Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

BitSimp is a notebook app for comedians. Questions about this policy go to contact@bitsimp.app.

2. The short version

• You own your material. We claim no ownership of your bits.
• AI processing (transcription, titles, meaning search) runs only if you turn it on. It is off by default.
• We don't sell your data, don't show ads, and don't use third-party analytics or ad SDKs.
• You can export a backup or delete your account anytime from Settings.
• Purchases go through Apple. We never see your card details.

3. What we collect

Account: email address and sign-in credentials (email and password, or Sign in with Apple / Google). Apple Sign In may share a private-relay email.

Profile: stage name and profile settings, including whether you turned transcription on and when.

• Your material: bit titles and text, tags, stages (Drafts / Keepers / Killers), chunks, sets, version history, Stage and Workout runs and ratings, voice recordings (takes), and any file attachments stored under your account.
• Voice recordings are stored in your account when you save a take, including when transcription is off. Recordings are sent to AI providers only when transcription is on.
• Exported or imported backups you choose to store in the cloud.

Only when transcription is on: recordings and bit text sent to AI providers for transcripts, working titles, and search embeddings (see section 6).

Purchases: subscription status, plan, expiry, and related event times from Apple via RevenueCat. We do not receive card numbers.

Recording diagnostics tied to your account (whether a capture worked, error type, timings, file size, audio format, and your browser or device type), used to find and fix recording failures. Security reports our app sends when the browser blocks something unexpected. Standard request logs at Cloudflare, which can include IP addresses.

Website visitors: a short demo clip on the landing page can be sent to our transcription providers without an account. We do not store that audio or its transcript in BitSimp. We use the visitor's IP (via Cloudflare) only to rate-limit the demo.

4. What stays on your phone

A local copy of your library, an offline outbox of edits that have not synced yet, in-progress recording chunks so a force-close loses at most about a second, and a saved copy of the app's files so it opens offline. If you sign out with unsynced changes, the app warns you first.

5. How we use it

• Run BitSimp and sync your library across your signed-in devices.
• Transcribe recordings, suggest titles, and power meaning search — only with your consent.
• Create Proof of Premise™ dated authorship records when you use that feature.
• Unlock BitSimp Pro features based on your subscription status.
• Send transactional service emails (welcome, subscription changes, account deleted, and Auth emails such as password reset).
• Fix bugs and prevent abuse (rate limits and the diagnostics above).

We don't use your data for advertising, profiling for ads, or selling lists.

6. AI processing

Transcription and related AI features are opt-in and off by default. Groq transcribes your recordings into text, with Google as a backup. Google also reads your bit text to suggest titles and help you find your bits in BitSimp. You own every word. Other users can't see your bits, and we never sell your data or use your work for ads.

Turning transcription off stops new processing by Groq and Google. Search embeddings created while it was on stay in our database until you delete those bits or your account.

7. Who else handles data

• Supabase — database, sign-in, and file storage for your account and material.
• Cloudflare — hosts the app, applies rate limits, and keeps request and security logs.
• Groq — receives recordings to transcribe them when transcription is on (and for the public landing-page demo).
• Google — backup transcription; bit text for titles and search embeddings when transcription is on (and demo transcription when needed); and Sign in with Google if you use it.
• Apple — Sign in with Apple and App Store purchases.
• RevenueCat — subscription status for your account (your BitSimp user id is the app user id). No card details.
• Resend — transactional email delivery. We don't send marketing email.
• DigiCert (and FreeTSA as a backup) — Proof of Premise™: only a cryptographic fingerprint (hash) of the bit's text is sent to the timestamp authority. The words themselves are never sent.

We don't use your material to train AI models, and our AI providers' API terms don't allow them to train on it.

We don't sell or rent personal data. We don't share it with advertisers or data brokers. Beyond the processors above, we only disclose data if required by law, to protect users or the service, or as part of a sale or merger of BitSimp (with notice).

8. Security

Data moves over TLS in transit. Row-level security scopes every database request to your account. Access keys for AI and mail stay server-side. No system is perfectly secure.

9. How long we keep it

We keep your account data while your account exists.

When you delete a bit or a take, it disappears from your library right away. A small deletion marker can remain for a while so your other devices also remove it. Deleted takes' audio is removed from storage. Search embeddings for deleted bits are removed the next time the app syncs.

Settings → Account → Delete account permanently removes your user-owned data (your bits, sets, recordings, attachments, backups, search embeddings, and diagnostics) and your auth user, then we send a confirmation email. Deleting the account does not cancel an Apple subscription — cancel that in your App Store account settings.

Server logs and data held by our processors are kept by those providers for limited periods under their own policies.

10. Your choices and rights

• Export a full backup from Settings.
• Edit or delete any bit.
• Turn transcription off in Settings.
• Delete your account from Settings → Account.
• Email contact@bitsimp.app to access, correct, or delete your data.

People in some places (including the EU, UK, and California) have extra rights such as access, correction, deletion, portability, and objection. We honor these requests from anyone at contact@bitsimp.app. We'll respond within 30 days.

11. Children

BitSimp isn't for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data. If you think a child under 13 has an account, email contact@bitsimp.app and we'll delete it.

12. Where data is processed

Our providers may process data in the United States and other countries.

13. Changes

We'll update the date on this page and tell you in the app before material changes take effect.

14. Contact

contact@bitsimp.app