Privacy Policy, Terms of Use
& Audio Safety Notice
QuietScript
Plain-language summary
- • QuietScript uses the microphone permission you grant to record audio and the file or photo permissions you grant to import audio or video files for transcription.
- • The bundled speech recognition model runs entirely on the iPhone. Audio recordings, imported files, transcripts, and AI output are not sent to the Developer or an external AI provider.
- • If the user chooses an optional model-quality setting that requires a download, QuietScript connects to Hugging Face to retrieve the model file. The request may disclose ordinary network information to Hugging Face and its delivery providers, but never uploads recordings or transcripts.
- • The current app has no accounts, advertising, tracking, social features, or third-party analytics SDKs.
- • Settings, recordings, transcripts, and processing history are stored locally so QuietScript can remember your work.
- • QuietScript never modifies or deletes original files from Apple Photos, iCloud Drive, or the Files app. Recordings made within QuietScript can be deleted by you at any time.
- • Apple may separately process App Store, iCloud, backup, purchase, and optional diagnostics information under Apple’s own terms.
1. Overview and Scope
This Privacy Policy explains how QuietScript handles information when a person uses the QuietScript iPhone application. The developer and publisher of QuietScript is referred to in this document as the "Developer," "we," "us," or "our." QuietScript is a local-first audio transcription utility. It uses a bundled speech recognition model to transcribe audio recordings and imported audio or video files entirely on the user’s device. Optional model-quality settings may require a user-initiated download, as described in Section 5.
This document also contains the Terms of Use and Audio Safety Notice. The privacy provisions describe data handling; the terms address the licence, AI output, audio processing, risk allocation, and disputes.
2. Developer and Postal Contact
Questions, privacy requests, legal notices, and dispute notices may be sent by post to the address below. Please do not mail recordings, devices, passwords, recovery keys, payment cards, or irreplaceable materials.
DeveloperPO BOX 99900 CQ 646 543RPO THE BEACHESToronto ON M4E 0B4Canada3. How QuietScript Works
QuietScript offers three ways to provide audio for transcription: recording directly from the device microphone, importing an audio file from the Files app or other sources, or selecting a video from Apple Photos to extract its audio track. Audio is decoded to 16 kHz mono PCM format and processed in sequential segments by the bundled on-device speech recognition model. Transcripts are generated locally with optional timestamps and can be exported as plain text, subtitles (SRT), or PDF documents.
QuietScript stores recordings and transcripts in the app’s private sandbox. The app never modifies, moves, or deletes original files from Apple Photos, iCloud Drive, or the Files app.
4. Information Processed and Collected
The word "processed" includes information used locally by the app. Under Apple’s App Store privacy guidance, data processed only on the device is not treated as "collected." QuietScript’s core audio and AI workflow is processed locally and is not collected by the Developer.
The following matrix describes the current app version. If the app’s practices materially change, the policy and applicable App Store disclosures will be updated.
Data category How it is handled Details
QuietScript records audio from the device microphone when the user starts a
Audio recordings On-device only recording session. Recordings are stored in the app’s private sandbox and are
never uploaded to the Developer or an external service.
The user may import audio files from the Files app or extract audio from video
Imported audio and
On-device only files selected from Apple Photos. Imported content is processed locally and is
video files
not transmitted off the device.
Audio samples, speech recognition prompts, generated transcripts,
AI inputs and output On-device only timestamps, and segment data are processed by the bundled local Whisper
model and are not sent to an external AI service.
Settings, transcript history, recording metadata, model preferences, processing
Local app records On-device only state, and free-trial tracking help the app resume work and manage the user
experience.
QuietScript may temporarily write decoded audio data (16 kHz PCM samples)
Temporary working On-device,
inside its app sandbox while transcribing. The app is designed to remove
files temporary
temporary files after use.
Advertising or tracking QuietScript does not request an advertising identifier, track activity across apps
No
identifiers or websites, or use data for targeted advertising.Data category How it is handled Details
Account or profile The app has no Developer-operated account, login, cloud profile, contact list,
No
information chat, or social-sharing system.
If a purchase is made through the App Store, Apple processes payment,
Payment information Handled by Apple refund, tax, and transaction information. The Developer does not receive
payment-card numbers.
If the user chooses an optional model-quality setting that requires a download,
QuietScript contacts Hugging Face to retrieve the model file. The request may
Optional model User initiated; disclose ordinary network information, such as an IP address and request
downloads network request metadata, to Hugging Face and its delivery providers. Audio recordings,
imported files, transcripts, timestamps, and generated transcription content are
not uploaded.
