Thumos Support

Questions or problems: email support@thumospractice.com. We reply within two business days.

About Thumos

What is Thumos?

Thumos is the Greek word for the spirited part of the soul: ambition, courage, the refusal to settle. The app turns a few answers about what you're building, what's in your way, and who you're becoming into a written session with three parts. Recall grounds you in why you started. Burn names the obstacle and pushes through it. Commit ends with one concrete action for today. With Premium, you can also listen to each session as narrated audio.

Do I need an account?

No. There's no sign-up, email, or password. Your answers and sessions are stored on your iPhone.

Why does a new session take a moment to appear?

Each session is written for you from your answers, so it takes about 30 seconds. While a Premium daily session is being prepared, Home shows Preparing your session…, and the button changes to Begin Session when it's ready. You can leave the app in the meantime. The session will be waiting when you come back. If it doesn't finish, check your connection and tap Try Again. Your earlier sessions stay available under Earlier on Home.

How do I change my answers?

Go to Settings → Start Over and go through the questions again. This clears your current answers and saved sessions on this iPhone, and can't be undone.

Where is Thumos available?

On iPhone, in the App Store in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.

Thumos Premium

What does Premium include?

A new session every day, written fresh around your answers, each with its own angle and commitment, which you can read or listen to as a narrated audio session. Your recent sessions are kept on Home. Without Premium, you keep the session created when you first set up the app, in text.

How much does it cost?

Monthly (includes a 7-day free trial), yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The exact price in your currency is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is handled by Apple.

How do I cancel?

Subscriptions are managed by Apple. On your iPhone, open Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions → Thumos, or in the app go to Settings → Manage Subscription. Cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date to avoid being charged for the next period. You keep Premium until the end of the period you've paid for. Lifetime is a one-time purchase with nothing to cancel.

How do I get a refund?

Apple handles all payments and refunds. Request one at reportaproblem.apple.com, or email us and we'll point you in the right direction.

I bought Premium but the app doesn't show it. What do I do?

Go to Settings → Restore Purchases while signed in with the same Apple ID you bought with. If it still doesn't show, email us with the date of purchase.

I have a new iPhone. How do I get Premium back?

Install Thumos, answer the setup questions, then go to Settings → Restore Purchases using the same Apple ID. Your subscription carries over. Your answers and past sessions are stored on your old iPhone and don't transfer.

Audio sessions

How do audio sessions work?

With Premium, tap Begin Session on Home and the session plays as audio in five parts: Kindle to arrive, then your personal Recall, Burn, and Commit, read aloud, and Carry to take it into your day. A full session runs under ten minutes. Kindle starts right away while the rest is prepared. If you'd rather read, tap Read instead.

Can I lock my phone or use other apps while listening?

Yes. Audio keeps playing with the screen locked or while you use other apps, and you can pause and play from the lock screen. It also plays with the silent switch on.

Can I listen again, or offline?

Yes. Once a session has played, its audio is saved on your iPhone, so you can replay it without a connection. Look for Listen again under Earlier on Home. Audio is kept for today's session and the recent sessions listed on Home.

Why did my session open as text instead of audio?

Sometimes audio can't be prepared: if you're offline before it's been downloaded, if our narration service is unavailable, or if you've reached the fair-use limit for audio. You'll get the same session in text instead, and audio for later sessions works as usual. If it keeps happening, email us.

Is audio included without Premium?

No. Audio sessions are part of Premium. Without Premium, your session is in text.

Today's Carry

What is Today's Carry?

When you finish today's session, its one act stays with you until midnight: on the screen after Done, at the top of Home, and in the Today's Carry widget if you add one. It clears itself at midnight. A session you replay from Earlier doesn't change it.

On the Lock Screen: touch and hold it, tap Customize, tap the area below the clock, find Thumos, and choose Today's Carry. On the Home Screen: touch and hold an empty area, tap Edit, then Add Widget, and find Thumos. The widget shows your carry after each session and clears at midnight. While your iPhone is locked, the widget stays hidden; it shows your carry once your iPhone recognises you or you unlock it.

Can I save my carry?

Yes. Tap Save card after a session to save a card of your carry to Photos. Thumos asks only for permission to add photos. It can't see or read your library, and the card is never sent to us. If you said no earlier, the button reads Allow Photos to save and opens Settings.

Can I use my Carry card as a wallpaper?

Yes. Open the card in Photos, tap Share, then Use as Wallpaper. Before you tap Add, turn off Spatial Scene (or Perspective Zoom on older iOS), keep the Natural style, and pinch until the whole card fits. With Spatial Scene on, iOS zooms in and can cut off the end of your words. As a wallpaper, your carry is visible to anyone who sees your Lock Screen.

Privacy and your data

What happens to my answers?

They're stored on your iPhone. To write your sessions, your first name and answers (and, for Premium daily sessions, the opening line and commitment of your last few sessions, so a new one doesn't repeat them) are sent through our server to our AI provider (Anthropic), and the result comes straight back. We don't keep your answers in a database, and they aren't used to train AI models. Our server keeps a copy of each finished session it writes for you (your first session and Premium daily sessions) for 48 hours, so it can still reach you if the app was closed while it was being prepared. That copy includes your first name and details from your answers, and it's deleted automatically. If you have Premium and choose to listen, the session's text is sent to our voice provider (ElevenLabs) to create the audio. It isn't used to train their AI models. Our server keeps the audio for 48 hours, then deletes it.

How do I delete my data?

Use Settings → Start Over, or delete the app, to remove your answers, your sessions and today's carry from your iPhone. Cards you saved to Photos stay there until you delete them. Our server keeps a short security log of requests (time, request type, IP address, and a random app ID) that deletes itself after 7 days. Copies of recent sessions and their audio delete themselves after 48 hours, and a record of how much audio was narrated (no text or audio) after 35 days. If you send a note with Not useful today, it's stored with the date only, with nothing that identifies you, and deletes itself after 90 days. For anything else, including analytics data, email support@thumospractice.com and we'll handle it.

Does Thumos track me?

No. Thumos doesn't use advertising identifiers, doesn't track you across other apps or websites, and doesn't sell your information. Details are in the Privacy Policy.