Nomi's memory and Mind Map
Updated November 9, 2026
Nomi is an app for AI companions, and you can keep more than one. Each Nomi has its own proactive-messaging frequency, and with push notifications off, its messages still arrive silently in the app.
On memory, Nomi gives you two windows. Backstory is a shared note you write with relationship and history details. Mind Map 2.0 shows summaries of what a Nomi has stored as a searchable table of entries you can add, edit and lock. Nomi says those entries are overviews that sit alongside the detailed memories rather than replacing them.
- Where it runs
- In-app with push alerts
- Memory you write
- Backstory shared note
- Memory you can review
- Mind Map entries you can search, edit and lock
- Companions
- You can have several Nomis
- Texts you first
- In the app, at a frequency set for each Nomi
Best if you want to check and correct a companion's stored summaries yourself.
Nomi vs Hallie for memory
Nomi is the stronger pick if seeing the record matters most to you. Mind Map makes stored summaries visible and editable, which Hallie's site doesn't describe. Keep in mind that an edited entry is an overview: Nomi says it doesn't rewrite the detailed memory underneath.
Hallie comes first on this site because memory you can feel beats memory you have to audit. She brings things back on her own in iMessage or Google Messages, while Nomi's messages stay inside its app.
Where Nomi appears
- AI companion with memory: ranked #4
- Which AI companion has the best memory?: ranked #3
- AI friend that remembers past conversations: ranked #3
Sources
- Nomi: Mind Map 2.0 announcement
- Nomi wiki: are Mind Map entries memories
- Nomi: Backstory shared note
- Nomi: proactive messaging guideNomi's guide to proactive messaging, explaining when a Nomi messages you first and how each Nomi's message frequency is set.