Capture — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 7 April 2026

Capture collects, stores, transmits, and shares no personal data of any kind. There are no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, and nothing is saved between sessions.

Who we are

Capture is an iOS app for children with dyslexia, ADHD, working-memory difficulties, or physical barriers to typing. It is developed by John Heath under Flare Education, a UK-based developer of accessibility tools for children.

What data we collect

None. Capture does not:

Require an account, sign-in, or registration of any kind
Ask for your name, email address, age, or any personal information
Collect device identifiers, IP addresses, or location data
Use analytics, advertising, or third-party tracking SDKs
Save your text between app sessions
Connect to any server we operate

How voice typing works

Voice typing in Capture uses Apple's on-device Speech Recognition framework (SFSpeechRecognizer). When you tap the voice typing button:

Your device's microphone captures audio
Audio is processed by Apple's speech recognition system
The recognised text appears in the editor on your device

Depending on your device model and iOS version, Apple's speech recognition may run entirely on-device, or may transmit short audio snippets to Apple's servers for processing. This processing is governed by Apple's privacy policy, not ours. We do not see, receive, store, or have any access to your audio or your transcribed text. See Apple's Privacy Policy for details.

Nothing is saved between sessions

Capture stores nothing between app sessions. Closing the app erases the current text. There is no document history, no saved drafts, no cloud sync, and no backups. This is a deliberate design choice — Capture is built for children whose working memory is already stretched, and adding "save your work" anxiety on top of writing difficulties would defeat the point.

Children's privacy

Capture is intentionally designed for use by children, including those under 13. Because we collect no personal information whatsoever, the app is compliant by default with:

COPPA (US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) — no parental consent requirement is triggered, because no personal information is collected from anyone of any age
GDPR-K (EU children's data protection rules) — same reason
UK Age Appropriate Design Code — no age-gated content, no profiling, no behavioural tracking

Permissions Capture requests

For voice typing to work, Capture requests two iOS permissions on first use:

Microphone — to capture your voice as audio input
Speech Recognition — to convert that audio to text via Apple's framework

You can revoke these permissions at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone (or Speech Recognition). If you revoke them, voice typing will stop working, but the rest of the app — keyboard typing, fonts, colours, printing — continues to function normally.

Third-party services

None. Capture contains no third-party SDKs, no analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, and no telemetry of any kind. The only external system involved is Apple's own Speech Recognition framework, which is part of iOS itself rather than a third-party service.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change anything that affects what data Capture handles, we will update this page and the Last updated date at the top. Because we collect nothing, we do not anticipate substantive changes.

Contact

Questions about this privacy policy? Get in touch via the developer contact details listed for Capture in the App Store.