Privacy Policy
In plain language: SafeScribe runs entirely on your device. Your recordings and transcripts are created, stored and deleted on your phone. They are never uploaded anywhere, because there is no SafeScribe server to upload them to. There is no account, no sign-in and no analytics.
What we collect
Nothing.
We do not operate a server that receives your content. We do not collect analytics, usage statistics, advertising identifiers or crash reports. We do not ask you to create an account, and we never see your name, email address or phone number unless you choose to write to us for support.
Where your data lives
Recordings, transcripts and settings are stored on your device only, in the app’s private storage. They are protected by the operating system’s own encryption (iOS Data Protection) and are excluded from iTunes, Finder and iCloud backups — so they do not travel off the device even in a backup.
Deleting the app removes them. You can also delete individual transcripts, or everything at once from Settings → Delete All Data. Because we never receive a copy, deletion on your device is final — there is nothing left for us to erase.
When the app uses the internet
Transcription itself never uses the internet. You can put the phone in airplane mode and it still works. There are exactly two exceptions, and neither involves your audio:
| Purpose | What happens |
|---|---|
| Downloading the speech model | The first time you use the app, it downloads the speech recognition model (about 874 MB) from Hugging Face. Like any download, the host can see your IP address. No information about you or your recordings is sent. |
| Purchasing SafeScribe Pro | Handled entirely by Apple. We never see your payment details. Apple’s privacy policy governs that transaction. |
Every build of the app is checked by an automated gate that fails if network code appears anywhere outside these two paths. The claim above is enforced mechanically, not just promised.
The error report you can choose to send
There is no automatic crash reporting. If something goes wrong, you can open Settings → Share error log and send a diagnostic report yourself, choosing the recipient. That report contains your app version, operating system version and recent error messages. It contains no audio and no transcript text, and file paths and other identifiers are removed before it is written.
Support correspondence
If you email us for support, we receive whatever you write, in an ordinary email inbox. We keep it only as long as needed to answer you, and we delete it on request. This is the only situation in which we hold anything about you at all.
Turkish data protection law (KVKK)
SafeScribe is developed by an independent developer based in Türkiye.
Because your audio and transcripts are processed only on your own device and are never transmitted to us, no processing of your personal data by us takes place, and we do not act as a data controller (veri sorumlusu) for that content. The single exception is support correspondence described above, which you initiate and which we delete on request.
Children
SafeScribe is intended for adults (18+). We do not knowingly direct the app at children.
Where SafeScribe is offered
SafeScribe is not offered in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it.
Contact
Privacy questions, or a request to delete support correspondence: safescribeai@gmail.com