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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 10, 2026

Vocory ("the App," "we," "us") is a study app developed by Brandon Kwai. It turns lectures and study material into lessons, flashcards and practice tests. This policy explains what data the App handles, why, who processes it, how long we keep it, and the choices and rights you have.

The short version

Information the App handles

Anonymous device identifier

The App generates a random identifier stored on your device. We use it to connect your requests, free-plan limits and subscription status to your device. It is not your name, email, Apple ID or advertising identifier.

Optional account information

If you create an account, we store your email address and first name, and for email sign-up your password as a salted cryptographic hash (never in plain text). During email verification we briefly store a hashed one-time code that expires within minutes. If you use Sign in with Apple or Google, we store the identifier that service gives us (and your email and first name if shared). We never see your Apple or Google password.

Recordings

When you record a lecture, the audio is sent to our server and on to our speech-to-text providers (Soniox and/or OpenAI) only to produce a transcript. The audio is held in memory or a temporary file during transcription and then deleted. It is not stored on our servers.

Lecture text, files and links

Voice practice

When you practise out loud with Vo, your spoken answer is converted to text using Apple's speech recognition, and Vo's voice is produced by your device. Apple may process this audio under Apple's own privacy policy.

Cloud backup and sync (optional)

If you are signed in and turn on Back up notes and progress, we store the text of your notes and folders and your study progress (for example lessons finished and card review history) on our servers, so they appear on your other devices. Audio is never backed up. You can turn this off at any time.

Live meetings (Mac only)

If you use Live meeting on the Mac app, a visible, named Vocory bot joins the call through our provider Recall.ai and sends a real-time transcript back to us. The transcript is stored on our servers so it can be delivered to your device, and is deleted automatically 30 days after the meeting.

Subscriptions

Purchases are processed by Apple. We use RevenueCat to manage your subscription status. On our servers we store whether your subscription or free trial is active and when it ends. We never receive your payment details. If you start a free trial and have an account email, we may email you a reminder before the trial ends.

Usage records

To run the free plan and control costs, we keep records such as transcription minutes and counts of AI requests, linked to your anonymous identifier. They contain no lecture content.

Analytics

The App sends usage events to PostHog, for example that the app was opened, a lesson was finished or the paywall was shown. Each event includes a random install identifier (separate from your account), the app version, your local hour and weekday, and the build type. Events do not include your name, email, recordings or lecture content. As with any web request, your IP address is received by PostHog when events are sent. PostHog keeps these events for up to one year on our current plan, and we use them only to understand how the App is used overall.

Feedback and bug reports

If you send feedback or a bug report from the App, we store your message, the category you chose, your app and iOS version, your device identifier and, if you are signed in, your email so we can follow up. It is also emailed to our support inbox.

Invite a friend

If you use an invite code, we store the code and which accounts redeemed it so both of you receive your bonus lectures.

Notifications

Study reminders are scheduled on your device. We do not send push notifications from our servers.

Who processes your data

We use these service providers, each only for the purpose described:

We do not sell or rent your data, and we do not share it with anyone except these providers acting on our behalf, or where required by law.

How long we keep it

Your choices and rights

If you are in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland

Brandon Kwai, the developer of Vocory, is the controller of your personal data. You can reach us at [email protected].

We process your data on these legal bases:

You have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the processing of your data, to receive it in a portable format, and to complain to your local data protection authority. To use these rights, email [email protected]; we will reply within one month.

International transfers: our servers and most of our providers are in the United States. Where your data is transferred outside your region, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework where a provider participates in it.

Children

Vocory is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has given us data, contact [email protected] and we will delete it.

Tracking

We do not track you. The App does not use the advertising identifier, does not link your data with other companies' data for advertising, and does not share it with data brokers. No App Tracking Transparency prompt is needed.

Security

Data sent between the App, our servers and our providers is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS). Passwords and one-time codes are stored only as hashes. No system is completely secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your information.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. The "Last updated" date above shows when it last changed.

Contact

[email protected]