Pnyx
Privacy policy — Pnyx
Pnyx has no server and collects no personal data — with one visible and voluntary exception: the world leaderboard (a nickname and a word count), detailed below. The developer never receives, stores, or sells anything else about you.
Stays on your device
- Your dictations, notes, modes, personal dictionary, and settings are stored locally.
- Your API keys (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Groq) live in the iOS Keychain. An optional AES-256 encrypted backup (protected by a password you choose) can be created at your request.
Leaves your device — only at your initiative
- Cloud transcription: if you pick a cloud provider (Groq, OpenAI, Google), your dictation audio is sent directly to that provider with your own API key. You can also choose fully on-device transcription (Apple Speech, Whisper, Parakeet) — no network.
- AI processing: if a mode enables rewriting/transformation, the transcribed text is sent directly to the AI provider you chose, with your key. You can also use Apple Intelligence (on-device, no network) on supported devices.
These exchanges are device-to-provider, never through a Pnyx server. Use of that data is governed by the policy of the provider you chose. If a cloud provider is unreachable while the network is up (VPN, outage), the app can re-transcribe the dictation on-device (Apple Speech or a local model of your choice) — nothing is sent in that case. If you're offline, the dictation is simply queued and sent to your chosen provider once the network returns.
World leaderboard (optional)
The leaderboard compares the total number of dictated words across Pnyx users. If you use it:
- What is published: your nickname (assigned automatically — a generic name like “Utilisateur 1948” —, editable at any time on the Leaderboard screen), your total dictated word count, and an update date. Never the content of your dictations.
- Where: in the app's public CloudKit database, hosted by Apple. This information is visible to other Pnyx users.
- When: only when you open the Leaderboard screen. If you never open it, nothing is published.
- Identifier: your entry is keyed to an opaque CloudKit identifier derived from your iCloud account — it reveals neither your name nor your e-mail, to the developer or to other users.
- Removal: change your nickname at any time; remove your entry entirely with the “Remove my entry from the leaderboard” button (Leaderboard screen), or contact us (below).
iCloud
If sync is on, your data syncs through a file in your private iCloud Drive; your API keys travel separately, encrypted. Everything stays in your iCloud account; the developer has no access to it.
Microphone
Used only during a dictation you start, to capture the speech to transcribe. No recording is kept after transcription.
No tracking
Pnyx performs no advertising tracking, uses no analytics SDK, and shares nothing with data brokers.
Children
Pnyx is not specifically directed to children.