Privacy

Effective date: November 3, 2026

Scribe records your meetings and turns them into transcripts and notes on your own device. Appthology LLC makes Scribe, and we don’t receive your recordings, transcripts, notes or photos.

The short version:

• Scribe processes your audio and transcripts on your device, not on our servers. We don’t run servers for them.
• There’s no account to create, and no ads, analytics or tracking.
• Your meetings stay on your device unless you choose to sync them through your iCloud Drive. Scribe asks once when you first open it.
• Scribe doesn’t analyze voices or save voice samples. Your recordings still contain the voices in them.

What Scribe stores on your device. All of this stays on your device, except as described in the next part.

• Audio recordings and files you import: for playback and transcription.
• Transcripts, summaries, and suggested events and reminders: your meeting notes.
• Notes you type, and categories and vocabulary you add: your notes and better transcripts.
• Photos and scans you add, and the text read from them: adding handouts and slides to a meeting.
• Titles and dates of your three latest meetings: showing them in Scribe’s widgets, hidden while your phone is locked.

On a Mac, Scribe can also record the sound playing on your computer, such as the other side of a call. No bot joins your call. Scribe uses the separate call and microphone audio to remove echo and merge the transcript. It doesn’t identify or label anyone.

When information leaves your device:

• iCloud sync: off until you choose it, and you can change it in Settings. Finished meetings and photos go to your own private iCloud Drive storage so they reach your other devices. Audio goes too only if you turn on Include audio. We can’t access this storage, and Apple’s terms and privacy policy apply. Turning sync off doesn’t remove copies already there, so Settings offers a way to delete them.
• Device backups: with sync off, your meetings are kept out of device backups, so they exist only on that device and are gone if it’s lost. With sync on, they may be included in your device backups, along with their audio even if Include audio is off.
• Speech models: the first time Scribe processes a meeting, it downloads speech models from Hugging Face, about 600 MB. If you add custom vocabulary, it downloads one more model from the same place. On a Mac, you can also choose to download a larger model for writing notes from the same place. Hugging Face sees your IP address and normal request details. Scribe sends none of your content.
• Calendar and reminders: Scribe adds an event or reminder only after you approve it, to the list you choose. Your calendar app’s own sync may then copy it elsewhere.
• Exports and sharing: files leave Scribe only when you share them, export them to a folder you choose, or turn on automatic export to that folder.
• Feedback: if you send us feedback, including through TestFlight, we receive what you send and any details TestFlight includes. Please don’t include meeting content.

We don’t sell your information or share it for advertising.

Your choices:

• Permissions. Scribe asks before using your microphone, camera, calendars or reminders, and before recording your Mac’s sound. You can change these in your device’s settings. Scribe reads your calendar and reminder lists only so you can choose where approved items go.
• Deleting. Deleted meetings stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days, then Scribe removes them. You can also delete them from there sooner. Deleting Scribe removes what’s stored on that device, but copies in iCloud Drive, device backups and files you exported may remain until you remove them.
• Recording other people. You’re responsible for following recording laws where you are. Some places require everyone’s consent, so tell people before you record them. A first-time pop-up on the Record button reminds you to tell people you’re recording and get their consent.
• Children. Scribe isn’t directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect their information.
• Changes. If this policy changes, we’ll post the new version here and update the date above.
• Contact. Appthology LLC, support@appthology.app