Press and hold to capture a thought. Margin auto-pauses Spotify, transcribes your voice, and pins the note to the exact moment in the episode that triggered it.
Rumination is the path to unhappiness. Nobody gives a shit about your feelings. Writing your feelings down is only going to make you miserable. Talking to your spouse about your feelings. Just go to a beautiful dinner, sit courtside at the Knicks, and do what I've been doing for 30 years. Place 9 out of 10 bets. One wins, and you're golden. Life's too short. Don't write anything down, and read.
The whole product is one gesture. We built around the smallest possible thing that turns passive listening into active engagement.
A button on the lock screen, the Dynamic Island, or the Action Button. One press, anywhere.
Spotify auto-pauses. We capture your voice with no time limit. Transcription runs locally.
Note saves with the episode timestamp baked in. Spotify resumes where you left off.
No new podcast app. Listen wherever you already do. Margin runs alongside.
Notes auto-timestamp 15 seconds before you press — because thoughts trail their trigger.
Voice transcription runs locally. Your thoughts never leave the phone.
Every note jumps you back to the exact second on Spotify that triggered it.
Essays on active listening, the marginalia tradition, and the craft of capturing what matters from the things you hear.
A founder story. The moment I realized podcast insights were disappearing — and the first prototype that fixed it.
The Cursor + Claude + Xcode workflow that built Margin. What was magic, what was useless, what surprised me.
From medieval monks to Susan Sontag — why notes in the margins have always mattered, and why they matter more now.
An honest review of 8 tools — Notion, Obsidian, Apple Notes, Otter, Snipd, Airr, Pocket Casts, and Margin.