Terms of use

You need an account to record, transcribe and back up thoughts. Keep your sign-in details to yourself; you are responsible for activity under your account. One person, one account.

Everything you capture — audio, transcripts, refined text, to-dos — belongs to you. The app is granted only the permission needed to store it, sync it to your devices and send it to the speech and language providers that produce transcripts and refinements. You can export or delete it at any time.

You are responsible for getting any consent required before recording a conversation that includes other people. Recording-consent laws differ by place: some regions require only one party to agree, others require everyone on the call or in the room to know and agree. You are responsible for following the law where you record.

Transcription and refinement cost real money per request, so the app applies limits: up to 30 minutes of audio per capture, 5 minutes per edit, 10 images per thought, 5 per task, and a daily processing budget per account. Your audio and transcripts are processed solely to produce your transcript and refined text; they are never used to train public AI models. Automating, reselling or bulk-running these features is not allowed.

thoughts is a paid product. New accounts start with a paid trial: $5, charged up front, for your first month of full access. There is no free tier. When the trial month ends, the subscription renews automatically at $10 per month on the same day each month, charged to your payment method, until you cancel. You can cancel any time from your account settings; to avoid the next charge, cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Cancelling keeps your access until the end of the period you have already paid for.

The trial is offered once per person. Deleting and recreating an account with the same email does not grant a second trial. Refunds for the current period are handled case by case — contact us and we will work with you.

thoughts is a personal capture and productivity tool. It is not medical, legal, financial or professional advice, and it must never be relied on in an emergency — do not use it to record or act on urgent medical or safety situations. Transcripts and AI-refined text can contain mistakes; always check important details before acting on them.

Do not use thoughts to store or process content that is illegal, or to record people who have not agreed to be recorded where that is required by your local law. Accounts used for abuse may be suspended.

Thoughts is provided as-is. It is local-first, so your notes stay on your device even if the service is briefly unavailable, but no service is perfect — keep your own copies of anything critical. To the extent permitted by law, the maker is not liable for lost data or indirect losses arising from use of the app.

These terms may change as the app grows; material changes will be announced in the app before they take effect. Questions: use the White Box in Settings or email hello@thoughtsbysohail.com.