Help with
Thimvo.

Open Thimvo on your iPhone or Apple Watch, tap the microphone and allow microphone access. Tap Stop to save. On Watch, scroll below the recording button to browse recordings and open a detail to play it.

On your watch face, touch and hold → Edit → Complications → choose a compatible slot → Thimvo → Record a thought. For Smart Stack, swipe up from the face, edit the stack and add Thimvo. Tapping the shortcut opens Thimvo and starts recording after microphone permission is granted.

Your iPhone downloads about 220 MB of model assets and may prepare additional Apple language models. Keep Thimvo open with an internet connection until setup finishes. Opening a model after restarting the app can also take time. Your audio is saved before processing starts.

Automatic detection uses a multilingual Whisper model covering 99 languages. Apple speech recognition is used when available, with a local Whisper fallback. Support does not mean equal accuracy in every language. A recording is treated as one main language; continuous switching within a note is not guaranteed.

If the language is wrong, open the recording on iPhone and tap the globe beside the share icon. Search for a language or an available regional variant, or choose Detect automatically, then tap Transcribe again. Changing the selection alone does not start a new transcript. Your current transcript remains saved until a new result is ready.

Keep your paired devices nearby and open Thimvo on both. Transfer can wait while a device is unavailable. Open the iPhone app to finish transcription; iOS controls how much processing can run in the background. The original recording remains on your watch.

Recording and playback work locally. Transcription for prepared languages runs on iPhone without a transcription server. First setup and new Apple language downloads need internet access. iCloud backup waits for connectivity and available storage.

On iPhone, use Search transcripts at the bottom of the library. Matching notes appear as you type. Tap a result to open it; closing search brings back the recording button and the full list. On Apple Watch, scroll below the microphone to browse recordings, then tap one to play it or read its transcript.

Open a recording and scroll below the playback controls. The text appears there as soon as your paired iPhone finishes processing and sends it back. To correct the language or run transcription again, open that recording on iPhone.

Open the recording on iPhone and tap the share icon. Choose Audio to share the original recording, or Transcript to share the text. Then choose a destination in the system share sheet. Transcript is unavailable until there is text to share.

Open its detail on iPhone, tap the trash icon and confirm Delete. This removes the audio and transcript. The deletion also syncs to your paired Apple Watch and private iCloud when connected. Keep Thimvo installed until pending changes finish syncing.

A small deletion record remains without audio or transcript to prevent delayed transfers from bringing the recording back. Copies you previously shared must be removed from their destination separately.

Open Settings → iCloud to check the current status. Tap Sync now to upload pending changes and restore recordings available in your private iCloud. This requires an Apple Account signed into iCloud, an internet connection and available storage.

Settings has five entries: Transcription, iCloud, Help & support, Privacy policy and Licenses. Open Transcription for automatic language detection and offline setup information. The privacy policy and licenses are available inside the app without opening a website.

Uninstalling removes local app data from that device, but does not delete the separate iCloud backup. To remove an individual recording everywhere, delete it inside Thimvo first and let it sync. You can separately manage Thimvo’s iCloud data in your Apple Account’s iCloud storage settings.

Thimvo is free, with no subscriptions, in-app purchases or separate Thimvo account. An Apple Account signed into iCloud is needed only for iCloud backup. Download Thimvo on the App Store.