Private by design. Local by default.
This page is based on what Mindrop actually does in the code today. It does not promise cloud features, analytics behavior, or data sharing that the app does not implement.
What Mindrop stores
Mindrop stores your captures locally on your device using on-device app storage. Captures can include a title, summary, full transcript, category, creation date, and an optional reminder date.
The app also stores local settings such as onboarding state, notification preferences, haptics, sound feedback, and whether you choose to keep original audio recordings.
Audio and transcription
Mindrop records audio only when you start a capture. That recording is used to produce a transcript on device.
By default, original audio is deleted after a successful transcription and save. The codebase also includes a setting that lets users keep original audio if they choose.
Local processing and Apple frameworks
Mindrop is built around local processing. The app uses Apple system frameworks for speech recognition and on-device sorting. The app’s onboarding and UI explicitly describe captures as private and on device.
Mindrop does not require an account, does not rely on a cloud backend to use the core app, and does not present any code-level evidence of user analytics or advertising SDKs in this project.
Reminders and notifications
If you create a reminder and allow notifications, Mindrop schedules local reminder notifications on your device. Those reminders are tied to your saved cards and can be updated or canceled when the related card changes or is deleted.
Export and deletion
The app includes an export feature for captures and a delete-all-data action. Deleting all data removes saved Mindrop cards and also clears kept audio files through the app’s deletion service.
Permissions Mindrop may request
- Microphone access, to record your voice captures.
- Speech recognition access, to transcribe recordings.
- Notification access, only if you want reminder notifications.
What this policy does and does not claim
This privacy page describes the code in this repository as inspected today. It does not claim that no Apple-provided system service is ever involved under every device or OS condition, because that would require guarantees beyond this project’s own code.
It does claim that Mindrop is designed as a local-first app, stores data on device, uses no account system in this codebase, and includes no visible project-level analytics or ad tracking integrations.