Privacy Policy

Why this policy is shorter than most

Most apps need a long privacy policy because they are doing a lot of things behind the scenes — collecting analytics, syncing your data to a server, building a profile, running telemetry. Levi Recorder does none of that. It is a native Mac app that records audio from your microphone and your system, saves the files locally on your machine, and optionally transcribes them using models that run entirely on your device. There is no account to sign into, no dashboard to log into, no backend that knows your name or email address. That is not a marketing claim — it is just how the app works.

Because of that, this policy is mostly about confirming what we do not do, with a few honest notes about the handful of moments where the app does touch the network.

Your recordings and transcripts

When Levi records a meeting, it captures your microphone input and the audio coming from your Mac — the other side of the call, music, system sounds, whatever is playing. Those two streams are mixed together and saved as a compact audio file in a folder you choose on your own machine. If you have transcription enabled, Levi generates a plain text transcript alongside the audio, again saved locally in the same folder.

None of this audio ever leaves your device. It is not uploaded to a server for processing. It is not sent anywhere for transcription. The recording pipeline runs entirely on your Mac, from the moment you start to the moment the final file lands in your folder. You can verify this by checking your network monitor — Levi makes no outbound connections during recording or transcription.

The one moment we do use the network

Levi's transcription feature is powered by on-device machine learning models. These models are not bundled inside the app — they are large files that would make the initial download from the App Store unreasonably slow. Instead, the first time you enable transcription, Levi downloads the models directly to your Mac and caches them locally. After that, everything runs offline.

During that model download, your device connects to a content delivery server to fetch the model files. No personally identifiable information is sent in that request — it is a straightforward file download, the same as any software update. Once the models are on your machine, that is the end of it. Levi does not phone home, does not check for updates in the background, and does not send any usage data anywhere.

Purchases and the App Store

Levi Recorder is distributed through the Apple App Store. If you upgrade to Levi Pro, that transaction is handled entirely by Apple. We do not see your credit card number, your billing address, or any payment details. Apple processes the purchase and confirms the entitlement to the app — that is the full extent of what happens. If you have questions about a charge or a refund, Apple's support is the right place to go.

macOS permissions

To do its job, Levi Recorder asks macOS for a few permissions. It needs access to your microphone to capture your voice, and it needs permission to tap the system audio to capture the other side of a call. Both of these are standard macOS privacy prompts — you will see a dialog the first time Levi needs each one, and you can revoke them at any time in System Settings. Levi also asks for access to whatever folder you choose as your recording destination, and it remembers that choice using a macOS security-scoped bookmark so it does not need to prompt you again.

These permissions exist entirely on your device. Granting them does not give us any access to your microphone or files — it gives the app access, which stays sandboxed on your Mac.

No analytics, no crash reporting, no tracking

Levi Recorder does not include any analytics SDK, crash reporting library, or third-party tracking framework. We do not know how many times you have opened the app, which features you use, or whether you encountered an error. This is a deliberate choice — adding that kind of instrumentation would mean sending data off your device, which contradicts the whole point of the product. If you run into a bug and want to tell us about it, the contact page is there for exactly that.

Children

Levi Recorder is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13. Given that we collect no personal information from anyone at all, this is mostly a formality — but it is worth stating clearly.

Changes to this policy

If something about how Levi Recorder works changes in a way that affects your privacy, we will update this page and note the date at the top. We do not anticipate major changes — the nature of the product makes it unlikely — but we will be upfront if anything shifts.

Questions

If you have a question about privacy that this page does not answer, or if you just want to confirm something, feel free to reach out through the contact page. We read every message.