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voice journal · Coming soon to iPhone and Android

Told by Me

A private voice journal for people who think better out loud. Pick Shout, Tell Me or Whisper, talk, and your phone turns it into text and a short summary you can bring to your therapist or doctor. Everything happens on your phone.

$4.99 once. No subscription, no ads, no account.

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Say it out loud. Shout, Tell Me or Whisper. One tap and you are talking.

See it in action

Real screens from the app.

  • Say it out loud. Shout, Tell Me or Whisper. One tap and you are talking.
    Say it out loudShout, Tell Me or Whisper. One tap and you are talking.
  • Just talk. A calm screen that keeps recording with the phone locked
    Just talkA calm screen that keeps recording with the phone locked
  • Your words, in writing. Turned into text and summed up on your phone
    Your words, in writingTurned into text and summed up on your phone
  • Bring it to your therapist. A clean PDF of your summaries and things to bring up
    Bring it to your therapistA clean PDF of your summaries and things to bring up
  • Find what you said. Search every word, filter by mode and tag
    Find what you saidSearch every word, filter by mode and tag
  • Your month, gently. How often you talked, in plain words
    Your month, gentlyHow often you talked, in plain words
  • Pay once. No subscription. 100% offline. No account. No cloud. No ads. Ever.
    Pay once. No subscription. 100% offline.No account. No cloud. No ads. Ever.
Page 1 of a sample Told by Me report for "Sample Patient", made from made-up data
Doctor report

The report your therapist gets

The things you want to bring up as a checklist, an overview of your entries by mode and by week, and each entry's summary and key moments in your own words, with full transcripts if you choose. Save it as a PDF, print it, or send it by email or text.

See a sample report (PDF)

Made from sample data. Your report is made on your phone and shared only when you choose.

Features

Everything included for $4.99.

  • Three ways to talk

    Shout when you need to let it out, Tell Me when you just need to talk, Whisper when you need to be heard quietly. One tap starts recording.

  • Your words, in writing

    Your phone turns each recording into text on the phone. No server ever hears it, and it keeps recording with the screen locked.

  • A short summary

    Two to four sentences and a few key moments, in your own words. It describes; it never gives advice or diagnoses.

  • Bring it to your therapist

    Pick the dates and make a clean PDF of your summaries and the things you want to bring up. Print it, email it or save it.

  • Find what you said

    Search every word, filter by mode and tag, and play any recording back at the paragraph you tap.

  • Your month, gently

    How often you used each mode and how many minutes you talked, in plain words that never judge.

  • Private by design

    100% offline. No cloud, no account, no ads. Optional app lock and a gentle daily check-in.

  • Your journal, your file

    Back up everything to one file you keep, with or without audio, and export your transcripts as text.

Private by design

Your entries never leave your phone unless you share them.

  • Stays on your phoneEverything you log is saved on your device only.
  • No accountNo sign-up, no email, no password.
  • No ads, no trackingNo analytics and no advertising inside the app.
  • Works offlineNo internet connection needed to log or review.
  • You decide what to shareReports and exports go only where you send them.

Read the Told by Me privacy policy

Questions

Is it a subscription?

No. Told by Me costs $4.99 once in the US (the store shows the price where you live). There is no trial, no in-app purchase, no subscription and no ads, and every feature works as soon as you install it.

Does anyone else hear my recordings?

No. Your recordings are turned into text on your phone, and they and the text stay on your phone. There is no account and no cloud, and the app sends nothing to us or to anyone else. A report or backup leaves the phone only when you share it yourself.

Is it therapy?

No. Told by Me is a private journal, not therapy or medical care. Its summaries only describe what you said, in your own words; it never gives advice or diagnoses. Many people bring the report to their therapist or doctor. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (US).

What is a smart summary?

On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, the phone's own on-device AI can write the summary. It runs on the phone; your words never leave it. Every other phone gets the built-in summary, made from your own sentences.

How do I move to a new phone?

On the old phone, open Settings and tap Make a backup, with or without the audio, then save the file somewhere you can reach from the new phone, such as your files app, a computer or an email to yourself. On the new phone, install the app and tap Restore from a backup in Settings. Restoring replaces everything on the new phone.

How do I get help?

Email chef@thenewsbakery.com. Tell us what happened, and we will get back to you. More answers are on the support page.

Told by Me is a private journal, not therapy or medical care. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (US).

If you are in crisis: in the US, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline), any time. Elsewhere, call your local emergency number.

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