Privacy Policy

Effective date: February 25, 2026

The short version

Phonetic does not collect, store, transmit, or share any personal data. Period. The app runs entirely on your device. There are no servers, no accounts, no analytics, and no third-party SDKs.

What data does Phonetic collect?

None.

Phonetic is a 100% on-device application. All processing — including AI-powered sentence generation (Apple Intelligence), translation (Apple Translation framework), text-to-speech, and learning progress tracking — happens locally on your iPhone or iPad.

No data leaves your device. Ever.

Accounts and sign-in

Phonetic does not require or support user accounts. There is no sign-in, no email collection, and no user registration of any kind.

Analytics and tracking

Phonetic contains no analytics frameworks, no tracking pixels, no crash reporting SDKs, and no third-party code of any kind. We do not use Apple’s App Analytics or any other analytics service.

Advertising

Phonetic contains no ads and no advertising frameworks. We do not participate in any advertising networks.

Children’s privacy (COPPA)

Phonetic is designed for users of all ages, including children under 13. Because the app collects zero data, it is compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by architecture — there is simply no data to collect, store, or share.

The app contains no links to external websites without a parental gate, no social features, and no way for a child to share personal information.

Data stored on your device

Phonetic stores learning progress (vocabulary mastery, lesson history, spaced repetition state) locally on your device using Apple’s SwiftData framework. This data is:

• Stored only on your device
• Never transmitted anywhere
• Automatically included in your iCloud backup if you have device backups enabled
• Deleted when you delete the app

Translation and language packs

Language packs for translation are downloaded from Apple’s servers by the operating system, not by Phonetic. Once downloaded, all translation happens on-device. Phonetic does not control or have access to Apple’s language pack download process.

Apple Intelligence

Phonetic uses Apple’s on-device FoundationModels framework for AI-powered features. All AI processing runs locally on your device. No prompts, responses, or learning data are sent to Apple or any third party.

Third-party services

Phonetic uses zero third-party services, SDKs, frameworks, or APIs. The app is built entirely with Apple’s first-party frameworks.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change this policy, we will update this page and the effective date above. Given our commitment to zero data collection, we do not anticipate material changes.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, contact us at hello@f.app.