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Big books. Two-minute stories.

Famous books and big ideas, retold as short painted stories. Each one takes about two minutes and leaves you one line worth keeping.

Coming soon to iPhone.
Free to start. No account. No ads.

  • About two minutes an idea
  • Painted in each path’s own style
  • Your reading stays on your iPhone

The books

The books everyone talks about.

Famous books and big topics, each one a path of short stories. Part 1 of every path is free.

  • The 48 Laws of Power, a Mindsip path
    Robert Greene
  • Atomic Habits, a Mindsip path
    James Clear
  • Sapiens, a Mindsip path
    Yuval Noah Harari
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow, a Mindsip path
    Daniel Kahneman
  • The Psychology of Money, a Mindsip path
    Morgan Housel
  • Man's Search for Meaning, a Mindsip path
    Viktor E. Frankl
  • The Art of Seduction, a Mindsip path
    Robert Greene
  • Cosmos, a Mindsip path
    Carl Sagan
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People, a Mindsip path
    Dale Carnegie
  • Never Split the Difference, a Mindsip path
    Chris Voss
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, a Mindsip path
    Mark Manson
  • Outliers, a Mindsip path
    Malcolm Gladwell
  • The Laws of Human Nature, a Mindsip path
    Robert Greene
  • The Four Agreements, a Mindsip path
    Don Miguel Ruiz
  • Chip War, a Mindsip path
    Chris Miller
  • Supremacy, a Mindsip path
    Parmy Olson
  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, a Mindsip path
    Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything, a Mindsip path
    Bill Bryson
  • Algorithms to Live By, a Mindsip path
    Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths
  • Behave, a Mindsip path
    Robert Sapolsky

The stories

Every idea is a painted story.

Each path has its own look, from Roman fresco to neon noir, so you know where you are before you read a word.

Roman fresco Painting in the style of a Roman fresco: soldiers in red tunics heave paving stones into a new road.
The Road That Made a MileEmpires That Ran the World
Neon noir Neon painting: a young man in a 1950s machine room, lit in pink and blue.
The Machine Sold as a MindAI, Explained Simply
Surrealist Surrealist painting: a family in coats and bowler hats on a beach under a blue sky.
The Last Three MinutesWhy We Decide Badly
Velvet night Painting in pink and black: two people share an umbrella outside a lit house at night.
Friendship Lives Next DoorThe Art of Seduction
Mid-century Mid-century painting in blues: a doctor leans over a sleeping child in a lamp-lit room.
The Boy Who Looked AwakeSleep, Explained
Torn paper Torn-paper collage in red and yellow: two people pass coins to each other in a busy street.
Hand Them the ExitNever Split the Difference
Isometric Isometric painting: a crowd queues along a street of red brick houses.
Already on the Way DownThe Hidden Systems of a City
Woodcut Red and black woodcut: a man in a robe works at a table by lamplight.
Wisdom on Borrowed PaperThe Stoics, in Practice
Space-age poster Retro space poster: a man looks through a telescope at a planet hanging over the sea.
Frost in the FurnaceA Tour of the Solar System
  • Don't Upstage the King
  • The Twin Nobody Sees
  • Give the Habit an Address
  • Stop Wrestling the Bear
  • Ask One More
  • The Night Gold Left
  • Lean Towards What Waits
  • The Dimmer Spotlight
  • Hold Every Finding Loosely
  • The Machine Sold as a Mind
  • Friendship Lives Next Door
  • Hand Them the Exit
  • Frost in the Furnace
  • The Last Three Minutes
  • Wisdom on Borrowed Paper

How it works

Two minutes, start to finish.

  1. A story screen: Voltaire on the king's annoyance, and the arrest that came nineteen days later.

    Read a short story.

    Four or five screens, with pictures. Most ideas open on a real moment, like a king's party or a Roman road.

  2. The last screen of an idea: one takeaway, a Try this line, and a Keep the line button.

    Keep the line that stays with you.

    Every idea ends on one plain takeaway. Keep it, and it waits for you in your Library.

  3. A practice scene at work, with two choices. The better choice is picked and explained.

    Then try it on your own day.

    Two everyday scenes, two choices each. Pick what you would do, and see why it works.

The Today screen: a week of reading goals met, and today's idea, The Road That Made a Mile.

Today

One idea a day, picked for you.

Open Mindsip and today's idea is waiting: handpicked, about two minutes long, and free every day. Read it in a queue, on the bus or before bed.

  • Free every day. One handpicked idea, no subscription needed.
  • From your topics. Below today's idea, more from the subjects you picked.
  • A nudge, if you want one. A daily reminder at the time you choose.
The streak screen: a seven day streak on the November calendar, one shield ready, a rest day and weekly mode.

Streaks

A streak that forgives.

Mindsip counts one idea a day. When life gets in the way, your streak bends instead of breaking.

  • Shields. Earn one every 7 days. Miss a day and it is used for you, automatically.
  • A rest day. Pick one day a week that never breaks your streak, with no reminder.
  • Weekly mode. Count the weeks that meet your goal, instead of days.
  • Levels and badges. Every idea you read fills your level ring, and badges mark the milestones.

Big topics

AI, explained in plain stories.

How a chatbot learns from text, the moments that changed the field and the wrong turns along the way, told through dated experiments and the people behind them.

Plus money, sleep, space and history, told the same way.

The How a Language Model Learns path: its cover, a short summary, and Part 1, Words into numbers, free to read.

Topic paths

  • How a Language Model Learns
  • AI, Explained Simply
  • AI's Landmark Moments
  • AI's Biggest Wrong Turns
  • How Money Actually Works
  • Sleep, Explained
  • A Tour of the Solar System
  • The Stoics, in Practice
  • Empires That Ran the World
  • The Hidden Systems of a City
  • Why We Decide Badly

Free and Plus

Start free. Open everything with Plus.

Free

Enough for a daily habit.

  • One handpicked idea every day
  • Part 1 of every path
  • Your Library and your streak
  • Any idea you open stays open

Mindsip Plus

The whole shelf.

  • Every path, start to finish
  • Every idea in every part
  • Everything in Free

Mindsip is free to download. The app shows every plan and its price before you subscribe, and you can cancel any time in iPhone Settings.

Questions

Good questions.

Something else? Write to support@mindsip.app.

What is Mindsip?

An iPhone app for learning one big idea at a time. Famous books and big topics are retold as short stories with pictures. Each idea takes about two minutes, ends with one line worth keeping, and then lets you try it on two everyday scenes.

Are these the full books?

No. A book path retells a book's key ideas in our own words, as a set of short stories. It is not the book, and it is not an official summary. If an idea stays with you, the book is the place to go deeper.

Who writes the stories?

Mindsip writes every path. Names, dates and numbers come from the sources, and each idea shows its sources and how firm the evidence is. Book paths are not endorsed by or connected to the authors or publishers.

Is Mindsip free?

Mindsip is free to download. Free gives you one handpicked idea every day, Part 1 of every path, your Library and your streak. Mindsip Plus opens every path and every idea. The app shows each plan and its price before you subscribe.

How do I cancel Mindsip Plus?

Your subscription belongs to your Apple Account. Cancel any time in iPhone Settings: tap your name, then Subscriptions. Cancel at least 24 hours before it renews to avoid the next charge. Ideas you have already opened stay open.

Where is my data?

On your iPhone. There is no account, and Mindsip never asks for your name or email. Your reading, kept lines and streak stay on your device. The Privacy Policy has the details.

Swap the scroll for one big idea.

About two minutes, one idea, one line worth keeping. Coming soon to iPhone, free to start.