Apple may provide store-level metrics or diagnostics from users who choose to
App Store analytics
Handled by Apple share them. Apple controls this processing and its availability under Apple’s
and diagnostics
privacy terms and device settings.
If a person writes to the postal address in this document, the correspondence
Postal Only if voluntarily
and return details may be used to respond, protect legal rights, and keep
correspondence sent
ordinary business records.5. Optional Model Downloads
QuietScript includes a bundled speech recognition model. Optional quality settings may require the user to download an additional model file. If the user starts that optional download, QuietScript contacts Hugging Face to retrieve the file.
That request may disclose technical connection information, such as an IP address, request metadata, and the requested model file, to Hugging Face and applicable content-delivery providers. Their handling of that information is governed by their own terms and privacy policies.
QuietScript does not send audio recordings, imported files, transcripts, timestamps, prompts, or generated transcription content to Hugging Face. Downloaded model files are stored locally on the device. Local technical records may track transcription progress, model state, and trial usage; they are not uploaded, used for advertising, or used to identify a person across apps, devices, or services.
6. Permissions, Consent, and User Choices
QuietScript requests microphone access to record audio. It requests file access or Apple Photos access to import audio and video files. The user may grant or deny each permission independently, subject to the options iOS provides. Permissions can be changed or revoked through iPhone Settings at any time. Revoking microphone access prevents live recording. Revoking file or photo access prevents importing. Revoking permissions does not delete recordings or transcripts already stored in QuietScript.
QuietScript never modifies or deletes original files from Apple Photos, iCloud Drive, or the Files app. Recordings and transcripts stored within QuietScript can be deleted by the user at any time from within the app.
7. Local AI Processing
The bundled Whisper speech recognition model and supporting libraries run on the iPhone. QuietScript does not configure the model to call an external AI service or upload audio content, prompts, or generated transcripts. AI output is probabilistic. Transcriptions may contain inaccuracies, errors, omissions, misinterpretations, or fabrications. QuietScript may incorrectly transcribe names, numbers, technical terms, foreign words, or other content. QuietScript is not a verbatim court reporter, medical transcription service, accessibility substitute, or professional record-management system.
Every transcript is presented for user review. The user is responsible for verifying and editing transcripts before relying on, exporting, or sharing them.
8. Local Storage, Retention, and Deletion
QuietScript stores preferences, recordings, transcript history, and model files in the app’s private container. These records generally remain until the user deletes individual transcripts, removes the app, or erases the device.
Temporary working files, including decoded PCM audio samples, are designed to be removed after use. Unexpected termination, operating-system behavior, backups, or storage failure may delay or prevent immediate removal.
Deleting QuietScript normally removes its private app container from the device, subject to iOS and backup behavior. It does not delete original files from Apple Photos, iCloud Drive, or the Files app.
Device backups and iCloud backups, if enabled, are controlled by Apple and the user’s settings. Restored backups may restore local app records.
9. No Sale, Advertising, or Developer Sharing
QuietScript does not sell or rent personal information, share it for cross-context behavioural advertising, operate an advertising network, or track users across apps or websites.
The current app has no Developer-operated server, account system, remote AI service that receives audio content, social network, third-party analytics SDK, or marketing SDK. Optional model downloads are the limited third-party network requests described in Section 5. QuietScript includes third-party software and model components that execute locally. Their inclusion does not authorize their authors to access the user’s recordings through QuietScript. Apple and the operating system may separately process information as described below.
10. Apple, iCloud, and System Services
Apple provides iOS, the App Store, Photos, iCloud, iCloud backup, permission controls, purchase processing, crash reporting, and optional app analytics. Apple may process data independently under Apple’s agreements, privacy policy, and the user’s device and account settings. The Developer does not control Apple’s systems.
When iCloud backup is enabled, Apple may include QuietScript’s private container data in device backups. That transfer is between the device and Apple services, not a transmission to the Developer or an external AI provider.
App Store purchases, refunds, taxes, ratings, reviews, installations, and diagnostics may be processed by Apple. QuietScript does not receive payment-card details.
11. Security
QuietScript uses iOS app sandboxing, Apple privacy permissions, local processing, and local storage to reduce risk. These measures cannot guarantee absolute security, availability, successful recovery, or protection from device compromise, operating-system defects, storage failure, malicious software, unauthorized access, or user error. The user should protect the device and Apple Account with appropriate passcodes, authentication, software updates, and backups. QuietScript should never be treated as the only copy of important recordings or transcripts.
12. Privacy Choices and Requests
The user can control microphone, file, and photo access in iPhone Settings; control model quality and timestamp preferences in QuietScript Settings; review, edit, or delete transcripts; and export transcripts in the user’s preferred format.
