More than a simple note-taking app, it is a meticulously crafted set of tools designed for savoring the process of designing and deep thinking. The app creates a world reminiscent of a workshop or garage—equipped with workbenches, dedicated workspaces, and machine tools.
If modern AI represents the hyper-industrial technology of massive industrial complexes or bustling airports, Garage embodies the pure, serene waters of a mountain summit or a caldera lake. This represents the overarching concept behind the application.
■ Key Features & Benefits
A Hands-On, DIY Experience: Offers a low-fi respite from modern high-tech fatigue as you work alongside AI. It allows you to rediscover human agency and joy within a touch of deliberate inconvenience.
Rediscovery: Unexpectedly rediscover hidden gems within rusted, long-forgotten ideas. In fact, an idea from a month ago might combine seamlessly with a brand-new concept to create something genuinely useful.
A Space and Tool for Creative Thinking: Garage serves as a dedicated space and toolkit to store, process, and mature your ideas.
■ 15 Core Functions
Idea Entry & Visual Display: Once an idea is entered, a timer starts, and its color gradually shifts over the course of the day. As time passes, the idea visually "rusts."
Slide: Move ideas horizontally across distinct stages: Seed, Process, and Output.
Scope: Focus your view exclusively on the ideas you want to concentrate on.
Delete: Discard ideas that are no longer needed.
Slice: Slice the text of an idea word by word into smaller components. They return to the Seed stage, allowing you to keep useful elements and discard the rest.
Send: Send specific ideas directly to the Zboard.
Zboard: A free-form spatial canvas where you can arrange, move, and organize text and images to map out your thoughts.
Polish: Re-focus on rusted ideas to polish them, resetting their status and bringing them back to the top of the list.
Garage Note: A blog-style notepad supporting text, images, and video. Use it for daily notes (video upload size limit: up to 25MB per upload). Features adjustable display limits and keyword search functionality.
Save: Export and save creations built on the Zboard directly to your device's photo library as images.
Raw Data Export: Export raw text data (as a list of text strips) to external note-taking apps as a backup.
External Links: Set shortcuts to external sites you frequently use. The default shortcut is set to Gemini.
Header Image: Customize the header image using any photo from your personal library.
Background Color Picker: Customize the background colors for the three stages: Seed, Process, and Output.
Thermo-Ratio Meter: Displays the proportion of inputs across the three processes as a visual thermometer gauge.
■ Tips for Operating Idea Strips
Swipe an idea strip left or right to reveal action buttons. If you want to cancel instead of tapping a button, simply tap anywhere else on the screen to return—tapping just below the active strip is recommended. Once you get used to it, the workflow is fast and seamless.
Additionally, performing a full swipe from right to left immediately deletes the item. This full-swipe gesture allows for ultra-fast cleanup when sorting through large volumes of words after using the Slice function.
■ Target Audience & Value Proposition
Target Users: DIY enthusiasts, makers, hackers, entrepreneurs, creators, developers, engineers, editors, and anyone who routinely generates and utilizes ideas in their daily life. Designed especially for those who resonate with concepts like customization, modification, and creative ingenuity—as well as those who find appeal in tanks, puzzles, engines, and functional aesthetics.
Value: Sparks the creative drive of DIY by giving you complete control over manipulating your ideas. You will feel a comfortable sense of ownership as your thoughts gradually take shape and enrich your own personal digital "garage."
It digitizes concepts like craftsmanship, physical tactile engagement, and the "aging" of ideas—the weight and accumulation of time represented through rusting effects. In the modern age, true luxury is taking the time to manually reflect, design, and acknowledge the irreversibility of time with your own hands.