01 · Capture
Speak first.
Hold to record, release to save. No prompts, no streaks, no UI in the way.
Talk to yourself. Listen back.
Anima: A voice journal that remembers what you said, finds the threads, and answers in your own words. Entirely on-device.
◉ Live · on-device
Watch it think.
In real time.
No cloud round-trip. The system framework transcribes locally as you speak, even with the screen off, even on the train.
recording · 00:14
Tuesday · 11:48 pm · Voice memo
on-device
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02 · Cluster
Threads find themselves.
Recordings cluster by theme, person, project. The week's shape appears without you having to ask.
03 · Return
Ask your past self.
"What did I think about hiring last month?" Anima answers from your own words, citations included.
01 · Capture
Speak first.
Hold to record, release to save. No prompts, no streaks, no UI in the way.
02 · Cluster
Threads find themselves.
Recordings cluster by theme, person, project. The week's shape appears without you having to ask.
03 · Return
Ask your past self.
"What did I think about hiring last month?" Anima answers from your own words, citations included.
◉ The kind of things people record
Half-thoughts, before they're gone.
"the thing Maya kept saying"◇
"I want to remember this corner"◇
"a half-thought about my dad"◇
"why does the weekend feel longer"◇
"note for next quarter"◇
"the joke from the bus"◇
"draft a letter to my younger self"◇
"what I actually want to build"◇
"evening walk · the river"◇
"the chord change in that song"◇
"before I forget, Lila's question"◇
"a small grief I keep returning to"◇
"what hiring is really about"◇
"the shape of a good Tuesday"◇
"the thing I almost said in the meeting"◇
"how I felt walking past the old flat"◇
"why I keep avoiding that conversation"◇
"a name I want to look up later"◇
"the dream I had on Sunday morning"◇
"a sentence I want to write properly"◇
"that thing my grandmother used to say"◇
"a question I'd ask my future self"◇
"the way the light fell at 4pm"◇
"why am I tired on Wednesdays"◇
"the recipe I keep meaning to write down"◇
"a small kindness from a stranger"◇
"the book I want to read again"◇
"three things I'm owed and one I owe"◇
"the pattern in how I argue"◇
"a colour I want to remember"◇
"the shape of my best mornings"◇
"why this song still gets me"◇
"a story I want to tell my daughter"◇
"what I keep getting wrong about money"◇
"the version of me I'm trying to leave behind"◇
"a coincidence I want to remember"◇
"the smell of the kitchen on Sundays"◇
"why we ended that project the way we did"◇
"the thing Maya kept saying"◇
"I want to remember this corner"◇
"a half-thought about my dad"◇
"why does the weekend feel longer"◇
"note for next quarter"◇
"the joke from the bus"◇
"draft a letter to my younger self"◇
"what I actually want to build"◇
"evening walk · the river"◇
"the chord change in that song"◇
"before I forget, Lila's question"◇
"a small grief I keep returning to"◇
"what hiring is really about"◇
"the shape of a good Tuesday"◇
"the thing I almost said in the meeting"◇
"how I felt walking past the old flat"◇
"why I keep avoiding that conversation"◇
"a name I want to look up later"◇
"the dream I had on Sunday morning"◇
"a sentence I want to write properly"◇
"that thing my grandmother used to say"◇
"a question I'd ask my future self"◇
"the way the light fell at 4pm"◇
"why am I tired on Wednesdays"◇
"the recipe I keep meaning to write down"◇
"a small kindness from a stranger"◇
"the book I want to read again"◇
"three things I'm owed and one I owe"◇
"the pattern in how I argue"◇
"a colour I want to remember"◇
"the shape of my best mornings"◇
"why this song still gets me"◇
"a story I want to tell my daughter"◇
"what I keep getting wrong about money"◇
"the version of me I'm trying to leave behind"◇
"a coincidence I want to remember"◇
"the smell of the kitchen on Sundays"◇
"why we ended that project the way we did"◇
"the thing Maya kept saying"◇
"I want to remember this corner"◇
"a half-thought about my dad"◇
"why does the weekend feel longer"◇
"note for next quarter"◇
