ThoughtRecorder
GonzoDocs AS Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touchMacApple Watch
ThoughtRecorder is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by GonzoDocs AS. Requires iOS 26.1. Updated October 13, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 22 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 13
- 2026 · v1.2
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About ThoughtRecorder
there is no server we run. RECORD ANYWHERE • Tap the mic on any device to start capturing • Apple Watch: record directly from your wrist, syncs back automatically • Lock Screen widget for one-tap recording • Live Activity shows recording status while you work in other apps CATEGORIES THAT WORK LIKE YOU DO Sort your thinking however makes sense — Ideas, Meetings, To-do, Manuscript, or anything you invent. Categories sync across all your devices, so a category made on Watch appears on Mac. Filter your library in one tap. No folders to manage, no rigid hierarchy — just labels that follow your mind. SHARE PRIVATELY, WITH ONE PERSON Send a specific recording or note to a specific person. No public feed, no discovery, no "everyone with the link." The recipient sees exactly what you sent, opens it in their own Thought Recorder, and can reply with comments. You'll see when they've viewed it. Perfect for interviews handed to a producer, ideas passed to a co-writer, or a private voice note to a friend. TRANSCRIBE ON-DEVICE Enhanced transcription runs entirely on your device — no audio ever leaves it. Powered by state-of-the-art open models compiled to Apple Neural Engine. Prefer cloud accuracy? Bring your own OpenAI Whisper or AssemblyAI key — your audio goes directly to your account, billed to you, never through us. AssemblyAI adds automatic speaker labeling. ORGANIZE THE DETAIL • Flags in five colors for triage • Markers within long recordings • Notes alongside recordings — plain text with location, date, and title • Search across everything with Ask Archive using plain-language questions SYNC ACROSS YOUR DEVICES iCloud sync uses your Apple account. Everything syncs automatically — recordings, notes, categories, flags, transcripts, sharing state. BACKUP TO WHAT YOU ALREADY USE • iCloud Drive: automatic, organized by year and category • Google Drive (optional): connect your own account, files stored only in a folder Thought Recorder creates BUILT FOR PRIVACY • No third-party SDKs • No analytics • No tracking • Nothing leaves your device unless YOU turn on a cloud feature under YOUR own account Thought Recorder is made by a small independent studio in Trondheim, Norway.
What’s new
Version 1.2 · Updated October 13, 2026
Version 1.2 — category polish, Apple Watch quality-of-life, and a safer, cleaner backup story. CATEGORIES • Color-code your categories — red, green, yellow, blue or purple. Pills tint everywhere: home list, detail views, and even your Apple Watch picker. • New sort toggle in Settings → Appearance: Manual or Alphabetical. Flipping back to Manual restores the order you set. • Recent categories are now per-device — your iPhone's recents don't push your Mac's around, and vice versa. • Edit mode now has Batch Tag: select several items and apply a category to all of them at once. APPLE WATCH • Picker pills now carry the same color as the phone. • Collapses to your top recents with a "More…" button when you have a long list. • Category order mirrors the sort choice from your phone. • Fresh GPS fix on every recording — no more stale locations. RECORDING • Discard button right after a recording — on iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch — with a confirmation so nothing's lost by accident. COMMENTS • Item owner can delete anyone's comments on their own recordings and notes. • Hide a specific comment, or hide every comment from a particular person. Changed your mind? Tap "N hidden — show" at the bottom of the thread to bring them back. BACKUP • iCloud: fixed a bug that could delete Apple Watch recordings during routine pruning. • iCloud: Mac and iPad now reliably fetch Watch recordings even when the audio format differs from the metadata. • Google Drive: new "Consolidate duplicate folders" action tidies up if a disconnect/reconnect ever left doubles. • Google Drive: Reset now wipes every duplicate backup folder in one tap, not just the first. Thanks for the thoughtful reports — keep them coming.
App privacy
The developer, GonzoDocs AS, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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