Apr 8 - Travel
Lisbon places to revisit
Alfama in the morning, quiet streets, and a small tile shop near the viewpoint.
AI note search for voice memories
Your memory finally becomes searchable
Voice Memory turns short recordings into editable AI summaries and searchable notes, so you can ask questions about old ideas, decisions, reminders, journals, travel memories, and work logs without opening every note.
AI memory search is available with a subscription. Regular keyword search is included in the free version.
Search voice notes
Ask in natural language
Find old memories
What ideas did I mention about my trip?Ask in natural language.
Answer from saved notesRelevant memories are pulled together.
Save the thought as an editable AI summary.
Ask by meaning when you forgot the words.
Find old notes without opening every memory.
The problem
Your notes are useful only if you can find the thought again
As your voice note library grows, the hard part is not saving notes. It is finding the right thought later when you remember the idea, but not the exact words, date, or title.
- Keyword search misses notes when the wording is different.
- One idea can be spread across a brain dump, voice journal, and work log.
- Old voice memos become hard to revisit without opening notes one by one.
- AI memory search helps you find meaning, not only matching words.
Apr 12 - Ideas
Trip writing notes
The best details were sounds, smells, and small conversations rather than landmarks.
May 3 - Reflection
What made the trip memorable
Slow mornings, walking without a plan, and places that felt familiar quickly.
Two ways to search
Use keywords when you know the phrase. Ask AI note search when you remember the meaning.
Keyword search is fast when you know the exact word, title, place, or person. AI note search is for the moments when you remember the idea, but not how you said it.
| Keyword search | AI note search | |
|---|---|---|
| Input | InputExact word or phrase | InputNatural-language question |
| Best when | Best whenYou remember the exact title, place, person, or wording. | Best whenYou remember the idea, topic, question, or meaning. |
| Old notes | Old notesWorks if the saved note contains the exact keyword. | Old notesCan find old notes even when your question uses different wording. |
| Multiple notes | Multiple notesShows separate matching notes. | Multiple notesPulls related context together across saved memories. |
| Result | ResultList of matching notes | ResultDirect answer based on relevant notes |
| Example | ExampleLisbon | ExampleWhat did I want to remember from my Portugal trip? |
| Access | AccessFree version | AccessSubscription |
Use keyword search when you already know what to type. Use AI note search when you want to ask questions about notes, search saved memories, or find old notes whose exact wording you no longer remember.
Ready to try it yourself?
Download Voice MemoryHow it works
From a quick recording to an answer from your past notes
Voice Memory is an iPhone and Apple Watch voice notes app for building searchable personal knowledge from short recordings. Each saved memory can include voice transcription, an editable AI summary, categories, and the context needed to search notes later.
Record a short voice note
Capture an idea, reflection, reminder, decision, or memory from iPhone or Apple Watch.
Save the AI summary
Voice Memory creates a readable AI voice memo summary you can review, edit, categorize, and save with the transcript and optional audio.
Ask a natural-language question
Write the question the way you would ask another person. You do not need the exact words from the original note.
Get an answer from relevant notes
AI memory search uses the saved note content needed to answer the question and returns a concise response based on your library.
See Smart Search in action
Ask naturally. Get answers from your saved notes.
Smart Search finds relevant context across your personal note library and brings the useful parts together in one answer.
What restaurants did I like in Spain?
Found across 4 saved notes
You mentioned three restaurants you especially liked:
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Bar Néstor San Sebastián · Travel note
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El Xampanyet Barcelona · Food memories
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Casa Julio Madrid · Places to revisit
You often preferred small local places away from tourist streets.
View 4 source notes
What ideas have I postponed?
Found across 7 saved notes
I found three ideas you mentioned but have not followed up on:
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Start an AI podcast Mentioned 3 times this month
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Create a travel blog Last mentioned two weeks ago
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Launch a personal newsletter Saved as a writing idea
The AI podcast appeared most often and was connected to notes about interviews, personal stories, and technology.
View 7 source notes
What you can ask
Ask about what you saved
Ideas
- What product ideas did I mention recently?
- What ideas did I record about this project?
Plans and decisions
- What decisions did I make about moving?
- What next steps did I mention last week?
Patterns
- What patterns appear in my daily reflections?
- What topics keep coming up in my notes?
Memories
- What did I record about this trip?
- What restaurants did I like?
Who it is for
For people who think out loud and need their notes to stay searchable
AI note search is useful when your best thoughts are captured quickly, across many small recordings, instead of written neatly in one document.
Writers
Find old story ideas, phrases, themes, and reflections recorded before they were organized.
Founders
Search product ideas, customer insights, decisions, and follow-ups captured between meetings.
Professionals
Review work logs, project context, postponed tasks, blockers, decisions, and next steps.
Travelers
Search recordings about places, restaurants, plans, moments, and memories from a trip.
Personal memory
AI memory search becomes more useful as your saved notes grow
A single AI summary makes one recording easier to read. Semantic search connects the context across many saved notes, helping you revisit ideas and memories that would otherwise be forgotten.
AI note search helps different kinds of short recordings stay useful later:
- Brain dumps for messy thoughts and reminders.
- Voice journals for reflections and recurring patterns.
- Idea capture for product, writing, and creative ideas.
- Daily work logs for decisions, blockers, and next steps.
- Travel journals and personal memories.
Idea - Product
Searchable personal memory
Short notes become a library you can query when the original context matters again.
Work log - Friday
Decisions to follow up
Remember what you decided, what blocked you, and what should happen next.
Reflection - Pattern
Topics that keep returning
Find repeated thoughts across weeks of saved reflections and daily notes.
Availability
AI memory search is included with a Voice Memory subscription
Voice Memory is free to download. The free version includes regular keyword search across saved notes. A subscription unlocks AI memory search across the full note library, unlimited saved notes, longer recordings, iCloud sync, and export.
- AI memory search across all saved notes
- Unlimited saved notes
- No recording-length limit
- iCloud sync
- Export all notes
Download free
Subscription is optional and available inside the app.
FAQ
Questions about AI search for voice notes
What is Smart Search in Voice Memory?
Smart Search lets you ask natural-language questions across all notes saved in your Voice Memory library. It returns an answer based on the relevant saved note content instead of only showing exact keyword matches.
How is AI note search different from keyword search?
Keyword search is useful when you know a word or phrase from the original note. AI note search is designed for questions where you remember the topic or meaning but not the exact wording.
Can AI search voice notes?
Yes. Voice Memory can turn short voice recordings into saved notes and AI summaries, then let you ask questions across that saved note content with AI note search.
How do I find old voice memos when I forgot the exact words?
Use AI memory search to ask about the topic, place, person, decision, or idea you remember. It is designed for cases where exact keyword search is too narrow.
Is AI note search private?
Saved recordings, transcripts, summaries, categories, and edits are stored locally on the device by default. When AI features are used, the required content is sent to Replicate for processing. Analytics do not include recording, transcript, or summary content.
Can I use AI memory search for free?
Regular keyword search is included in the free version. AI memory search requires a subscription.
Ask your memory
Save a thought now. Ask about it later.
Record one short voice note, turn it into a clear AI summary, and start building a personal memory you can search and ask.