Tuhikimi: Gesture Search

Search by drawing letters - no keyboard. Find a contact. Tap to call.

Tuhikimi lets you find contacts and apps on your phone by simply drawing letters on the screen. Powered by Google ML Kit handwriting recognition, it supports handwriting recognition in 100+ languages across multiple scripts - from English and German to Chinese, Greek and Devanagari.

Interface languages: English and Polish. Handwriting recognition languages are selected separately in Settings.

Actively maintained for the latest Android.

No talking to your phone or fighting your keyboard. Draw letters silently - in a meeting, on a train, or whenever you'd rather not say a name out loud or hunt for letters on a keyboard.

How it works:
1. Draw a letter or character anywhere on screen
2. Results update after each letter or character you draw.
3. Tap to call a contact or launch an app

Key Features:
- Handwriting search for contacts and apps
- Search system settings shortcuts
- Silent by design - no voice commands, nothing said out loud
- Handwriting recognition in 100+ languages across multiple scripts
- Smart ranking based on usage frequency and recency
- Space gesture (swipe right), backspace gesture (swipe left)
- Customizable ink color and recognition delay
- Glowing ink follows your strokes

Pricing:
- Searching is always free
- Your first 20 result taps (calls / app launches) are free - no card, no timer
- Keep going with a 30-day free trial on the yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime purchase

Permissions:
- Contacts: to search and call your contacts
- Phone: to place calls directly from search results
- Internet: to download handwriting models and to handle purchases

Privacy First:
- Handwriting recognition and contact serach happen on your device
- Your contacts and your handwriting never leave your phone
- We collect no analytics and show no ads
- Search works offline once your language model is downloaded
- Google services use the internet: model downloads and updates, purchases, and ML Kit diagnostics

Accessibility:
- Tuhikimi is built around handwriting input and is not compatible with screen readers (TalkBack)