Fact · Voice privacy and security
Trace's privacy policy says a recording stays on the iPhone companion app until the user's Mac confirms it has a complete, matching copy, and then the app deletes the audio from the iPhone. It gives no number of days.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026
In the source's own words
“Each recording stays on your iPhone until your Mac confirms that it has a complete copy and that the copy matches the original.”
Privacy: Trace, Trace, Trace (traceapp.info), 2026, Trace Companion for iPhone.
Open the original- What it measures
- The companion app is optional and pairs with one Mac. The policy says recordings never go through the internet, iCloud or any server of Trace's. The app keeps a small record of each recording after the audio is deleted.
- What it does not show
- The rule depends on the Mac receiving the recording. Recordings that have not been sent stay on the iPhone until the user pairs again or deletes them, as the policy says.
In the data
A row of How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings, as Trace iPhone audio, after Mac copy: until your Mac confirms that it has a complete copy and that the copy matches the original days.
- Service
- Trace by FSCharter Ltd.
- What is kept
- Audio recordings
- When
- By default
- Reviewed by people
- Not stated
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- No period in days: deletion follows the Mac's confirmation of a copy. The policy says recordings never go through the internet, iCloud or any Trace server. Review is not stated.