User guide

Learn SempreNotes in minutes

SempreNotes is deliberately simple: capture, ask, control. These short guides cover everything the app does — and everything it refuses to do.

Start here

Getting started with SempreNotes

Install, grant only what you need, and save your first memory in under a minute.

Capture

Capturing voice notes

Dictate a thought, review the on-device transcript, and commit it to memory — even in airplane mode.

Turning photos into searchable text

Whiteboards, documents, and screenshots become memories through on-device OCR.

Saving from other apps

Use the Share Sheet or Shortcuts to send text and links into SempreNotes without opening it.

Recall

Asking your memory questions

Grounded answers that cite the memories they come from — and say so when nothing matches.

Insight notifications

Opt-in, conservative, at most twice a day. How surfacing works and how to control it.

Privacy & control

The cloud toggle and bringing your own key

What happens when you ask to go deeper: payload preview, BYO Claude or Gemini key, labeled answers.

Exporting and deleting your memory

Full JSON export anytime. Delete one memory, a source, a date range, or everything.