Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 17, 2026

Bitbook is a stand-up comedy organizer built with privacy in mind. Your jokes are your intellectual property, and Bitbook treats them that way.

The Short Version

• All your data stays on your devices and in your personal iCloud account.
• No data is sent to any server or third party.
• No accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no ads.
• All audio, text, and image processing happens on your device.
• When you share a set with other people, only they can see it. Bitbook can’t.

Data You Create

Bitbook stores the content you create (bits, sets, labels, performances, recordings, venues, and notes) in a local database on your device. If you have iCloud enabled, this data syncs across your devices through your personal iCloud account using Apple’s CloudKit. Bitbook never has access to your iCloud data.

Audio & Video Recordings

Performance recordings, voice memos, and practice recordings are stored locally on your device or in your iCloud Drive, depending on your settings. Recordings are never sent to external servers.

Transcription

Audio transcription uses Apple’s on-device Speech framework. Your audio is processed entirely on your device and is never sent to a server. Transcription data is stored locally and is not synced to iCloud.

Laugh Analysis

Laugh detection uses Apple’s on-device Sound Analysis framework. Like transcription, all processing happens on your device. Laugh analysis data is stored locally and is not synced to iCloud.

Notebook Scanning

When you scan a physical comedy notebook, Bitbook uses Apple’s on-device Vision framework to recognize text from the page. The images and the extracted text stay on your device; nothing is uploaded for OCR.

Location Data

Bitbook can capture your current location (with your permission) when you log a performance, so the venue is saved alongside it. Location is only read while you are actively using the app, never in the background, and the captured coordinates are stored with the performance on your device (and synced through your personal iCloud if enabled).

Sharing Sets With Other People

Bitbook lets you invite other people to a set using iCloud sharing. When you do:

• The invitee receives a copy of the shared set, its bits, and any associated media.
• You and your collaborators can leave comments on bits, and an activity log of changes within the shared set is visible to everyone invited.
• You choose whether collaborators can view only, or also edit.
• Shared data travels through Apple’s CloudKit infrastructure, encrypted by Apple. Bitbook does not have access to it, and neither does anyone you have not explicitly invited.
• When you stop sharing, the shared copy is removed from your collaborators’ devices.

Your private bits, sets, and performances are never shared with anyone unless you explicitly invite them to a specific set.

Apple Services

Bitbook integrates with the following Apple services at your discretion. Each requires your explicit permission:

• iCloud. Syncs your bits, sets, labels, performances, venues, and locations across your devices. Media files can optionally be stored in iCloud Drive. iCloud is also used when you share a set with other people.
• Microphone. Required to record voice memos and performance or practice audio. Recordings stay on your device.
• Camera. Required to record performance or practice video and to scan physical comedy notebooks. Captured video and images stay on your device.
• Photo Library. Used when you import an existing photo of a notebook page for OCR, or when you add an image to a bit.
• Speech Recognition. Used on-device for transcribing voice memos and recordings.
• Calendar. If you enable calendar sync, performance dates and venue details are written to your Apple Calendar.
• Notifications. Local, on-device reminders for upcoming performances, and alerts for new comments or activity on shared sets. No external push notification service is used beyond Apple’s CloudKit delivery for collaboration events.
• Siri & Shortcuts. You can create bits and log performances via Siri. These interactions stay on your device.
• Spotlight. Bitbook indexes your content for on-device search. This data does not leave your device.

Data Collected

None. Bitbook does not collect, transmit, or store any data on external servers. There are no analytics services, crash reporting services, advertising networks, or third-party SDKs that collect data.

Data Sharing

Bitbook does not share your data with any third party. The only data that leaves your device is:

1. iCloud sync to your own Apple account, encrypted end-to-end by Apple.
2. Shared sets that you explicitly invite collaborators to (see above).
3. Individual bits that you explicitly share via the Share Extension or Messages.

Everything else stays on your device.

Data Storage & Security

• All data is stored in your app’s sandboxed container or your personal iCloud account.
• iCloud data is encrypted in transit and at rest by Apple.
• Transcription, laugh analysis, and OCR data are stored locally only and never leave your device.

Data Deletion

• You can delete any bit, set, label, performance, venue, or recording at any time from within the app.
• Deleted items are moved to Recently Deleted, then permanently removed.
• You can bulk-delete all transcriptions and laugh analysis data from Settings.
• You can stop sharing a set at any time, which removes the shared copy from your collaborators’ devices.
• Uninstalling Bitbook removes all local data. iCloud data can be removed from your iCloud settings.

Children’s Privacy

Bitbook does not knowingly collect information from children under 13. The app contains no age-restricted content.

Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new “Last updated” date. Since Bitbook doesn’t collect your email or any contact information, there’s no way to notify you directly, so check back if you are concerned.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, email privacy@bitbook.lol.