# lilKiTTY — Private Watch voice capture

> Private Watch voice capture (iPhone/iPad app by Kalyan Kurkure.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lilkitty/id6787817156 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kalyan Kurkure](https://appshunter.io/developer/1877111733)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-12
- Data updated: 2026-09-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lilkitty/id6787817156/reviews.md

## What is lilKiTTY?

lilKiTTY is an Apple Watch-first voice capture app for the moments when a good idea shows up while you are doing something else.

Start recording from your Watch, save encrypted audio locally, and keep moving. Watch recordings can be played and deleted locally on the Watch. They are not transferred to the companion or transcribed in this release.

Recordings made in the iPhone or iPad app can be played on that device and optionally transcribed there with on-device Apple Speech permission. Those transcripts can become reviewable local drafts.

Notes receive a useful deterministic title locally. On supported iPhone and iPad systems, Apple Foundation Models can refine that title on device. If the model is unavailable, the deterministic title remains. You can edit, cancel, commit, or undo a title change, and your edit wins over pending refinement.

What lilKiTTY supports in this release:

- Apple Watch-first quick capture
- Local encrypted audio storage
- Local playback of saved recordings
- On-device speech recognition after save for recordings made on iPhone or iPad
- Editable human notes and titles
- Optional on-device automatic title refinement with deterministic fallback
- Local typed review for people, software, systems, tasks, reminders, Calendar commitments, list additions, and unsent communication drafts
- Exact, separately confirmed Apple Reminders and write-only Calendar handoff
- Search across saved note content
- Six local templates for summaries, decisions, actions, documentation, handoffs, and follow-ups
- Draft tasks and reminders from voice notes
- Confirmed local deletion
- Local draft review before use or export
- Private enhanced-note sharing through the system share sheet
- Google Keep draft sharing through the system share sheet
- No sign-in required for local capture
- No third-party AI or account required for local capture and draft review

lilKiTTY is designed around explicit review. Transcripts, titles, task candidates, reminders, and Google Keep draft text remain under your control. On iPhone and iPad, speech recognition is on-device only; if it is unavailable for the selected language or device, the encrypted audio stays saved without a transcript. Title refinement is also on-device only and does not use Private Cloud Compute or another network model; if unavailable, a deterministic title remains. Watch-local recordings remain on the Watch and are not transcribed or title-refined. Direct Google account export, Watch-to-iPhone content transfer, and paired sync are not included in this release.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.0 — 2026-08-18

Redesigned library and capture.

- A new library rail keeps Trash, Folders, Templates, Saved questions, Vocabulary, and People one tap away.
- Folders moved onto the rail, so you can create a folder and filter your notes without opening Settings.
- Settings now opens in its own screen instead of the root More menu.
- The capture bar now shows whether you are Recording or Paused, and one control pauses and resumes.
- A library destination with no data stays visible and opens an empty state instead of disappearing.

### 1.6.1 — 2026-08-16

Privacy and reliability update.

- Improved reliability of private data cleanup when a recording cannot be saved.
- Turning transcripts off now stops on-device speech recognition immediately.
- More dependable privacy cleanup if the app is force quit.
- Clearer messages when a recording fails to save.

### 1.6 — 2026-08-11

New in 1.6:
- Calendar awareness: see upcoming meetings and start notes with attendees pre-filled.
- On-device Apple Intelligence action refinement with a private, deterministic fallback.
- Search your notes by speaker: Me, Them, or All.
- Meeting recipes: built-in templates for common meeting types.
- Ask questions across your past meetings, with cited sources.
- Optional local-only integrations: a localhost MCP server and post-save hooks, both off by default.

Reliability:
- Faster, more reliable recording start and stop.
- Improved transcription stability.
- Fixes for audio session handling after interruptions.

### 1.4 — 2026-07-27

Adds local automatic note titles, typed review for people, software and systems, pending communication drafts, and separately confirmed Reminders and Calendar actions.

### 1.1 — 2026-07-19

Adds editable titles and human notes, local search, six practical templates, private sharing, and clearer capture feedback.

## More apps by Kalyan Kurkure

- [lilCycles](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lilcycles/id6785400560)

All apps by Kalyan Kurkure: https://appshunter.io/developer/1877111733

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