Privacy Policy

Effective October 16, 2026

Hearvia shows live translated subtitles for audio from other apps or the microphone, on iPhone and Mac. It has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. This policy explains what happens to the audio it hears.

Audio

Hearvia listens only while you have started it, and only to the source you chose: other apps' sound or the microphone. On iPhone, listening to other apps uses iOS screen sharing; Hearvia keeps only the sound and discards the screen images immediately. Hearvia never records audio to a file.

• On-device translator. Speech recognition and translation run on your device with Apple's frameworks. Nothing leaves your device.
• OpenAI Realtime or Gemini Live. If you choose one of these translators, the audio Hearvia hears is streamed to OpenAI or Google to produce the subtitles, using the API key you entered. Hearvia sends it nowhere else. The provider handles it under its own terms and privacy policy (OpenAI, Google); for example, providers may keep API inputs for a limited time for abuse monitoring, and Google may use traffic from free-tier Gemini API keys to improve its products.
• Local model. If you choose this experimental translator, speech is recognized on your device and the recognized text is sent to the server address you enter (for example Ollama or LM Studio on your Mac or local network). Audio isn't sent, and the text goes nowhere else.

Transcripts and settings

Transcripts you keep, your settings and your API keys are stored only on your device (API keys in the system Keychain). Hearvia doesn't upload them. If you turn on "Sync with iCloud", transcripts are also kept in your own iCloud account so they appear on your other devices; Apple stores them, and the developer can't see them. Otherwise a transcript leaves your device only when you share or export it yourself.

Permissions

Hearvia asks for microphone access, screen sharing for other apps' sound (iPhone) or audio capture (Mac), and speech recognition. You can turn any of them off in Settings.

Children

Hearvia isn't directed at children and collects no personal information from anyone.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Questions: open an issue at github.com/hewigovens/hearvia.