Privacy policy
Foreword is built so that your story stays yours. This page says plainly what the app does with your information — and what it never does.
What we don't do
- No accounts. There is no sign-up, no email, no password. The name you type in onboarding stays on your device — it is never sent to us.
- No advertising. The app contains no ads and no advertising SDKs.
- No selling or sharing of your content. Your words, your voice, and your story are never sold or shared.
Usage statistics
To understand which parts of Foreword people actually use — and make the app better — we may collect anonymous usage statistics (for example, which practice was opened or which feature was tapped). These measurements are never tied to your identity and never include your words, your recordings, or your story. If this changes in any way, this page will say so first.
Where your content lives
Your story, pages, recordings, practice history, and settings are stored on your device and synced to your personal iCloud account, under Apple's protection. We operate no servers that store your content. Erasing the app's data (Settings → Start over) removes it from your device and your iCloud.
When content leaves your device
Three features send content, transiently, to service providers so a result can be made for you. In every case the content is sent only to produce that result; it is never linked to your identity, because we don't have one for you, and it is never used to advertise to you.
- Voice weaving. When you ask for a loop or page in your voice, your voice sample and the text are sent through our relay to a speech provider (fal.ai) to render the audio. This is done fresh each time from your on-device sample — no copy of your voice is created or kept by the provider — and the finished audio is cached on your device.
- Custom loops in studio voices. The text you write is sent through our relay to a speech provider (ElevenLabs) to render the audio in one of the app's built-in voices.
- Line distillation. For the 369 practice, your story text is sent through our relay to a language-model provider (OpenAI) to compose your line.
Our relay adds rate limits and strips identifying headers; it stores nothing. Providers process the content only to return your result under their terms.
Your voice sample
If you record a sample of your voice, it is stored on your device (and in your personal iCloud, so it follows you between devices). You can remove it at any time in Settings, which deletes the sample and stops any further voice weaving. Loops you've already made keep their audio.
Microphone and speech recognition
The microphone is used only when you tap to record or dictate. Dictation uses Apple's on-device speech recognition where available. Recordings stay on your device unless you explicitly ask for a voice weave.
Purchases
Subscriptions are processed entirely by Apple. We never see your payment details.
Children
Foreword is not directed at children under 13.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the date above changes with it. Questions: [email protected].