! Go to the menu in the top right and select Share Brain Bump. You can select the OS and then show the QR code or share the link.
You can optionally include text in the image share. You can choose the full text, or just the link, both, or neither. You can also click the copy button to save the text to use elsewhere.
You can optionally tag the content creator in your post. Some content creators will share all handles, some share a few, and some share none. You will get different options with different tips based on what handles for what social media platforms the content creator put on the Brain Bump server
The favorites (heart icon) let you save your favorite tipss for faster recall. There's a default list (Favorites) but you can create your own custom lists (e.g. business tips, marriage tips). Tips can be added to more than one favorites list.
Starting in version 2.0 (out summer 2023) click the heart button a the bottom on any tip card (not heart in the bottom nav bar). This will open a popup. Click Create. Type in the name of the new list and click add.
Clicking Edit on the same popup (instead of Create) will show red circles to the left of each list. Clicking that circle deletes the list. When you delete a favorites list the tips in the list will still be on your phone, just the list itself will be gone. If you recreate a list with the same name you'll have to add them back again.
Starting in version 2.0 (out summer 2023) click the heart icon onthe bottom nav bar (not the heart button at the bottom of a tip card). This will open the favorites page. There is a dropdown toward the top of the page showing the default Favorites list and all your custom lists. Select the list to show.
Starting in version 2.0 (out summer 2023) clicking the heart button a the bottom on any tip card (not heart in the bottom nav bar) will bring up the favorites menu with a table of favorite lists. You can then click the heart icon on the right of each list name to toggle adding/removing that tip to list. You can add the same tip to multiple lists.
You can add a tip directly to this default list and/or to your own custom lists. Favorites acts as a superset of items from all your customer favorites lists but this list.
There is no cost to anyone. The app is completely free. The content on the app is free.
At some point we'll need to generate revenue, but only after we've created value. Rest assured the app will always be free.
The Android app allows a buy button for certain content which links to wherever the content creator would like you to go to purchase the content. (Sorry, iPhone users, we'd like to include it in the OS app, but certain tech companies didn't like it being there). We don't actually sell anything, it just takes you to a page where you can learn more and choose to buy it. If you click it, you're not actually buying anything, just going to a page to learn more.
No, you can use the app as is, completely free, the moment you download it. Certain features, like adding your own content do require you to have an account (supported in version 2.0 coming out summer 2023) so that we can store what you create on the server in case you lose your phone.
Absolutely not. We don’t share or sell any of your information with anyone. You may share your email if you sign up with a third party linked from the app, but that’s your choice, and not done through us. For example, some of the Content Creators have calendar links where you can schedule a meeting with them, but when you do so you will share an email and/or phone number. This is optional, at your discretion.
Once you’ve logged in you should be set. There’s no need to log out. If you lose your phone and download Brain Bump on a new phone, then you can log in again. (And we’ll send you your password if you forget it.)
Readers want to remember the great advice they get in books. Authors want readers to remember the advice, both to help the reader, but also because word of mouth marketing doesn't work if the reader forgets the ideas in the book. In the twenty-first century we no longer get ideas only from books, but also from podcasts, blogs, talks, and classes.
We'll continue to add new content and new functionality (with a big release out in summer 2023). We have a long roadmap and will continue to roll out features. You can also check out our thoughts on the future of content or listen to interviews about Brain Bump.
Heck no! We are a productivity tool and are very much the opposite of social media. While social media and other apps try to maximize your time on the platform we want to minimize it. In our ideal case you use the tool for just a few seconds a day. Get the tip and then be done. You don't even need to open the app, you can just get the tip as a notification and swipe it away after you read it.
A book summary app is designed to be an alternative to reading the book; Brain Bump is different from them in the following ways.
1. We're not just books, but also podcasts, blogs, classes, and talks.
2. We encourage you to read the book (or other content) and then use Brain Bump while you're reading and after, to help you remember.
3. Brain Bump is designed for quick access with tools like favorites and search, allowing for easier recall of the ideas.
4. Book summary apps create summaries without the author's permission. Sometimes the summaries don't convey the ideas well or are even inaccurate. We only use content given to us by an author or other content creator, and so are more author friendly. We also have tools like social media sharing which further supports authors by having their ideas easily shared.
5 Book summary apps have a monthly cost, BRAIN BUMP IS COMPLETELY FREE!
We have books, blog, podcast, classes, and talks . . .who knows what else we'll add tomorrow. The best term we could come up with is content set. Likewise instead of saying authors, podcasters, speakers, and instructors, it's easier to say content creators. (If you have better terms for either, feel free to suggest them.)
No. We do not collect any data from app users. Content creators obviously give us their data (their tips). Our founder has a background in cybersecurity and is very conscientious about respecting data privacy. We never want to make money selling data.
Are you an author, podcaster, blogger, speaker, class instructor, or have some other type of content and want to have the highlights available on Brain Bump? We’re adding new content every month. Fill out this quick form (30 seconds) and we’ll be in touch.
