Question 1

What is Enishi?

Accepted Answer

Enishi (eh-NEE-shee) is the Japanese word for the unseen threads that connect people. The app is a personal chief of staff for those threads: you capture quick notes about the people who matter, and Enishi remembers everything, senses when someone is slipping away, and briefs you before every meeting.

Question 2

How is this different from a CRM or LinkedIn?

Accepted Answer

CRMs track pipelines. LinkedIn collects contacts by the thousand. Enishi is a garden, not a database: built for the fifty or hundred relationships you actually want to grow, it remembers like a person would, nudges like a good assistant, and never asks you to fill in a pipeline stage.

Question 3

Where does my data live?

Accepted Answer

Enishi stores relationship data in your private, user-scoped account and protects hosted requests with HTTPS. Service providers process limited data needed to run features you request. We do not sell relationship data or share it with advertisers. Deleting your account removes the authentication account and connected user-owned application records; provider logs and backups follow their own retention cycles.

Question 4

Do I have to import my whole address book?

Accepted Answer

No, and you shouldn't. Plant deliberately: start with the ten or twenty people who actually matter and let the garden grow from there. You can add more anytime; nothing is required.

Question 5

Is it really free?

Accepted Answer

Free to start, no credit card. Paid tiers will fund the AI features as they deepen, and the free tier will stay genuinely useful.

Question 6

Does it work on my phone?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Enishi is a fast web app that installs to your home screen on iPhone, iPad, and Android, with reminders delivered as push notifications.