# Tuhikimi — fact sheet

App: Tuhikimi
Play title: Tuhikimi: Gesture Search
Pronunciation: too-hee-kee-mee
Name: Te Reo Maori: tuhi means to draw or write, kimi means to seek.
Platform: Android 10 or later. Android only.
Availability: Google Play, since 1 October 2026.
Website: https://tuhikimi.app
Interface languages: English, Polish
Handwriting languages: 100+ languages and scripts via Google ML Kit, chosen in Settings. Right-to-left scripts are not offered.
Ads: None
Privacy: Handwriting recognition and search run on the device. Contacts and handwriting stay on the phone. No analytics or ads SDKs. Google services use the internet for model downloads, purchases and ML Kit diagnostics.
Offline: Search works offline once a language model is downloaded (about 20 MB).
Permissions: Contacts, Phone, Internet
Accessibility: Built for handwriting input. Not compatible with screen readers (TalkBack).
Developer: Smarter Lab, Warsaw, Poland - a one-person studio
Founder: Arek Janik
Press contact: info@tuhikimi.app
Affiliation: Independent. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.
Pricing: Searching is free and unlimited. The first 20 actions (a call or an app launch) are free. Then a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. No price figures here - see https://tuhikimi.app/#pricing for current pricing.
