Privacy Policy

Effective 1 November 2026

In short: Transcriple does not collect any data about you. Your recordings, transcripts, summaries and settings stay on your Mac. There is no account, no analytics and no tracking. The only time your content leaves your Mac is when you choose to use a cloud AI provider with your own API key.

This policy covers the Transcriple app for Mac and this website. Transcriple is made by Ibrahim Fiqhan (fiqhan.dev), referred to here as "we".

What stays on your Mac

Audio. Microphone and meeting-app audio is recorded only while you record, and imported files are read from where you chose them. Speech recognition runs on your Mac. Audio is never uploaded by Transcriple.
Transcripts, summaries and chats are stored in a database inside the app's own folder on your Mac.
API keys for AI providers are stored in your Mac's keychain.
Settings are stored in the app's preferences on your Mac.

We have no copy of any of this and cannot see or recover it. Deleting a recording in the app, or deleting the app with its data, removes it.

When Transcriple connects to the internet

Downloading speech models. Models are downloaded from Hugging Face (huggingface.co). Like any download, Hugging Face receives your IP address and the name of the file. No audio or transcript is sent. See the Hugging Face privacy policy.
Cloud AI providers, only if you set one up. If you add your own API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenRouter or another compatible server, the transcript text and the instructions or question needed for the summary or chat you request are sent to that provider, together with your key. Transcriple asks for your consent before the first request to each provider. That provider's own privacy policy and terms apply to what you send. We never receive this data.
Local AI. Apple Intelligence runs on your Mac. Ollama and LM Studio run on your Mac or on a computer you choose on your network; transcripts sent to them don't leave the machines you control.
Purchases. Buying or restoring Transcriple Pro is handled by Apple through the App Store. We receive the sales reports Apple gives every developer, which don't identify you personally. See Apple's privacy policy.

What we don't do

No analytics, advertising or tracking in the app or on this website.
No account or sign-in.
No selling or sharing of personal data, because we don't have any.

Crash reports

If you turned on Share with App Developers in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements, Apple may share anonymous crash reports from Transcriple with us. You can turn this off at any time in the same place.

Email

If you email us for support, we use your message and email address only to answer you, and delete them when they are no longer needed. Please don't send recordings unless we ask for one to fix a problem.

Children

Transcriple doesn't collect data from anyone, including children.

This website

This website has no cookies, analytics or third-party scripts. The hosting provider may keep standard server logs, such as IP addresses and pages requested, for security and operations.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top. If a change affects what data leaves your Mac, the app will tell you before it applies.

Contact

Questions about privacy: hello@fiqhan.dev.