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YapToText Privacy Policy: Nothing Leaves Your Mac
YapToText (Ryleigh Newman), 2026
Read the originalRead on October 23, 2026
- What it is
- The privacy policy of YapToText, which says that transcription and cleanup run on the Mac with on-device models, that the app makes no network calls in normal use, and that voice and text never leave the Mac. The only network use it describes is a model download the user starts.
- How much weight it carries
- The developer's own policy, read on 2026-10-23 and dated October 5, 2026. It is a statement of what the app does, not an audit. The policy says the source code is public on GitHub for anyone to check, and that code was not read here. The App Store privacy label is mentioned on the page but was not read.
Facts taken from this source
- YapToText's privacy policy says the user's voice, words and data never leave the Mac, so the app does not keep audio on the maker's servers.
“The short version: your voice, your words, and your data never leave your Mac.” (Privacy policy, opening paragraph)
- YapToText's privacy policy says transcripts are produced on the device by the speech model bundled with the app, so speech is processed on the device.
“Transcripts are produced on device by the speech model bundled with the app, or by a model you downloaded into it.” (Privacy policy, 'What the app processes')
- YapToText's privacy policy says the user's text is never sent to any server for processing, so the app does not send text to a third-party AI.
“Your text is never sent to any server for processing.” (Privacy policy, 'What the app processes')
- YapToText's privacy policy says recordings are transcribed on the Mac by on-device models, so dictation works with Wi-Fi off.
“Recordings are transcribed on your Mac by on-device models, so dictation works with Wi-Fi off” (Privacy policy, 'What the app processes')