Because the Developer does not receive or maintain the user’s recordings, transcripts, or local app data, the Developer generally cannot access, export, correct, or delete those items remotely. The user manages them on the device through QuietScript, iOS Settings, backup settings, or app removal. A person may send a privacy inquiry or request by post. The request should identify the applicable jurisdiction and describe the requested action without including unnecessary audio content or sensitive information. Identity or authority may need to be verified before responding. If no relevant information is held, the response may state that fact.
13. Children’s Privacy
QuietScript is a general-audience audio utility and is not directed to children under 13 or marketed as a children’s app. The app does not provide accounts, chat, posting, public profiles, or social sharing.
Audio recordings may capture children’s voices or other sensitive personal information, but that content remains in the local and Apple-controlled workflow described in this policy. A parent or guardian should supervise a child’s use of the app and control the device’s permissions.
14. Changes and Contact
This document may be updated to reflect app changes, legal requirements, platform rules, or improved explanations. The effective date identifies the current version. Material privacy changes will be reflected in the app, the App Store listing, or the published policy as appropriate before or when the changed practice becomes available.
Privacy questions and legal notices may be sent to the postal address in Section 2.
Terms of Use & Audio Safety Notice
The following terms govern use of QuietScript and allocate responsibility for AI transcription accuracy, audio recording, import, export, and related risks.
15. Agreement and Relationship with Apple
These Terms of Use form an agreement between the user and the Developer, not Apple. By downloading, installing, accessing, or using QuietScript, the user agrees to these Terms. If the user does not agree, the user must not use the app. QuietScript is licensed, not sold. Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement and Apple Media Services Usage Rules also apply. These Terms supplement applicable Apple terms and do not create obligations for Apple beyond Apple’s own agreements.
16. Limited Licence
Subject to these Terms, applicable Apple Usage Rules, and applicable law, the Developer grants a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use QuietScript on Apple-branded products the user owns or controls. The app may also be accessed through Family Sharing or other Apple-supported arrangements to the extent Apple’s rules permit.
No ownership in QuietScript, its interface, code, model packaging, documentation, graphics, branding, or other content is transferred. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Developer and applicable licensors.
17. AI Transcription Accuracy and User Review
QuietScript provides automated speech-to-text transcriptions, not verified facts or verbatim records. The app does not guarantee correct recognition of words, names, numbers, technical terms, foreign languages, accents, overlapping speakers, background noise, or other audio characteristics.
The user is solely responsible for reviewing, editing, and verifying each transcript and for determining whether it is accurate, complete, appropriate, lawful, and suitable for the user’s intended purpose before relying on, exporting, or sharing it.
The user must not rely on QuietScript output for legal evidence, court reporting, medical transcription, accessibility, identity verification, law enforcement, immigration, employment, insurance, financial decisions, or other high-impact purposes.
18. Audio Recording, Import, and Deletion
QuietScript records audio from the device microphone and stores recordings in the app’s private sandbox. The user may also import audio files or extract audio from video files selected from Apple Photos. QuietScript never modifies, moves, or deletes original files from Apple Photos, iCloud Drive, or the Files app. Recordings and transcripts stored within QuietScript can be deleted by the user at any time from within the app.
Deletion of recordings and transcripts within QuietScript is permanent and cannot be undone. The user should export or back up important transcripts before deleting them.
QuietScript performs local processing, but no app can guarantee that a transcript is identical, complete, permanently available, or suitable for every future use. The user should verify important transcripts and maintain independent copies.
19. User Responsibilities and Backups
Before deleting original audio recordings or voice memos, the user must maintain independent backups and confirm that transcripts are accurate and saved. The user is responsible for the device, Apple Account, available storage, microphone and file permissions, app settings, and compliance with laws and third-party rights applicable to the recordings and transcripts, including recording-consent laws in the user’s jurisdiction.
The user represents that the user has authority to record or import the selected audio and will not use QuietScript to violate privacy, recording-consent, copyright, confidentiality, harassment, discrimination, or other rights.
20. Acceptable Use and Restrictions
The user may not misuse QuietScript; interfere with its operation; bypass security or platform restrictions; use it unlawfully; distribute malware; attempt unauthorized access; or use the app to create, organize, or distribute unlawful material. Except where applicable law or an open-source licence expressly permits, the user may not copy, redistribute, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, publish, modify, reverse engineer, decompile, extract, or create derivative works from proprietary portions of QuietScript or commercially exploit the app, its design, or its bundled materials.
Open-source software and model components remain subject to their respective licences and notices. Those licences govern the covered components where they conflict with these restrictions.