"the joke from the bus"◇
"draft a letter to my younger self"◇
"what I actually want to build"◇
"evening walk · the river"◇
"the chord change in that song"◇
"before I forget, Lila's question"◇
"a small grief I keep returning to"◇
"what hiring is really about"◇
"the shape of a good Tuesday"◇
"the thing I almost said in the meeting"◇
"how I felt walking past the old flat"◇
"why I keep avoiding that conversation"◇
"a name I want to look up later"◇
"the dream I had on Sunday morning"◇
"a sentence I want to write properly"◇
"that thing my grandmother used to say"◇
"a question I'd ask my future self"◇
"the way the light fell at 4pm"◇
"why am I tired on Wednesdays"◇
"the recipe I keep meaning to write down"◇
"a small kindness from a stranger"◇
"the book I want to read again"◇
"three things I'm owed and one I owe"◇
"the pattern in how I argue"◇
"a colour I want to remember"◇
"the shape of my best mornings"◇
"why this song still gets me"◇
"a story I want to tell my daughter"◇
"what I keep getting wrong about money"◇
"the version of me I'm trying to leave behind"◇
"a coincidence I want to remember"◇
"the smell of the kitchen on Sundays"◇
"why we ended that project the way we did"◇
"the thing Maya kept saying"◇
"I want to remember this corner"◇
"a half-thought about my dad"◇
"why does the weekend feel longer"◇
"note for next quarter"◇
"the joke from the bus"◇
"draft a letter to my younger self"◇
"what I actually want to build"◇
"evening walk · the river"◇
"the chord change in that song"◇
"before I forget, Lila's question"◇
"a small grief I keep returning to"◇
"what hiring is really about"◇
"the shape of a good Tuesday"◇
"the thing I almost said in the meeting"◇
"how I felt walking past the old flat"◇
"why I keep avoiding that conversation"◇
"a name I want to look up later"◇
"the dream I had on Sunday morning"◇
"a sentence I want to write properly"◇
"that thing my grandmother used to say"◇
"a question I'd ask my future self"◇
"the way the light fell at 4pm"◇
"why am I tired on Wednesdays"◇
"the recipe I keep meaning to write down"◇
"a small kindness from a stranger"◇
"the book I want to read again"◇
"three things I'm owed and one I owe"◇
"the pattern in how I argue"◇
"a colour I want to remember"◇
"the shape of my best mornings"◇
"why this song still gets me"◇
"a story I want to tell my daughter"◇
"what I keep getting wrong about money"◇
"the version of me I'm trying to leave behind"◇
"a coincidence I want to remember"◇
"the smell of the kitchen on Sundays"◇
"why we ended that project the way we did"◇
◉ Equally important
What Anima isn't.
N01
A productivity app.
No streaks, no goals, no nudges to "show up."
N02
A social network.
There is nobody else here. Only you.
N03
A data harvest.
No accounts, no telemetry, nothing to sync.
N04
A chatbot.
Anima only ever speaks in your own words.
On-device.
Always.
Anima has no servers. There is nowhere for your voice to go. Transcription, embeddings, search, everything runs on your phone, every time.
No accounts
No email, no password, no recovery questions.
No telemetry
Zero analytics. We never know you opened the app.
No training
Your voice is never sampled, never used to improve a model.
No retention
Delete everything in one tap. Or never sync, ever.
"Anima is the journal I wish I'd had at twenty-five. No prompts, no streaks. Just a quiet place for the half-thoughts you'd otherwise lose, and a way back to them when they matter."
A
Anne Anderson
Artist · Antwerp
◉ FAQ
Questions.
Does it work offline? +
Entirely. Anima never needs the network, there is no network feature.
How long can a recording be? +
Up to 90 minutes. No cap on how many you keep.
Is my voice used to train a model? +
No. Recordings never leave your phone. There is no model to train.
What happens if I lose my phone? +
Optional encrypted backup to iCloud (your key, not ours). Otherwise, nothing, by design.
Does it support languages other than English? +
Twelve languages, on-device. More are added as the underlying transcription improves.
Available on iOS 18
Begin today.
A single recording is the only commitment. Everything else can wait.