Voice-first memory · iPhone
You're bad with names. We've got you.
Walk away from a conversation, tap once, and just say what you remember. We turn the messy voice note into a clean memory card about the person you met — private field notes for the people in your life, not a CRM.
"Talked about his startup for a while — wants an intro to someone in fintech. Warm guy, easy to talk to."
How it works
Three taps from "who was that?" to a memory you'll keep.
No forms. No fields. No cleaning up after yourself. You talk; the app does the tidying.
Tap and talk
Met someone good? Tap the orb and ramble. "Randy from the cigar lounge, into networking, has two kids." However it comes out is fine.
We clean it up
Your messy note becomes a tidy memory card — name, where you met, what matters about them — in a few seconds. Set in a serif, because a name is worth it.
Approve in one tap
Glance it over, tap to keep. It's there the next time your paths cross — quietly waiting. Nothing posted, nothing shared, nobody notified.
Why it's different
It's not a CRM. It's the field notebook you'd keep if you had the time.
No pipelines, no reminders nagging you to "nurture a relationship," no dashboard of people as leads. Just the small, human details that help you show up well.
Your people live on your phone, for your eyes. No social graph, no contacts upload, no one else in the loop. It feels like a notebook, not a system of record.
The moment you remember something is usually the moment your hands are full. Speak it in seconds while it's fresh — the app handles the rest.
Every person is set in a literary serif, almost printed. The app treats remembering someone as something that matters — because to them, it does.
No badges, no streaks, no notification noise begging for your attention. It sits quietly until the one moment you actually need it.
Say what you remember. The app turns it into a useful memory.
Privacy
Your memories stay private to you.
The whole point of this app is to hold something personal. Here's exactly what that means — in plain language, no fine-print games.
The short version
Bad With Names is a private notebook for remembering people you meet. Your voice notes and the memory cards made from them belong to you. We don't sell your data, we don't run ads, and we don't show your memories to anyone else. You can edit or delete anything — or wipe everything — at any time.
What we collect
- Your account. When you Sign in with Apple, we receive a unique identifier and, if you allow it, your name and a relay email so we can create and secure your account. We never see your Apple password.
- What you record. The voice notes you choose to capture, and the memory cards created from them — names, where you met, and the details you speak.
- Basic technical data. The minimum needed to keep the app running and to diagnose crashes (for example, app version and device type). This is never used to build an advertising profile of you.
How we use it
We use your information for one purpose: to provide the app. That means transcribing and structuring your voice notes into memory cards, syncing them securely to your account so they're there when you need them, and keeping the service reliable. Your speech is transcribed on your device — the audio recording never leaves your phone and is never uploaded. Only the resulting text transcript is sent to our server, where a third-party AI provider (OpenAI) processes it solely to extract the structured fields of a memory card, governed by that provider’s terms.
What we never do
- We never sell or rent your personal information.
- We never show ads or share your data with advertisers.
- We never post anything, contact the people in your notes, or build a social network from your memories.
- We never use the content of your memories to train models without your explicit, separate consent.
Where it's stored & how it's protected
Your data is encrypted in transit and stored securely. Your memories are stored under your account on our hosting provider’s infrastructure (Railway, backed by a PostgreSQL database). Access is limited to what's needed to operate and support the service.
Your control
- Edit or delete any memory directly in the app, at any time.
- Delete your account and everything in it from the app's settings. When you do, your memories are permanently removed. When you delete a person or your account, the data is removed from our active database; residual copies in routine backups are purged within 30 days.
- Request a copy of your data, or ask a privacy question, by emailing us at [email protected] [email protected].
Sign in with Apple
We use Sign in with Apple so you can create an account without sharing your real email if you'd rather not. Apple's handling of your sign-in is governed by Apple's own privacy policy.
Children
Bad With Names is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.
Changes & contact
If we update this policy, we'll revise the date above and, for meaningful changes, let you know in the app. Questions? Email [email protected] [email protected].
Support
We're a tiny team, and we read everything.
Stuck, confused, or have an idea? Real people are on the other end — not a ticket bot.
Email us
We usually reply within a day or two.