Notewell Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 19, 2026
Notewell turns a meeting recording or voice memo into a short note you can act on: a summary, the key points and a list of to-dos. This policy is organised by the kind of information involved, so you can go straight to the part you care about.
At a glance
- No account, no sign-in and no Notewell server. We do not receive your recordings or notes.
- Recordings are transcribed on your iPhone. Audio is never uploaded.
- AI summaries and answers are optional. When you allow them, text from the open note, and any photos pinned to it, are sent to DeepSeek.
- No ads, no analytics SDK, no tracking, no purchases.
Audio
You can import an audio file you already have or record with Record now. Audio is stored in the app's private storage on your iPhone and transcribed there with Apple's on-device speech recognition. Notewell requires on-device processing, so audio is not sent to Apple, to DeepSeek or to us. Only record people when you are allowed to.
Transcripts, summaries and to-dos
The transcript, the summary you keep, its key points, your to-dos and whether they are checked off, note titles, and the edits you make while reviewing (Keep, Change, Not this) are stored on your iPhone. Your review edits help later summaries of the same recording match your wording.
Photos
You can pin whiteboard, slide or screen photos to a note, either by taking one with the camera or by choosing one in the photo picker. Notewell keeps its own copy in app storage; the original in your library is not changed. You can remove a pinned photo at any time.
What is sent to DeepSeek
AI features run only when Use AI is on in Settings and you have allowed AI sharing. Then:
- Summarise sends the transcript of that recording, your saved app preferences, the previously kept summary, points and to-dos for that recording with your review edits, and up to four photos pinned to the note, reduced in size.
- Ask a question sends your question with that note's transcript, summary, points, to-dos, saved preferences, review edits, and up to four pinned photos.
Other notes, audio files, your name, device identifiers, location and contacts are not sent. DeepSeek processes requests under its own privacy policy, which is linked inside the app. Turn off Use AI to stop any further requests.
Permissions
- Microphone and Speech Recognition: to record and transcribe on your device.
- Camera: to photograph a whiteboard or slide for a note.
- Photos: Notewell may ask for library access before showing the photo picker; the picker works without it. Saving a note card to Photos uses add-only access.
You can change these in iOS Settings at any time.
Sharing and copying
When you export a note card, it goes only where you send it with the share sheet, or into your photo library if you choose Save to Photos. Copied text goes to the iOS clipboard.
Tracking, analytics and purchases
Notewell does not display ads, does not include analytics or advertising SDKs, and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites. There are no in-app purchases.
Keeping and deleting
Information stays on your device until you delete it. Delete note removes its summary, recording, pinned photos and to-do progress. Deleting the app removes everything Notewell stored. We hold no backup, so deleted notes cannot be recovered.
Changes
We will update this page and its effective date if Notewell begins handling information differently.
Contact
followups@notewell.app