CuePair
§ Privacy Policy EFFECTIVE 2026-05-13

Nothing to collect.
Nothing to leak.

CuePair is a Mac and iPhone app for recording short-form video locally. It has no accounts, no analytics, no cloud sync, no telemetry, no third-party SDKs, and no network calls. Every piece of information the app handles — video, audio, transcripts, face position — stays on the device that produced it. This page is the formal statement of that.

NO ACCOUNTS NO ANALYTICS NO CLOUD NO NETWORK CALLS NO THIRD-PARTY SDKS APP SANDBOXED
§ 01

Summary

CuePair does not collect, transmit, store, or share any personal information. The app functions entirely on your device using Apple frameworks (AVFoundation, Vision, Speech, AVKit, SwiftUI). It has no backend, no API endpoints, no analytics SDKs, and makes no outbound network requests. There is no developer-side database, no logs, and nothing for you to opt out of — because there is nothing collecting.

§ 02

What data CuePair handles

Although CuePair does not collect data, the app does handle the following on your device to provide its features. None of it leaves the device.

  • Camera frames. Used live for the camera preview and recorded into the video file you choose to keep. Not transmitted.
  • Microphone audio. Captured to drive the audio level meter, recorded into the video, and fed (when you enable voice-paced teleprompter) into Apple's on-device speech recognizer. Not transmitted.
  • Face position. When face tracking is on, Apple's Vision framework detects a bounding box per frame. CuePair keeps a smoothed horizontal-position trace while recording so the portrait export can follow the subject. The trace is discarded when the take finishes; only the rendered video is kept.
  • Speech recognition results. When voice-paced teleprompter is on, partial recognition results are used only to advance the script. They are not stored and never leave the device. Recognition runs on-device where supported (requiresOnDeviceRecognition = true).
  • Device motion (iOS only). Used to detect how you're holding the phone and to bias the portrait crop. Not transmitted.
  • Recorded video and audio files. Saved to the app's sandboxed Documents/ directory and (if you choose) to your Photos library or a folder you pick in Finder.
§ 03

Permissions and why CuePair asks for them

The operating system will prompt you before granting any of the following. You can change or revoke any of them in System Settings → Privacy & Security (macOS) or Settings → CuePair (iOS).

  • Camera — required. Used to capture video for recording.
  • Microphone — required. Used to capture audio for recording and to drive the live audio level meter.
  • Photos (add only) — optional. Used only to save a finished recording to your Photos library when you tap "Save to Photos". CuePair requests add-only access, so the app cannot read your existing photo library.
  • Speech Recognition — optional, requested only when you turn on the voice-paced teleprompter. Used to advance the script at your speaking pace. The recognizer runs on-device.
  • Motion & Fitness (iOS only) — optional. Used to detect device orientation for the portrait/landscape framing.
§ 04

Where files live and how to delete them

All recordings are written inside the app's sandboxed container — under Documents/Masters/, Documents/Derived/, and Documents/Thumbnails/. On Mac Catalyst the full path is ~/Library/Containers/com.cuepair.app/Data/Documents/. On iOS the files are accessible through the Files app under On My iPhone → CuePair.

You can delete any recording from inside the app's Library view. You can also delete them directly from the file system. Uninstalling the app permanently removes its entire container, including every recording it created. Anything you explicitly saved to Photos or to a folder you picked in Finder is outside the app and not removed on uninstall.

§ 05

Third parties

CuePair bundles no third-party SDKs, no advertising libraries, no analytics services, no crash reporters, and no payment processors. The only frameworks it links against ship with iOS and macOS themselves: AVFoundation, Vision, Speech, AVKit, SwiftUI, CoreMotion. Nothing is shared with any third party because the app communicates with no one.

§ 06

Children

CuePair is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone. Because the app does not collect data at all, COPPA and similar children's-privacy regimes do not apply in practice. The app is rated 4+ on the App Store; parents and guardians are welcome to use it with younger users at their discretion.

§ 07

Your rights

Because CuePair does not collect personal data, there is no developer-held copy of anything about you to access, port, correct, or delete. Your rights to control the data the app produces are exercised by you directly on the device:

  • Access — open the Files app (iOS) or the app's container in Finder (macOS) to see every recording.
  • Portability — use the in-app share sheet or copy files out manually.
  • Deletion — delete recordings inside the app or uninstall the app.
  • Withdrawal of consent — revoke any permission in System Settings at any time. The app will continue to function with reduced capability.
§ 08

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes in a way that affects how the app behaves with respect to user data, the updated version will be published at this URL with a new effective date. Material changes will also be called out in the corresponding app release notes.