Privacy Policy
Last updated: 28 October 2026
VoiceMark is a podcast player for iPhone and Android that lets you record a voice note tied to a moment in an episode. It was built so that your notes stay on your phone. This page explains what that means in practice.
The short version
- VoiceMark has no account and no sign-in.
- Your notes, recordings and transcripts never reach us, and we do not sell or share them. There is no server for them to go to.
- The app goes online to find and play podcasts and to download a speech model. See What the app connects to.
- Your notes, recordings, transcripts and listening history are stored only on your device, and in your phone's own backup if you use one.
- There are no analytics, no advertising and no third-party trackers.
Microphone
VoiceMark uses the microphone only while you record a note: from the moment you tap the mic until you tap it again, it hears a few seconds of silence, or the note reaches two minutes. The recording is saved as an audio file in the app's private storage on your phone. It is never uploaded.
Transcripts
On iPhone, notes are transcribed by Apple's speech framework running on the device. The audio is processed on the phone and is not sent to Apple or to us. The first time, iOS downloads Apple's speech model for your note language from Apple.
On Android, VoiceMark uses the phone's on-device speech recognition service (on most phones it comes from Google), which also processes the audio on the phone. Any language model it needs is downloaded by Android.
The transcript is saved with the note on your device. You can edit it or type your own.
What the app connects to
VoiceMark talks to these services, and only for these reasons:
- Apple's podcast directory. When you search, your search words go to Apple's iTunes Search service. Discover also loads Apple's podcast charts for the topics you picked. Apple receives these requests with your device's IP address, as described in Apple's Privacy Policy.
- Each show's own servers. Like any podcast app, VoiceMark loads a show's RSS feed, artwork and episode audio straight from its publisher or hosting company. Those servers see an ordinary request with your IP address, and some hosts count downloads. Their own privacy policies apply.
- Speech model downloads, from Apple on iPhone or through Android on Android, as described above.
VoiceMark sends nothing else, and nothing at all to us.
Listening history and suggestions
VoiceMark keeps a record on your phone of what you listen to and for how long. It uses it to resume episodes and to rank the shows it suggests on Discover, together with the topics you chose. The suggestions are worked out on your phone and the history never leaves it.
Notifications
If you allow notifications, VoiceMark tells you when a show you follow posts a new episode. The app checks the shows' feeds in the background on your phone, and the phone shows the notification itself. No server of ours is involved. You can turn alerts off for each show on its page, or turn notifications off in your phone's settings.
Photos
VoiceMark asks to add to your photo library only when you choose to save a share card there. It cannot see the photos already in your library.
Data you share or export
You can export notes as Markdown, plain text, CSV or JSON, and turn a note into a share card, either an image or a short video with your recording. In every case you decide where it goes. Once you share something it has left VoiceMark, and the terms of wherever you sent it apply. Each exported note includes a link with the show's feed address, the episode and the second, so VoiceMark can open that moment again.
Backups
If your phone's backup is turned on (iCloud Backup on iPhone, Google's backup on Android), your notes, recordings and settings are part of it. Those backups are stored by Apple or Google under their privacy policies. Downloaded episodes are left out, because they can be downloaded again.
Deleting your data
Everything is stored on your device, so you are in control of it. To remove a note, open it and choose Delete note; its recording goes with it. Downloaded episodes can be removed in Settings → Storage. Deleting the app removes all of its data from the phone. There is no copy on any server to ask us to delete, because none is ever made.
Children
VoiceMark is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect data from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with a new “Last updated” date.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email abdulaziz.aloshin@gmail.com.