# HearYouLater — Where voices become memories

> Where voices become memories (iPhone/iPad app by Lifthill Studio.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hearyoulater/id6754507377 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Lifthill Studio](https://appshunter.io/developer/816324880)
- Category: Lifestyle, Photo & Video
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-08-03
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hearyoulater/id6754507377/reviews.md

## What is HearYouLater?

Create personal voice boards and share them as heartfelt gifts. 
Whether it’s a birthday, inside joke, travel memory or long-distance hello: HearYouLater makes every message more meaningful.

HearYouLater lets you record short voice notes and wrap them together into a unique “board.” Name it, customize it, and share it with anyone via a simple link.

Perfect for:
– Birthday wishes
– Holiday greetings
– Daily motivation
– Inside jokes
– Travel stories
– Long-distance love
– Playlists and movie recommendations
– Any moment worth remembering

Why it matters:
Your voice is personal. It carries tone, emotion, memory. 
HearYouLater is designed to preserve that, beautifully and easily.

How it works:
	1.	Record: Create a board, add up to 10 voice notes.
	2.	Wrap, Give it a name and theme.
	3.	Share, Send the link to anyone. No account needed.

Built with privacy and simplicity in mind.
No ads. No clutter. Just real voices, shared meaningfully.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.6 — 2025-11-30

What’s New in 1.6.6
	•	Fixed: Uploading a board with 10 longer voice notes no longer times out or crashes the app.
	•	Fixed: Updated board upload rate limits so you can upload multiple boards in a short period without errors.
	•	Fixed: The welcome board now stays unwrapped after you open it the first time.
	•	Added: Changed the main “Board” icon from a house to a list to better match its function.
	•	Added: Audio scrubber for more precise control while listening to voice notes.
	•	Changed: Updated the wrap/unwrap design and flow to feel more modern, playful, and intuitive.
	•	Changed: Introduced a refreshed, lighter coral-inspired visual design across the app.
	•	Added: New “Dark mode / OG design” toggle in Settings for users who prefer the original founder look.

### 1.6.5 — 2025-11-17

• Fixed: False “Device is Full” errors now only appear when actual storage-related keywords are detected
• Fixed: Board sharing would silently fail, added per-note error handling, improved logging and upload status tracking
• Fixed: Lock screen playback controls caused conflicts with recording, removed for now and will return in a future native Swift build
• Fixed: Recordings would stop unexpectedly when locking the screen, app now stays awake, stops cleanly and safely saves the note
• Fixed: Playback of a note now stops when leaving an active screen
• Fixed: Some recordings showed 0:00 duration, we now fetch duration before stopping to ensure correct timing
• Fixed: Rare crash “Recorder does not exist” after screen lock, improved AppState handling, added race condition guards and a triple-source duration fallback
• Fixed: Note wrapping and uploading now syncs correctly with the actual upload process

### 1.6.2 — 2025-11-12

This update focuses on polish, stability, and personalisation:
	•	Fixed: Autoplay of next voice note now works properly when the screen is locked
	•	Fixed: Lock screen controls (play/pause) now respond as expected
	•	Fixed: Board persistence after update no longer bricks received, shared or draft boards
	•	New: Added Stats section in Settings: view your total boards received, boards created, listening time, and voice notes played (locally tracked only)
	•	New: Default playback speed setting: choose how fast you like to listen
	•	New: Haptics intensity setting: tune feedback to your taste
	•	New: Ability to export boards: safely store your audio files outside of HYL
	•	New: Listening to received notes experience is now prettier
	•	Improved: ‘Delete Boards From Server’ section now includes a warning: if you reinstall the app later, those boards can no longer be removed from the server

### 1.6.1 — 2025-11-11

Improved draft & creation flow
	•	Board name is now required when creating a new board
	•	Renaming a board afterwards is now possible
	•	Adding a board description later is now supported
	•	Recording overview now clearly shows the board name and description instead of generic placeholders like “Your Voice Notes” and “This is where the magic happens”
Other tweaks
	•	The ‘Continue to Wrap’ button is now more prominent and feels more magical and fun to use
	•	The ‘Share to HYL’ flow has been improved to be more consistent with the rest of the UX changes
	•	Imported audio now shows the correct duration
	•	On the ‘Ready To Share’ screen cleaned up the yellow bar and replaced it with a better way of showing the to-be-shared board name.

### 1.6 — 2025-11-11

• Fixed an issue with the recording state, no more stuck sessions.
• You can now create multiple draft boards, allowing more flexibility.
• Added support for uploading your own audio into boards (not just live recordings).
• New feature: ‘Share to HYL’, share voice notes directly from other apps!
• Removed “A gift made with love” from unwrapping screens to make the experience feel cleaner and more personal.
• Adjusted behaviour of the “Welcome to HYL” board: if a user taps ‘Maybe Later’, it now stays on standby instead of dismissing entirely.
• Swapped the ‘Received’ and ‘Created By You’ sections on the home screen to better prioritise incoming content.
• Updated the Settings screen to reflect the new version (1.6).
• The ‘Rate the App’ button in Settings is now fully connected to the App Store.

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