Getting started
From first launch to your first routed capture in under a minute.
Welcome
Meet Dumpr
The opening screen shows the app name and tagline. Tap Continue to move to permissions.
Permissions
A few permissions
Dumpr needs four permissions to do its job. Tap Continue and iOS will walk you through them — Microphone and Speech Recognition come first in a single combined dialog, then Calendar, then Reminders.
| Permission | Why it’s needed |
|---|---|
| Microphone | To record your voice during a capture session |
| Speech Recognition | To transcribe what you said on-device |
| Calendar | To create calendar events when you confirm them |
| Reminders | To create tasks in your Reminders lists |
Each iOS system dialog explains what the permission is for before you grant it. You can deny any of them and still use the parts that don’t need it — for example, if you deny Calendar, tasks still route to Reminders. You can change any permission later in Settings → Privacy & Security on your iPhone.
Default destinations
Where should it go?
Tell Dumpr where to send items by default. You can change these at any time in Settings.
Tasks (no date)
By default, tasks without a specific date go to Apple Reminders, in a dedicated “Dumpr” list that is created automatically on first use (so your existing lists stay tidy). If you’d rather use Things 3, you can pick it here — just make sure you’ve installed it from the App Store first, otherwise routing will fail. You can change this any time in Settings.
Calendar events
Calendar events always go to Apple Calendar. In this step you can choose which of your calendars to use — or leave it set to the system default.
Reminders list
You can choose which Reminders list tasks land in, or leave the default “Dumpr (auto-create)” setting to have Dumpr manage its own list.
Your first capture
Once you’ve finished setup, the main screen is ready. To capture:
- Tap the record button — or use the lock-screen widget, the home-screen widget, ask Siri (“Hey Siri, Dumpr”), or press the Action Button if you’ve assigned it.
- Speak freely. Don’t try to structure what you say. Ramble — Dumpr handles the sorting. Short pauses are fine; if you stay fully silent for several seconds, the recording wraps up on its own.
- Tap stop when you’re done. Dumpr processes your transcript immediately.
The hard cap on a single recording is 3 minutes. For longer dumps, stop and start a new recording — the inbox holds them all.
The review sheet
After processing, the review sheet appears. Nothing has been sent anywhere yet.
The sheet shows every item Dumpr detected, each with:
- A checkbox — unchecked items are excluded when you confirm. Tap to toggle.
- Editable text — tap any row to edit the wording before it routes.
- A category pill (Task / Calendar / Note) — tap it to cycle through the three categories if Dumpr got one wrong.
Other things you can do on the review sheet:
- Swipe left on a row to delete it entirely.
- Long-press a row and choose “Split this item” if Dumpr glued two things together.
- Tap “Save to Notes” (in the Original transcript section) to send the full transcript to Apple Notes as well.
- Tap the share icon (top-left) to share the whole dump with someone else who has Dumpr.
When you’re happy, tap Add all — only the checked items are routed to their destinations.
That’s it. Head to the User Manual for day-to-day tips and a full feature walkthrough.