Guide / Recall
Asking your memory questions
Grounded answers that cite the memories they come from — and say so when nothing matches.
Capture is only half the product. The brain view is where saved memories become answers — grounded, attributed, and on-device.
Asking
Open the brain view and type a question the way you’d ask a person: “what’s outstanding for this client?”, “what did I decide about pricing?”, “when is Diego’s license number due?”. SempreNotes retrieves the relevant memories and produces an answer using on-device Apple Intelligence where available.
Answers come with receipts
Every answer cites the memories it draws from. Tap a citation to see the original capture — the voice note, the photo, the shared text. SempreNotes does not make unsourced assertions; an answer it cannot ground in your memories is an answer it will not give.
The three honest states
- Grounded answer — relevant memories found, answer produced, sources cited.
- Nothing on record — no stored memory matches. SempreNotes says so plainly instead of fabricating.
- Conflict — two memories disagree (deadline Tuesday vs. Thursday). SempreNotes surfaces both with timestamps and flags the conflict rather than silently picking one.
When on-device AI is unavailable
On devices without Apple Intelligence, SempreNotes falls back to a retrieval-only mode: it finds and shows the relevant memories directly, clearly labeled as source-only results. Less prose, same honesty.
Spotlight
Memories are also indexed in iOS Spotlight, so a home-screen search can land directly in your memory. Tapping a result opens SempreNotes focused on that item.