· Voice notes for Apple devices
Your thoughts, structured.
The fastest way to capture, transcribe, and organise what you almost forgot to say.
Built for the Apple ecosystem
"It's not just speed — it's permanence."
— The thinking behind Hey Toru!· What is Toru
In Japanese, 捕る (toru, pronounced Toh-Roo) means to catch — a fish from the river, a moment from the air, an idea before it's gone.
That's the whole product, condensed into two syllables. Press a button, say the thing, and trust that intelligent automation will turn it into a note worth keeping. Nothing to type. Nothing to lose.
Every person alive has lost a great thought because they couldn't write it down fast enough.
— The obsession behind Hey Toru!
· How it works
From your mouth to a structured note in seconds.
01 — Say
One press. Speak or type. Transcribed as you talk.
02 — Structure
Processed in seconds, returned to your device. Nothing stored, nothing kept.
03 — Find
Say it naturally, find it instantly. Toru auto-tags every note — meetings, ideas, tasks, journal entries — the moment it's captured. Nothing gets lost.
· The Apple ecosystem
iPhone & iPad are live today. More Apple platforms coming soon.
iPhone
iPad
Apple Pencil Supported
Mac
Coming Soon
Apple Watch
Coming Soon· Features
"The two-sided problem with onboarding — we keep treating it like a tutorial. It's a relationship."
Feature 01 · Capture
A single press is all it takes. Transcription begins instantly — as you speak.
Q3 retro · 5 takeaways
Feature 02 · Structure
Intelligent automation shapes raw speech into the right form. You stay the author. Toru just makes you look organised.
Today
Onboarding is a relationship
Tuesday · Ideas · 820 words
Ideas
Notes from a Tuesday walk
Tuesday · Life · 340 words
Life
Q3 retro · 5 takeaways
Monday · Work · 510 words
Work
Feature 03 · Recall
"That thing I said on the walk on Tuesday." "Anything about pricing from Mira?" Search across every word you've ever said.
ON-DEVICE
NEVER STORED
ENCRYPTED
YOURS
Feature 04 · Privacy
Transcription runs on your device. Structuring is processed in transit — never stored, never logged. iCloud backup keeps your notes safe — your file, your control.
These features exist nowhere else.
Toru Smart
Photograph a whiteboard, sticky note, or napkin sketch. Toru reads it and captures it as a structured note. Your history becomes a storyboard.
Toru Smart
The original recording lives on your device alongside the structured note. Your words, exactly as you said them, always.
Toru Smart
After a few days of capturing, Toru quietly surfaces connections between your thoughts across time. It finds them on its own. You just read what it found.
Toru Smart
Overdue items turn red after 3 days. After 7 days Toru gently offers to help break down whatever's stuck — not a nudge, a hand.
· Pricing
Two tiers. No tricks.
Toru Free
$0 /forever
Start capturing today.
Toru Smart
$12.99 /month
Try free for 7 days.
Then $12.99/month. Cancel anytime.
Hey Toru! is free on the App Store. Bring it to your pocket, your desk, and your good ideas.
Download on the App Store