Where Your Ideas Find Each Other

All your thoughts are encrypted using industry-standard AES-256 encryption before being stored. We offer two security options: Managed Security (default) where we securely manage your encryption keys, and Personal Vault where you create your own passphrase: your key is derived from it on demand and never persisted on our servers. We never sell or share your data with third parties, and you can export or delete your data anytime.

Your audio is used to transcribe your thought and is deleted from our servers right after processing. We keep the words, not the recording. Your transcribed thoughts are then encrypted like everything else you store with us.

Managed Security (default): We securely manage your encryption key on our servers. Your data is encrypted, and we can help you recover access if you lose your login credentials. Best for users who want strong security with peace of mind about data recovery. Personal Vault: You create a unique passphrase that we use transiently to derive your encryption key during a request. We never store, log, or retain it. Once the request completes, we hold no key material, so your encrypted content is unreadable to us. Best for users who want the strongest privacy posture and accept full responsibility for their passphrase.

This is critical to understand: With Personal Vault, your passphrase is the only thing that derives your encryption key. We never store it and cannot recover it. If you lose your passphrase, your encrypted thoughts are permanently inaccessible, even to us. This is by design for maximum privacy. We recommend keeping your passphrase in a secure password manager. If you prefer recoverable security, choose Managed Security instead.

Yes, you can switch in either direction at any time from your settings. Upgrading to Personal Vault re-encrypts your data with your custom passphrase. Switching back to Managed Security requires entering your passphrase to verify your identity, then re-encrypts your data with server-managed keys. Your data remains protected throughout the transition.

Choose Managed Security if: you want strong encryption with account recovery options, you're concerned about forgetting passwords, or you're new to encryption. Choose Personal Vault if: you require absolute privacy (journalists, activists, therapists), you understand the risks of losing your passphrase, and you're comfortable using a password manager. Both options use the same strong AES-256 encryption. The difference is who holds the key.

Your trial gives you full access with Thinker-plan limits for 7 days. We ask for a credit card upfront, but you won't be charged anything during the trial. If you cancel within 7 days, your card is never charged. If you continue past 7 days, billing begins automatically based on your chosen plan.

Thinker gives you 100 thoughts and 250 audio minutes per month, great for daily reflection and quick captures. Overthinker steps up to 230 thoughts and 400 audio minutes, plus longer recordings (10 minutes vs 5) and twice the Reflections. Perfect for power users who think out loud throughout the day.

You have two flexible limits that work independently. Record many quick captures or fewer longer reflections, whatever fits your style. For example, with Thinker you could record 100 short notes, or 50 five-minute thinking sessions. The limits are designed so a typical month fits comfortably in either style.

Yes. The prices shown are VAT-inclusive: the amount you see is the amount you're charged. LemonSqueezy, our Merchant of Record, calculates and remits the applicable VAT for your billing country out of that price, and your invoice shows the VAT breakdown.

Yes! Cancel anytime with one click. No long-term contracts, no cancellation fees. You'll keep access until the end of your billing period, and you can always export all your data.

There's no limit on storage: all your thoughts are kept forever regardless of your plan. The plan limits only apply to how many new thoughts you can record per month. Your entire thought history remains searchable and accessible.

Voice memos are just recordings: you still need to listen back and organize them manually. Note apps require typing. Pensatorium automatically transcribes your voice, structures the content, extracts key insights, and connects related ideas across all your thoughts. It's like having an AI assistant that organizes your mind for you.

Chat assistants are built for conversations: you ask, they answer, and the exchange is over. Your thinking ends up scattered across chat histories that are hard to search and easy to lose. Pensatorium is built to be a home for your thoughts. Everything you capture is transcribed, organized, and kept permanently, and the AI works on your own thought history: finding patterns, connecting ideas across months, and showing you how your thinking evolves. It's also voice-first and private by design: everything you capture is encrypted, and you can opt into a Personal Vault where only you hold the key. The two work well together: use a chatbot for questions about the world, and Pensatorium for questions about yourself.

When you mention a date or time in a thought ('call Maria tomorrow', 'gym every Tuesday'), Pensatorium detects it and schedules it automatically, including recurring events. You can reschedule, complete, or remove anything from your schedule view. To see events in your own calendar, connect Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook to your private Pensatorium calendar feed from settings; your calendar app can then remind you before each event with a lead time you choose.

Yes! Our AI transcribes thoughts in dozens of languages. It auto-detects the language you're speaking and processes the content in that language. The interface itself is in English for now, but you can think out loud in your native tongue. Perfect for multilingual thinkers and international professionals.

We use state-of-the-art AI transcription that's highly accurate in normal recording conditions. The processing step then structures and clarifies the content, often making it easier to read than the raw transcript.

Both work. You can type a thought whenever speaking isn't practical, and it goes through the same organization as a spoken one. On desktop you get a full rich-text editor.

No. Pensatorium runs in your browser on any device: desktop, tablet, or phone. There's nothing to install. A native Android app is coming soon for early adopters, with iOS planned after that.

If you record without a connection, the recording is saved on your device and uploaded automatically when you're back online. You won't lose a thought to a dead spot.

Thinker plan allows up to 5 minutes per recording, while Overthinker gets 10 minutes, plenty of time to capture complex thoughts, brainstorm ideas, or think through problems. For longer sessions, simply record multiple thoughts and our AI will help you find connections between them.

Yes! While our AI does a great job structuring your thoughts, you have full control to edit, refine, or reorganize anything.

Pensatorium analyzes patterns across your thoughts to surface recurring themes, track how your ideas evolve over time, and connect related concepts. In the app these are called Reflections: you can ask for one on demand or explore the ones generated from your recent thinking. The more thoughts you capture, the more patterns there are to find.