# Vela: Memory Companion — Voices, faces, conversations

> Voices, faces, conversations (iPhone/iPad app by Bruno Aiub.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vela-memory-companion/id6769116276 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Bruno Aiub](https://appshunter.io/developer/1877923963)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: European Spanish
- Released: 2026-05-19
- Data updated: 2026-07-28
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vela-memory-companion/id6769116276/reviews.md

## What is Vela?

Vela is a memory companion for iPhone. Add the people you love, listen to conversations together, and recall what you talked about — all without a single byte leaving the device.

WHAT VELA DOES
• Your circle — add the people who matter: parents, doctors, friends. Each profile keeps a photo, relationship, voice sample, and stream of past conversations.
• Live captions — large font, high contrast, designed for hearing loss too.
• Speaker identification — Vela separates speakers and lets you tag who is who. The tag sticks across this conversation and forward.
• Memories — conversations save automatically with title, date, participants, and full transcript. Search later by person, keyword, or date.
• Voice enrollment — record 10 seconds of someone's voice and Vela uses it as a signature for future tagging. Optional: manual tap-to-tag also works.

BUILT FOR FAMILIES NAVIGATING MEMORY CHALLENGES
Vela is designed for adults helping aging parents, and for anyone for whom names and faces have started to fade. The interface is large, calm, and free of dark patterns.

ON-DEVICE, ALWAYS
Apple's Neural Engine and GPU run every model inside your iPhone. No audio, no transcripts, no photos ever leave the device. No accounts, no cloud, no analytics. Uninstall the app and all data is gone with it.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://astrolexis.space/vela/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vela Pro | $4.99 | per month |
| Vela Pro | $29.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.4 — 2026-05-22

Reliability improvements in voice capture:

• Better handling of mid-session interruptions (phone calls, Siri, alarms)
• Fixed "no sound" state after recording (proper .voiceChat audio session cleanup)
• Clearer voice enrollment sheet — guides the user while capturing the reference sample
• More Settings controls for voice enrollment, storage cleanup, and on-device model lifecycle
• New app icon

### 1.1.2 — 2026-05-20

No release notes.

## More apps by Bruno Aiub

- [Kulvex](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kulvex/id6759469763)
- [Cosmic Merging](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cosmic-merging/id6759874500)
- [PyBLOCK](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pyblock/id6782702882)

All apps by Bruno Aiub: https://appshunter.io/developer/1877923963

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