Afterchat Privacy Policy

Effective 13 October 2026 (replaces the 22 July 2026 version)

Afterchat is a personal-memory app. Your saved memories live on your device. To turn what you say into organized notes, and to read name cards, some content is sent to AI services for processing. This policy explains exactly what leaves your device and what does not.

In short: your saved memories are stored on your device, and in a backup folder only if you choose one. Transcript text and name-card images are sent for AI processing and may be retained briefly by our AI provider for abuse monitoring. There are no accounts, no analytics, no ads, and no data sales.

What stays on your device

Every saved memory — people, facts, follow-ups, conversation history, and attached images — is stored in the app's local storage on your device.
If you choose a backup folder (for example in iCloud Drive), Afterchat writes a backup file there automatically. That file is stored and synced by the folder's provider under its own privacy policy. Afterchat never receives it.
Afterchat has no accounts, no sign-in, and no cloud database. We cannot see your saved memories.
Audio recordings are never saved or transmitted by Afterchat.

Speech recognition

Voice debriefs are transcribed by Apple's speech recognition built into iOS. Afterchat requests on-device recognition when your device and chosen language support it. If on-device recognition is unavailable, iOS may send the audio to Apple's speech-recognition servers for processing, governed by Apple's Privacy Policy. Afterchat receives only the resulting text.

What is sent for AI processing

Transcript text — when you tap “Extract with AI,” the text of your debrief is sent over HTTPS to our server function (hosted on Netlify), which passes it through our relay on Cloudflare to Anthropic's Claude model, which organizes it into details.
Name-card images — when you scan a name card, that image is sent the same way so the AI can read the printed details. The image may contain the contact information of the person on the card (name, job title, company, phone, email, address).
These requests are used only to provide the feature. Neither our server function nor our relay logs or stores their content, and they are not used for advertising, profiling, or tracking. We keep only a daily count of AI requests, with no content or identifiers, to cap costs.
Our AI provider may retain the content of these requests for a limited period (up to 30 days) for safety and abuse monitoring before deletion, in line with its standard API policy. We do not control that retention window.

Contacts and notifications

“Save to Contacts” opens Apple's own contact card, where you choose to create a new contact or add to an existing one. Afterchat does not ask for access to your address book and never reads or uploads it.
Follow-up reminders are scheduled locally on your device. No reminder content is sent anywhere.

Purchases

Afterchat Pro is bought through Apple. Apple handles the payment; Afterchat only learns from the App Store on your device whether Pro is unlocked. We never see your payment details.

What we don't do

No analytics or tracking SDKs.
No ads.
No sale or sharing of personal data.
No accounts, so nothing you save is linked to your identity by us.

Your control

Nothing is sent for AI processing unless you tap to extract or scan.
Export everything at any time: Settings → “Export a dated copy…”.
Delete any person, any attachment, or erase everything: Settings → “Erase all data…”. Deleting the app removes everything stored inside it; a backup file in a folder you chose stays there until you delete it.

Children

Afterchat is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.

Contact

Questions? Email tanlt88@gmail.com.