Privacy

Last updated 17 May 2026

Short version: your notes stay on your device. The only data Pulp sends over the network is the content you choose to process with AI, and we do not track you with analytics. No accounts, no profiles, no third-party trackers.

Data we store on your device

• Notes you capture (text, audio recordings, images, files) live in the app's local storage.
• Reminder schedules live in iOS Notifications and, if you opt in, Apple Reminders.
• Settings, sort preferences, and your free-trial timer live in iCloud Key-Value Store so they survive a reinstall.

Sharing a note with someone

Pulp lets you share a single note with another person via a link ("Share via Pulp" in the long-press menu on any note). When you do this, the text of that one note — its title, body, tags, kind, and color — is encoded directly into a https://getpulp.site/share/v1?d=… URL and handed to whichever share target you pick (Messages, Mail, AirDrop, Copy). The recipient taps the link and, if they have Pulp installed, the app opens and shows a preview with an "Add to Pulp" button. They decide whether to import a copy into their own library.

Pulp does not have a server that stores, relays, indexes, or logs the content of these links. The note travels inside the URL itself, over whichever channel you chose, and is read locally by the recipient's copy of Pulp. We do not see who you shared with, when, or how often. Audio recordings, images, and files are not included in share links — only the typed text, title, tags, kind, and color. Each share is a one-shot copy, not a live-syncing thread; subsequent edits on either side stay on that person's device.

If you tap a Pulp share link and Pulp is not installed, Safari opens a short landing page at getpulp.site/share with a link to the App Store. The landing page itself is stateless — it doesn't see the encoded payload (the query string isn't logged in our hosting analytics) and it does not store anything client-side.

Data we send to AI providers

Pulp uses AI to clean up voice transcriptions, read text from photos, suggest reminders, split long captures into atomic notes, and answer questions about your notes (Ask AI). When you use any of these features, the content of that specific note is sent to a third-party AI service for processing.

Pulp's bundled AI provider is Google Gemini (operated by Google LLC, governed by the Google Privacy Policy and Gemini API Additional Terms of Service). On Pulp Pro Annual or while you are inside the 14-day free trial, AI calls use Pulp's bundled Gemini API key. The first time you launch Pulp you are shown an explicit disclosure of this and asked for permission; you can also turn AI processing on or off at any time in Settings → Privacy.

What is sent to Gemini: only the content of the single note you are processing — its typed text, audio recording, image bytes, or attached file, plus a short prompt describing the task. Per the Gemini API Additional Terms, this content is processed for the duration of the request and is not used to train Google's models. Responses come back to the app and are stored only on your device.

What is not sent: your other notes, your contacts, your location, device identifiers, advertising identifiers, your name, your email, or any account information (we don't have one).

If you are on Pulp Pro Lifetime and you bring your own API key for Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, or DeepSeek, processing for the relevant features routes through whichever provider you configured. In that case the API key is stored in iOS Keychain on your device, the relationship is between you and that provider directly under their own terms, and Pulp does not see or store your content beyond passing it along to make the request. Pulp is not responsible for how a provider you connect with your own credentials handles data on their side; please consult their privacy policy.

Live Activities & Dynamic Island

Pulp can surface two kinds of Live Activities in the Dynamic Island: a recording status (waveform + timer while a voice note is being captured) and the evening Triage stack (the title and kind of the next note waiting for a decision). The content shown in the Dynamic Island is sourced entirely from notes already on your device. Apple's Live Activities run inside iOS — Pulp does not send anything to Apple or to Pulp's servers to produce them, and no remote push tokens are used. You can turn either activity off in Settings → Capture without affecting capture or triage themselves.

Triage Live Activity buttons (Keep / Done / Later) write decisions to an on-device app-group file. The next time Pulp opens, the app reads that file, applies the decisions to your local note storage, and deletes it. No network is involved.

Apple Watch dictation

You can ask Siri "Note in Pulp" from your Apple Watch (or iPhone) and dictate a quick note. Speech recognition is handled by Siri on Apple's side under Apple's privacy policy. Pulp only receives the final transcribed text once Siri has finished, and that text is stored locally on the iPhone the same way as any other typed note. Pulp does not run a Watch-side app, does not transmit your dictation to any third party, and does not log who dictated what.

Photo recognition

When you snap or import a photo into Pulp, the image bytes are sent to Google Gemini (the same AI provider listed above) for OCR and content classification — receipt, whiteboard, list, business card, or general photo — and to produce the atomic note(s). The classification happens inside the same single AI request as the OCR; it is not a separate service and does not generate additional data. Per Gemini's API terms, the image is used only to fulfill that request and is not used to train Google's models. The recognized content is stored only on your device.

What we do not collect

• No analytics, no telemetry, no event tracking.
• No third-party SDKs that fingerprint you.
• No advertising identifiers.
• No crash reports tied to identifiers beyond Apple's standard, opt-in iOS crash reporting.

Subscriptions and purchases

If you subscribe to Pulp Pro, Apple processes the transaction. We use RevenueCat to verify and track entitlement state. RevenueCat receives a randomized identifier tied to your purchase, not personal information. See RevenueCat's privacy policy for details on their side.

Your controls

• Delete a single note: long-press the card and tap Delete.
• Delete everything: Settings, Data, Delete all notes. This removes notes plus any local audio, photos, or files.
• Cancel a subscription: iOS Settings, your Apple ID, Subscriptions.
• Turn AI off entirely: Settings, Privacy, "Allow AI processing" toggle. AI features stop working, captures still save locally.
• Remove a BYOK key: Settings, AI provider, clear the key field. Future requests fall back to the bundled provider if AI processing is still allowed.

Children

Pulp is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone in that age range. If a parent or guardian believes their child has used Pulp in a way that requires deletion, email us and we'll handle it the same day.

Changes

If we change this policy, the "Last updated" date above will move and a note will appear in the app's Settings on next launch. Material changes get a more visible heads-up.

Contact

Questions, requests, or data deletion: send us a message. Reply within 48 hours, often faster.