Privacy policy

Last updated: 26 September 2026

NotchPrompter is made to keep your words to yourself. In short: we collect nothing.

Your scripts

Scripts are saved on your Mac, in the app's own folder. If you use iCloud, they are also saved in your own iCloud account, so they are the same on your Mac and your iPhone. They are never sent to us. When you import or export a file, the app only reads or writes the file you choose.

If you choose a scripts folder on the Mac, each script is also saved there as a Markdown file, so other apps you use can read it.

To stop the sync, turn off NotchPrompter in the list of apps that use iCloud. On the Mac, go to System Settings → [your name] → iCloud. On the iPhone, go to Settings → [your name] → iCloud.

Microphone and speech

When you turn on voice-follow, NotchPrompter listens to the microphone and turns your speech into words, to find your place in the script. Voice-follow never saves audio, and the words are only used while you read.

Speech recognition is done by Apple's Speech framework, on your Mac. By default NotchPrompter never sends your speech anywhere. macOS only recognises speech on the Mac when Dictation is turned on in System Settings → Keyboard. If Dictation is off, or your Mac can't recognise a language on its own, you can choose to allow Apple's servers instead. Then your speech is sent to Apple to be turned into text, under Apple's privacy policy. We never receive it.

Camera and recordings

NotchPrompter uses the camera only while you record, or while you look at the camera preview in Settings. When you press record, it films the camera, the screen or both, as you choose in Settings, with the microphone. The movies are saved in the NotchPrompter folder in your Movies folder.

With each take, NotchPrompter also saves subtitles (.srt) of what you said, next to the movie. They are made on your Mac, never on a server. You can turn this off in Settings → Recording. Recordings and subtitles are never uploaded, and we never receive them. You can delete them in Finder like any other file.

You can turn off camera, microphone, screen recording and speech access at any time in System Settings → Privacy & Security.

NotchPrompter for iPhone

The iPhone app follows the same rules. Scripts are saved on your iPhone. If you use iCloud, they sync with your Mac. Speech is recognised on your iPhone by default. For languages it can't recognise by itself, you can allow Apple's servers in the app's settings, as on the Mac.

The iPhone app shows the front camera while the prompter is open, so you can see yourself, and films you when you press record. Takes stay in the app until you save them to Photos or delete them. The app only asks to add to Photos, so it can't see your other photos. When you add a video from Photos, the app only gets the videos you pick.

To add captions, the app turns the speech in a take into words, on your iPhone. Only if you allow Apple's servers in the app's settings, and your iPhone can't recognise the language by itself, is the sound sent to Apple to be turned into text, under Apple's privacy policy. We never receive it.

Pro is bought through the App Store, as a subscription or with one payment. Apple handles the payment, and we never see your name or payment details. The app only checks with the App Store whether you have Pro.

Analytics, ads and accounts

There are none. The app has no account, no analytics, no ads and no tracking, and it does not connect to any server of ours.

Children

The app collects no data from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions? Open an issue on GitHub. NotchPrompter for Mac is open source, so you can also read exactly what it does in the source code.