Privacy Policy — Murmur

Last updated: 18 October 2026

Murmur is built so what you say stays on your device.

What the app does on your device

Murmur records audio with your microphone and writes it straight to a file on your device. Transcription runs on-device using Apple's on-device speech recognition. The on-device tools (clean-up, summaries, rewrite styles, templates, to-dos, and automatic title/tags) run using Apple's on-device Foundation Models, when Apple Intelligence is available on your device. None of this — audio, transcripts, or the text these tools produce — is sent to a server. The app has no server, and we cannot see, receive, or store your recordings or notes.

Where your data lives and who processes it

Your audio, transcripts, notes, summaries, rewrites, templates, to-dos and tags are created and stored only on your device, in Murmur's private storage. They are processed by Apple's on-device speech and language models, which are part of iOS and run on your device.

Murmur does not send this data to us, to any third-party AI service, or to any other third party. There is no Murmur server and no account.

Apple may download speech or language model files to your device (for example the first time you transcribe or translate in a language). That download carries none of your content.

Murmur's Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets read a small snapshot of your most recent notes (title, date, length and the start of the transcript) from the app's private App Group storage on your device. That snapshot never leaves your device either.

What we collect

Nothing. We do not operate any servers that this app talks to, and the app contains no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, and no tracking code. We do not know who uses this app, how often, or what anyone records.

Your recordings and notes are stored locally on your device (in the app's local storage). Murmur does not sync to iCloud, though device backups may include its data (see below).

No third-party AI

Murmur does not send your recordings, transcripts, or any personal data to any third-party AI service or to any server. Everything that processes your notes is built into iOS and runs on your device:

• Transcription: Apple's on-device SpeechAnalyzer. On devices where it isn't available, Murmur falls back to Apple's speech recognition set to on-device recognition only.
• Clean-up, summaries, rewrites, templates, titles and to-dos: Apple's on-device Foundation Models (Apple Intelligence on your device).
• Translation: Apple's Translation framework, on your device.
• Language downloads: iOS may download Apple's speech or translation language models once. This sends none of your note content.
• No Private Cloud Compute or ChatGPT: Murmur does not use Private Cloud Compute or any ChatGPT integration.
• Purchases: StoreKit purchases go through Apple.

Your data only leaves your device if you choose to share or export it yourself, for example with the share sheet or by adding to-dos to Reminders.

Retention and deletion

Your notes and recordings stay on your device until you delete them. To delete a note and its recording, open the note and choose Delete from its menu (or swipe left on it in the list). Deleting the app deletes everything Murmur stored. Device backups (iCloud Backup or a computer backup) may include Murmur's data, as they do for any app; you control backups in iOS Settings. We cannot delete data for you because we never receive it. Copies you share are outside Murmur's control.

Permissions

• Microphone: to record. Requested when you first open the record screen.
• Speech Recognition: requested only if your device has to use the fallback transcription path; that path is configured to require on-device recognition, and if on-device recognition isn't available the app tells you transcription isn't available rather than sending your audio elsewhere.
• Reminders (optional): requested only when you add to-dos to Reminders; only the items you check are added.
• Notifications (optional): only if you choose the trial reminder.

Each permission is requested only when you use the feature that needs it. You can revoke any of them at any time in Settings > Apps > Murmur.

Notifications and translation

If you start the free trial and choose to be reminded, Murmur schedules one local notification on your device, 2 days before the trial ends; nothing is sent to a server, and you can turn it off in Murmur's Settings. Translation uses Apple's on-device Translation framework; the first time you use a language, iOS may download that language from Apple, but your note is translated on your device and is not sent to us.

Apple Intelligence

Clean-up, summaries, rewrites, templates and automatic titles need a device with Apple Intelligence available and turned on. When available, this processing happens on your device via Apple's Foundation Models framework; we do not receive the transcript or the result. Without Apple Intelligence, these specific features are unavailable and the app tells you so; recording and transcription are unaffected.

Purchases

Murmur Pro is an auto-renewing yearly subscription (with a free trial for new subscribers) or a one-time lifetime purchase; prices are shown in the app. Purchases are processed by Apple through StoreKit. Apple handles your payment method, billing, and subscription management; we do not receive or store your card details, and we do not receive your name, email, or billing address from a purchase. Manage or cancel a subscription any time in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions on your device. See Apple's own privacy policy for how Apple handles payment processing: apple.com/legal/privacy.

Children

This app is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children, because it does not collect information from anyone at all.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this same URL with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@nexg.tech