Quiet, honest software.
No tricks. No subscription traps. No AI trained on your private voice.
I took a lot of notes. Lectures, meetings, books, ideas at 11pm. I had thousands of them. I never went back to read them. The information was captured and immediately lost — buried in an app that just wanted me to keep paying.
I wanted something that didn't just store knowledge — something that helped me actually learn from it. Summaries I could skim. Flashcards that drilled me. A way to ask questions across everything I'd ever recorded. Without my voice going to a server I don't control. Without a subscription renewing every month whether I used it or not.
I couldn't find that app. So I built it.
$19.99 unlocks Pro forever. Competitors charge that every month. For AI features — summaries, quizzes, chat — you buy credits only when you need them. Small packs from $0.99, no expiry, no commitment. You pay for what you use, nothing more.
Most apps collect. Humble Zen converts your recordings into summaries, flashcards, quizzes, and a knowledge base you can actually search. Passive storage is not enough.
Transcription runs on your device using an embedded Whisper model. Your audio never touches a server. That's not a policy — it's how the code works.
The founder
I'm an entrepreneur, developer, and educator from Boston. For the past 15 years I've been building web, desktop, and mobile apps — self-funded, independently, with millions of users around the world.
I've spent most of that time working with teachers, students, and creators to make complex things simple. My previous app, 30hands, helped educators create video and multimedia content without a production crew. Humble Zen builds on that same principle: powerful tools shouldn't require a manual.
I use Humble Zen every day — for meetings, for books I'm working through, for ideas I don't want to lose. It's the app I wish had existed when I started.
Humble Media is a one-person independent software studio based in Boston. We build small, focused products that do one thing well — and charge fairly for them.
"Humble" is not a brand affectation. It's a genuine belief that software should respect your time, your money, and your attention. No growth-hacking. No dark patterns. No VC pressure to extract maximum revenue. Just tools that work.
Free to download. No credit card. No subscription.