Privacy Policy

This policy explains how the Xcribe app for iPhone ("Xcribe" or "the app"), made by B2B Edge LP ("we", "us"), handles your information.

What the app stores, and where

Xcribe stores the following in its own private storage on your iPhone:

• Audio recordings that you record in the app or import into it.
• Recording details: the title, category and tags you give a recording, whether you marked it as a favorite or as Important, and the date, length and waveform preview the app works out from the audio.
• Your categories and tags, including the color you chose for each category.
• Settings, such as audio quality, noise suppression, auto gain, echo cancellation, playback speed and skip interval.

While a recording is in progress, the app also keeps a small file with its details so the recording can be recovered if the app closes unexpectedly. That file is deleted when the recording is saved or discarded.

Xcribe has no servers and no account system. It doesn't send any of this information to us or to anyone else, so we can't see, access or recover your recordings.

Microphone

Xcribe asks for access to the microphone the first time you start a recording. It uses the microphone only to record, and only after you start a recording. A recording keeps going when the screen locks or you switch to another app, and iOS shows its microphone indicator while it does.

You can turn microphone access off at any time in Settings ▸ Privacy & Security ▸ Microphone (Settings ▸ Privacy on iOS 15). Without it you can't make new recordings, but you can still play, organize, import and share the ones you have.

Xcribe doesn't ask for access to your photos, contacts, location or other personal information.

Importing audio

When you import, iOS shows its own file picker and Xcribe receives only the files you pick. The app copies them into its storage and leaves the originals where they were. If a file is stored in iCloud Drive or another cloud provider, iOS or that provider may download it first. That download is handled by them, under their own terms.

Sharing

A recording leaves your iPhone only when you tap Share. Xcribe then opens the iOS share sheet, and you choose where the file goes: for example Mail, Messages, AirDrop, Save to Files or another app. Once you share a recording, the app or service you chose handles that copy under its own privacy policy.

So that the shared file is named after its title, Xcribe makes a temporary copy in its cache folder on your iPhone. The copy is replaced the next time you share.

No account, ads, analytics or tracking

• Xcribe has no account, sign-in or registration.
• It shows no ads and contains no advertising, analytics or crash-reporting software, from us or from anyone else.
• It doesn't track you across apps or websites, and it doesn't use the advertising identifier.
• The components the app is built with (Apple's frameworks and open-source libraries for recording, playback, picking files, sharing, storing settings and opening web pages) run on your iPhone and don't collect data.
• The only time the app goes online is when you open this policy or our support page from its Settings. They open in Safari inside the app, Xcribe adds nothing about you or your recordings to the request, and the pages use no cookies, scripts or trackers.
• We don't sell, rent or share personal information, because we don't collect it.

Information Apple may share with us

Apple handles App Store downloads and purchases under Apple's own privacy policy. If you've turned on Share With App Developers in Settings ▸ Privacy & Security ▸ Analytics & Improvements, Apple may share crash reports and usage statistics with us in a form that doesn't identify you. If you test a beta version through TestFlight, Apple also passes on any feedback and crash reports that TestFlight sends. We use this information only to fix problems and improve the app. You can turn this sharing off in the same Settings screen.

Backups

Your recordings are part of Xcribe's app data on your iPhone. If you use iCloud Backup or back up your iPhone to a computer, that app data, including your recordings, is included in the backup and comes back when you restore it. Those backups are made and stored by Apple or on your own computer, under your control; we don't receive them. If you don't want Xcribe in your iCloud backups, you can turn it off in the list of apps in your iCloud Backup settings.

Deleting your data

• One recording: swipe it left in the Library, or touch and hold it and choose Delete. It's permanently removed from your iPhone.
• All recordings: use Settings ▸ Delete all recordings in the app. Your list of categories and tags is kept.
• Everything: delete the Xcribe app. iOS removes everything the app stored on your iPhone, including recordings, labels and settings.

Deleting in the app doesn't affect copies you've already shared or copies in backups made earlier. Because we hold no data about you, there is nothing for us to delete on our side.

Children

Xcribe is a general-audience app rated 4+ on the App Store. It doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age where you live).

Your choices and rights

Your recordings and settings are on your device and under your control: you can view, edit, export (with Share) and delete them in the app at any time. Because we don't collect or hold personal data through the app, requests to access, correct or delete it usually have nothing for us to act on. You're still welcome to contact us with any privacy question, and we'll answer it.

If you email us

If you contact us by email, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message, such as a recording you choose to attach. We use it only to reply to you, and we delete it once we no longer need it to deal with your request, unless the law requires us to keep it.

Changes to this policy

If we change how Xcribe handles information, we'll update this page and its effective date before the change takes effect. If a future version adds a feature that sends any of your data off your iPhone, we'll update this policy before that version is released, and the app will ask for your permission before sending anything.

Contact

B2B Edge LP
Email: xcribe@b2bedge.com

See also: Xcribe Support