Help & Guide

Everything you need to get the most out of Murmur

Step-by-step guides, integration setup, and answers to common questions — all in one place.

What is Murmur?

Murmur helps you quickly save thoughts, tasks, reminders, money notes, meeting notes, shopping lists, and more — using your voice or by typing. Your words become organized entries, ready to use.

TaskReminderIdeaFinanceMeetingHealth

Connect to

Apple & Google Calendar
Notion
Obsidian

Quick Start

Up and running in 3 steps

No setup required. Just open the app and go.

Open & Capture
1

Open & Capture

Your first voice note

Open Murmur and tap the mic. Speak naturally — Murmur transcribes and understands what you mean.

Organize
2

Organize

Categories & details

Pick a category — task, reminder, idea, finance. Add tags, dates, or checklist items if you want.

Connect
3

Connect

Sync everywhere

Link Calendar, Notion, or Obsidian in Settings. Your entries flow where you need them.

That's it — you're ready to go!

Daily Flow

Using Murmur every day

Four things you'll do most. Each one takes just a few taps.

Create an entry

Create an entry

Tap the mic or type. Speak your thought, pick a category, add any details — tags, dates, checklists — and save. Takes seconds.

Murmur auto-detects categories from your words.

Track & complete

Track & complete

Open any task, reminder, or shopping entry. Check off items as you go — everything stays organized in one place.

View your day

View your day

Your dashboard shows today's entries at a glance. Connected calendars put events right alongside your tasks and notes.

Connect Google or Apple Calendar in Settings to see events here.

Stay on track

Stay on track

Calendar events and reminders send notifications at the right time. Murmur keeps you informed without having to open the app.

Your voice. Your second brain.

Speak once.
Build forever.

Most second-brain apps are powerful but slow to use. Opening Notion or Obsidian just to jot a thought breaks your flow.

Murmur sits in your pocket. Speak or type — your idea, task, or note is captured in seconds. Murmur handles the category, the structure, and the details.

Then, automatically, it lands in your Notion workspace or Obsidian vault — ready to become part of a dashboard, a research doc, or a project page. No copy-pasting. No friction.

Capture with Murmur. Build with your second brain.

Notion & Obsidian Sync Settings

Integrations

Connect the tools you already use

Murmur works with your calendars and second-brain tools — automatically.

Calendar

Google & Apple

Connect Google Calendar and Apple Calendar to see your events right inside Murmur — alongside your saved entries.

Google Calendar
Apple Calendar

Setup steps

The same for both providers — just pick yours in step 2.

  1. 1
    Open Murmur → Settings → Calendar Integrations
  2. 2
    Tap Add Google Calendar or Add Apple Calendar
  3. 3
    Sign in and allow calendar permissions
  4. 4
    Select the calendars you want to see in Murmur
After connecting: Your selected events appear in your dashboard. Link or unlink calendars anytime in Settings.
Calendar not showing? Check the app's calendar permission → confirm at least one calendar is selected → pull to refresh.

Notion

One-way sync

One-way sync: Murmur → Notion

Murmur sends entries to a Notion database automatically. Build dashboards, filter by category, or link entries to projects — all inside Notion.

Before you start

  • A Notion account
  • A Notion integration key (from notion.so/my-integrations)
  • A page shared with that integration

Connect Notion

  1. 1
    Open Murmur → Settings → Notion Integration
  2. 2
    Paste your Notion integration key
  3. 3
    Tap Connect and pick a page if asked
  4. 4
    Turn on "Enable Notion Sync"
  5. 5
    Tap "Sync Now"
What gets synced

A Notion database with title, category, date, tags, summary, and more.

Sync speed

Realtime ON → syncs after each save. OFF → batches every 12 hours.

Not syncing? Key may be wrong or expired · Page not shared with integration → Disconnect and reconnect in Settings.

Obsidian

Local Wi-Fi

One-way sync: Murmur → Obsidian

Obsidian sync uses your local Wi-Fi — no cloud required. Entries go straight to your vault as Markdown notes.

Before you start

  • Obsidian installed on your laptop
  • "Local REST API" plugin installed and enabled
  • HTTP server ON, local network allowed, port 27123
  • Copy the API key from plugin settings
  • Laptop and phone on the same Wi-Fi
  • Obsidian open on your laptop

Connect Obsidian

  1. 1
    Open Murmur → Settings → Obsidian Integration
  2. 2
    Tap "Find" to auto-detect your laptop — or enter the Base URL manually (http://<laptop-ip>:27123)
  3. 3
    Paste your API key
  4. 4
    Tap "Connect to Obsidian"
  5. 5
    Turn on "Enable Obsidian Sync" and tap "Sync Now"
IP address changed? Tap "Find" again or update the Base URL manually.
What gets created: Notes in a Murmur folder, named by title, with category sections.

Questions? Answered.

Troubleshooting

Before you contact support

Run through this checklist first — it solves most problems.

General

App is updated to the latest version
Internet connection is working
Sync toggle is ON in Settings and "Sync Now" was tapped at least once

Obsidian only

Laptop is awake, Obsidian is open, and both devices are on the same Wi-Fi
Base URL and port (27123) are correct — tap Find to re-detect

Notion only

Integration key is valid and not expired
Notion page is shared with your integration
Still not working? Try disconnecting and reconnecting the integration from Settings.

Still need help?

If you've gone through the checklist and things still aren't working, reach out — we're happy to help.