Privacy Policy
Teika · Last updated 1 November 2026
Teika processes recordings and notes on your devices and does not use a remote AI inference service. It does not upload recordings or notes to a Teika server. If you enable task exports, note text is handed to Apple Reminders or Things as described below. A user-approved speech-model download connects to Hugging Face, Inc. and exposes the limited connection information described below.
Your voice
When you record on your iPhone, audio is captured into memory, transcribed on the iPhone, and then discarded. It is not written to persistent storage or uploaded. If a previously downloaded speech model is still being prepared when you stop, the recording remains in memory until Teika transcribes it, you choose Discard Recording, or the app process ends.
Recording on an Apple Watch works differently because the watch cannot run the speech recogniser itself. After you finish recording, the audio is kept in a private outbox on the watch until Apple’s WatchConnectivity service confirms its transfer to your paired iPhone. This can happen later if the iPhone is locked, out of range, or unavailable. The iPhone keeps a received recording until local transcription finishes, including while the speech model is being prepared or recovering from a temporary failure. Teika deletes each device’s copy when that stage finishes. Watch recordings are not uploaded and do not leave your paired devices.
Your notes
Transcriptions are saved in Teika’s local storage on your iPhone. They are not synced to a Teika server, and Teika’s developer cannot read them.
iOS may include the app’s local notes in your personal iCloud or computer device backup if you enable device backups. That backup is managed by you and Apple; Teika’s developer cannot access it. You can exclude Teika in your iCloud backup settings. The downloaded speech model is excluded from device backups.
Optional task app integration
The Add notes to setting defaults to Off. Choosing Apple Reminders or Things sends each new note’s short title and transcript to that app on your device. Audio is never sent to either app, and previously saved notes are not exported.
Apple Reminders uses Apple’s EventKit framework and requires your permission to read and write reminders. Teika reads list names to let you choose a writable list and saves new reminders there with the complete transcript, either undated or due today. Teika does not import your existing reminders. You can revoke access in iOS Settings.
Things receives text through its URL scheme and creates tasks in Inbox or Today. Transcripts exceeding Things’ 10,000-character notes limit are shortened with a notice; the complete note remains in Teika.
Teika stores delivery status, the chosen app, and returned task identifiers locally. Watch notes received in the background wait until Teika is open and ready. Off pauses pending exports and excludes notes saved while off. Switching apps leaves waiting notes assigned to their original app. Editing or deleting a note in Teika does not update or delete its exported task.
Things handles exported text under Cultured Code’s privacy policy and may sync it through Things Cloud. Reminders may sync it through iCloud or the account associated with the selected list. Those services handle exported text under their own privacy policies. Teika’s developer does not receive exported text, reminder lists, or account credentials.
Your clipboard
Teika automatically writes each completed transcription to the system clipboard so you can paste it into another app. Teika never reads from the clipboard. Other apps may be able to read clipboard content under the controls provided by iOS.
Model download and connection data
Teika needs a speech-recognition model of approximately 0.5 GB. The app explains the download and asks for permission before starting it. Choosing Not Now does not begin a download.
If you approve the download, Teika connects to Hugging Face, Inc. to retrieve the public model files. Like other Internet services, Hugging Face receives the IP address used for the connection, which can indicate approximate location, the request and session time, and basic device and software information. Teika does not attach recordings, transcripts, notes, account details, advertising identifiers, or other user content to those requests. Teika’s developer does not receive the connection information.
Hugging Face may use connection information to deliver, secure, monitor, and improve its service. Hugging Face describes its handling, retention, international processing, safeguards, and user rights in its privacy policy. Teika uses Hugging Face only on the basis that it provides the same or equivalent protection for this connection information through those commitments and applicable data-protection obligations. The model host is not used to perform transcription: after the model is present, speech recognition runs on your iPhone and works without an Internet connection. Reinstalling Teika or removing its model can require another approved download.
Permissions
Microphone. Used to capture speech for transcription on your devices. The iPhone and Apple Watch request permission separately when you try to record.
Motion. Used only to tilt the decorative animation as you move the device. Motion data is not stored or transmitted. Declining permission only disables the tilt effect.
Analytics, advertising, and tracking
Teika contains no analytics, advertising, attribution, or crash-reporting SDK. It does not access the Advertising Identifier and does not track you across apps or websites. Hugging Face is contacted only for a model download you approve, as described above.
Support messages
If you email Teika support, the email provider delivers your address, message, and anything you choose to include to Teika’s developer. That information is used only to respond to and resolve your request. It is retained in the support mailbox only as long as reasonably needed for support, security, and legal recordkeeping, and can be deleted on request unless retention is legally required.
Children
Teika does not ask for an age, create accounts, or intentionally collect information from children. The limited model-download connection information is handled in the same way for every user.
Your choices and rights
Your notes are on your iPhone. Swipe a note in the list to delete it, or delete the app to remove its notes and downloaded model from that device. Existing iCloud or computer backups are controlled separately by you and Apple and may retain notes until the backup is removed or replaced. Queued Watch recordings are removed from the watch after confirmed transfer and from the iPhone after processing, as described above.
You can decline the model download and no connection to Hugging Face will be made by Teika. Once an approved download request has completed, deleting Teika does not delete connection records already held by Hugging Face. Requests concerning that information should be made using the contact and rights information in Hugging Face’s privacy policy. You can contact Teika to ask about or delete support correspondence.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new effective date.