21. Availability, Updates, and Support
QuietScript may be updated, changed, suspended, limited, or discontinued. Features may fail or behave differently because of app updates, iOS changes, device hardware, memory pressure, storage, permissions, audio file format incompatibilities, model limitations, or background-task restrictions.
Unless separately promised in writing, the Developer does not guarantee maintenance, support, updates, compatibility, recovery, or continued availability. The Developer, not Apple, is responsible for any maintenance or support the Developer elects to provide. Apple has no obligation to furnish maintenance or support for QuietScript.
22. No Warranty
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, QUIETSCRIPT IS PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND WITH ALL FAULTS. THE DEVELOPER DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
No transcription, demonstration, update, or communication creates a warranty. The user assumes the risk and cost of using QuietScript and of any servicing, correction, restoration, backup, or recovery.
If QuietScript fails to conform to a warranty that applies under Apple’s terms, the user may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price, if any, as provided by Apple’s rules. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation concerning QuietScript.
23. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEVELOPER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING LOSS, DELETION, CORRUPTION, INACCURACY, OR UNAVAILABILITY OF AUDIO RECORDINGS, TRANSCRIPTS, EXPORTS, TIMESTAMPS, BACKUPS, PROFITS, BUSINESS, GOODWILL, OR DATA.
These limitations apply to claims arising from or related to QuietScript, AI output, the transcription workflow, Apple Photos, iCloud, device failure, user choices, third-party components, or inability to use the app, regardless of the theory of liability and even if the possibility of loss was disclosed. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEVELOPER’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO QUIETSCRIPT WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT THE USER PAID FOR QUIETSCRIPT DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM OR CAD $50.
24. Indemnity
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the user will defend, indemnify, and hold the Developer harmless from third-party claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and reasonable costs arising from the user’s unlawful misuse of QuietScript, breach of these Terms, recording of audio without required consent, or infringement of another person’s rights.
25. Dispute Notice, Individual Arbitration, and Class Waiver
Before starting arbitration or litigation, the complaining party must send a written notice describing the dispute, supporting facts, and requested relief to the postal address in Section 2. The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute for 30 days after receipt.
EXCEPT FOR A CLAIM ELIGIBLE FOR SMALL CLAIMS COURT, A REQUEST FOR URGENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR SECURITY, OR A DISPUTE THAT APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS FROM PRE-DISPUTE ARBITRATION, EACH DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO QUIETSCRIPT OR THESE TERMS WILL BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT. The arbitration will be administered under the ADR Institute of Canada Arbitration Rules in effect when the claim is filed, before one neutral arbitrator. The legal seat will be Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A hearing may occur remotely, in person, or on written submissions as the arbitrator permits. The arbitrator may award any individual remedy available under applicable law but may not combine different persons’ claims without all parties’ consent. EACH PARTY WAIVES A JURY TRIAL TO THE EXTENT SUCH A RIGHT EXISTS. ARBITRATION AND LITIGATION MUST PROCEED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER PARTY MAY BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, MASS, PRIVATE-ATTORNEY-GENERAL, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR ARBITRATION.
If a portion of this section is unenforceable for a particular claim or remedy, it will be severed only to the minimum extent necessary. The affected claim or remedy will proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction in Toronto, Ontario, while the enforceable remainder continues to apply.
26. Governing Law
These Terms and disputes concerning QuietScript are governed by the laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable there, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Where arbitration does not apply, the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of courts located in Toronto, Ontario. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
27. Apple and Third-Party Terms
Apple is not a party to these Terms and is not responsible for QuietScript or its content. The Developer, not Apple, is responsible for addressing claims relating to QuietScript, including product-liability, legal-compliance, privacy, consumer-protection, and intellectual-property claims. The user must comply with applicable third-party terms, including Apple Media Services, iCloud, Photos, and open-source component licences. The user represents that the user is not located in a country or region subject to a United States government embargo or designated as supporting terrorism and is not listed on a United States government prohibited- or restricted-party list.
Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. Upon the user’s acceptance, Apple may enforce the applicable provisions against the user.
28. Termination and General Terms
The licence terminates automatically if the user materially breaches these Terms. The user may stop using QuietScript at any time. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including ownership, disclaimers, liability limits, indemnity, dispute resolution, and governing law. If any provision is invalid or unenforceable, it will be modified or severed only to the minimum extent necessary, and the remainder will continue. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, applicable Apple terms, and component licences form the entire agreement concerning their respective subject matter.
The Developer may update these Terms for future use of QuietScript. Continued use after updated terms are made available constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law.