Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 14, 2026

AfterWord is made by Evan Craig Pagens (“we”). This policy explains what happens to your information when you use AfterWord on iPhone, Mac or Apple Watch.

The short version. Your recordings, transcripts and notes are yours. Recording, transcription and speaker separation happen on your device. Notes are written by Apple Intelligence using Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. We don’t collect your conversations, we can’t see them, and AfterWord doesn’t send them to any other company.

What AfterWord handles, and where it stays

• Recordings. Audio you record or import is stored on the device that captured it, and isn’t uploaded anywhere, including iCloud. A recording made on Apple Watch is sent to your own iPhone over Apple’s encrypted connection between them, then removed from the Watch.
• Transcripts and speakers. Created on your device using Apple’s speech recognition.
• Session notes and meeting briefs. To write a session’s summary, decisions and action items, and the short brief before your next meeting, AfterWord sends the transcript (or earlier notes) to Apple Intelligence, which processes it with Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. Apple designed Private Cloud Compute so your data is used only to answer that request, isn’t stored, and can’t be seen by anyone, including Apple. If it isn’t available, notes wait until it is.
• Voice samples. To tell speakers apart and recognise people you meet with again, AfterWord keeps short voice measurements on your device. They aren’t uploaded.
• People and groups. The names you add stay on your device, or in your own iCloud if you turn on sync.
• Calendar. Only if you turn it on, AfterWord reads your calendar on your device to suggest who was in a meeting, show what’s coming up and remind you before a meeting. Calendar details aren’t sent anywhere.
• Reminders. Reminders before meetings are scheduled on your device.

iCloud sync (optional)

If you turn on iCloud Sync, your people, groups, transcripts, speaker names and notes are stored in your own private iCloud account so they stay in step between your devices. Apple stores this under your Apple Account; we have no access to it. Recordings and voice samples aren’t synced. You can turn sync off at any time in Settings.

What we collect

Nothing, unless you choose to send it. AfterWord has no accounts, advertising, analytics or tracking.

• Diagnostics you choose to send. If something goes wrong, AfterWord keeps a short list of its own error messages on your device. If you tap Send diagnostics in Settings, you see the text and send it yourself. It contains the error messages, your device model, system version, app version and language, and never recordings, transcripts, notes or names. We use it only to fix problems, and delete it when it’s no longer needed.
• Messages you send us. If you email us, we use your message and address only to reply.
• Apple. If you install through TestFlight or share analytics with app developers, Apple may give us crash reports that contain no personal content. Apple’s privacy policy covers how Apple handles this.

This website

This website has no analytics or tracking cookies. It loads its fonts from Google Fonts, so your browser connects to Google to fetch them.

Recording other people

You’re responsible for telling people you’re recording them and for following the law where you are.

Children

AfterWord isn’t directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from them.

Deleting your data

Delete a session, person or group in the app, or use Settings → Erase all AfterWord data. With iCloud sync on, deletions reach your other devices and your iCloud copy. Deleting the app removes everything stored on that device.

Changes

If this policy changes, we’ll update the date above and, for significant changes, mention it in the app’s release notes.

Contact

Evan Craig Pagens · hello@afterwordsessions.app