Almanack FAQ
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Almanack is voice-first capture and recall for operators. You dump a thought by voice or text and it turns the mess into a clean, organized note. Later you ask your own memory a question and get a trustworthy answer in your own words, sourced only from what you said.
Last updated June 25, 2026
About Almanack
What is Almanack?
Almanack is voice-first capture and recall for operators. You dump a thought by voice on your phone or by text at your desk, and Almanack cleans it up and organizes it into a searchable note. Later you ask your own memory a question and get an answer in your own words, sourced only from what you said, never the open internet.
Can I turn a note into an email or other formats?
Yes. Any note can become one of 14 formats in a tap: a clean email, a tweet, a Slack message, a LinkedIn post, a blog post, meeting notes, study notes, a brief, a summary, and more. Teach Almanack your writing voice once and the drafts come out sounding like you.
Who is Almanack for?
Almanack is for founders, operators, chiefs of staff, and solo builders who make decisions all day and cannot hold them all in their head. If you finish a week unsure what you decided on Tuesday or what you promised a client, Almanack is the record that remembers for you.
Is Almanack a notes app?
No. A notes app gives you a blank page and makes you organize it. Almanack organizes it for you. You dump the mess, it files what matters and pulls out anything you said you would do, then hands the right thing back when you ask. There are no folders to build and no templates to maintain.
What devices does Almanack run on?
Almanack runs on the web today in any browser, and an iPhone app is close behind. Voice capture is the quickest way in on the phone, and the web is where most people sit down to ask, review, and export. Your memory is the same on both.
Capturing
How do I capture a thought?
Talk for a minute, or paste the mess at your desk. The pricing call, the hire you are leaning toward, the intro you promised by Friday. No formatting and no structure required. You dump it the way you would say it, and Almanack does the filing.
What happens to a dump after I send it?
Almanack reads it and quietly pulls out the decisions, commitments, tasks, references, and open questions inside. You get back a clean note and a short summary, not a form to fill in. The organizing happens for you, so capture stays a one-step habit.
Can I add to an entry later?
Yes. You can add more to any entry by text or voice, and Almanack reorganizes the whole thing so the record stays current. The original note is kept, and your additions are folded in, so nothing you said is lost when the entry is refreshed.
Does Almanack transcribe voice notes?
Yes. You speak and Almanack turns it into text, then structures it like any other dump. Voice is the fastest way to capture a thought while it is fresh, which is why it is the main door on the phone. At your desk, typing works the same way.
Can Almanack record meetings?
Yes. Hit record and set your phone down, and Almanack captures the whole room with no bot joining the call. You get a clean transcript, a summary, and the next steps, and you can ask the meeting a question afterward, answered from what was actually said.
Recall and to-dos
How do I find something later?
Ask in plain language. Almanack searches your own entries and returns a written answer, like "what did I decide about pricing in March" giving you the decision with your original reasoning. You are asking your memory, not scrolling a feed of notes hoping to spot it.
Does Almanack cite its answers?
Yes. Every answer links the entries and dates it came from, so you can trust it and open the source. Almanack only answers from your own memory, never from the open internet, which is what makes the answer something you can act on.
What is the To-do list?
Your commitments and tasks collected in one place, with due dates and priority. Commitments are things you owe other people, tasks are things you owe yourself. It is the one list you maintain, and it is built from your dumps rather than typed in by hand.
Connect your AI
Can I query Almanack from Claude or ChatGPT?
Yes. Almanack runs an MCP server, so you can connect Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or any assistant that speaks MCP and ask your own memory from inside it. It is read-only and your personal notes stay walled off. See the MCP page for the full setup.
Does connecting an AI cost extra?
No. MCP access is included free. It is how Almanack travels to where you already work, not a separate plan. You create a key in Settings, add it to your assistant, and revoke it any time. The connection only ever reads your memory.
Privacy and data
Is my data private?
Yes. Your memory syncs encrypted between your devices, and in the database row-level security isolates your data from everyone else's, enforced by the database itself. It is never used to train anything. Your memory is yours, not training material.
Can I export everything?
Yes. Export your entire memory as markdown any time, including the full text and the structured decisions, commitments, and questions. There is no lock-in. The export is plain text you can keep, search, or move anywhere.
Can I delete everything?
Yes. Delete your account and every entry, attachment, and key goes with it. Delete means delete. You are never in a position where leaving the product means abandoning your data inside it.
Does AI train on my notes?
No. AI providers only ever see transcript text, sent through a proxy to structure your notes and answer your questions. No audio, no database access, and nothing is used to train a model. The AI is a tool that runs on your text, not a system that learns from it.
Pricing
How much does Almanack cost?
Two plans, both Almanack Premium. $96 a year, which works out to $8 a month, or $14 a month if you want to go month to month. Cancel anytime. The anchor is simple: a chief of staff costs over $200,000 a year, and this remembers for less than a lunch.
Is there a free version?
No free tier. You pick a plan and start. There is no trial that locks after a few days and no fine print, just one memory you can cancel anytime.
Is the web version included in the subscription?
Yes. One subscription covers the web and the iPhone app, and your memory is shared across both. MCP access to connect your AI is included as well. You pay for one memory, reachable everywhere you work.
Comparisons
What is the best app to ask your own notes?
The best one captures in seconds, organizes for you, and answers questions later from only your own notes, with sources. Almanack does all three: voice or text capture, automatic organizing, and sourced recall that never invents an answer. The right choice depends on whether you want the organizing done for you.
How is Almanack different from Notion?
Notion gives you a blank workspace and asks you to design and maintain it. Almanack does the opposite: you dump a thought and it organizes the result, then hands it back when you ask. If maintaining a system is the part you never keep up, that difference is the point.
How is Almanack different from Granola?
Granola is built around meetings and meeting notes. Almanack remembers the decisions you make all day, in or out of a meeting, captured by a quick voice note or a line of text. If your thinking happens between meetings as much as in them, Almanack covers that ground.
How is Almanack different from ChatGPT memory?
ChatGPT memory keeps loose impressions about you with no source or date. Almanack answers only from entries you captured and cites the entry and date behind every answer. When you need to trust what you decided and when, provenance is the difference that matters.