Last updated: August 2026
Spec is published by NYRAI LLC, 26 Maple Way, Boylston, MA 01505, USA. Contact: [email protected].
Audio recording and speech-to-text transcription run locally on your iPhone using Apple's on-device Speech framework. Your recordings, their transcripts, and the requirements documents you generate are stored only on your device, encrypted at rest via iOS Data Protection.
Spec is usable with no account. To generate a document, the app uses an anonymous, device-generated identifier — never your name or email. We store that identifier and a count of how many AI refinements it has used (to provide the free tier and prevent abuse) — never the transcript or the document itself. If you subscribe to Spec Pro, Apple processes the payment (we never see your card details); to confirm and honor your purchase, the signed App Store transaction is verified on our server and we store an entitlement record keyed to a device-generated token. We also collect standard crash and performance diagnostics, not linked to your identity. We never sell your data or use it to train AI models.
When you tap Refine, the transcript text (never the audio) is sent over an encrypted connection to our AI provider, Anthropic (Claude), solely to rewrite it into your requirements document. We do not store it, and it is not used for advertising or to train AI models; our provider may retain it briefly only to operate and secure the service. We declare this transcript text in our App Privacy label as "Other User Content" (not linked to you). Refinement requires an internet connection; recording and transcription do not.
The app accesses the microphone only while you are recording, and uses on-device speech recognition only to transcribe what you record. Nothing is sent off the device for transcription.
Your recordings, transcripts, and documents live on your device; "Settings → Delete all data" permanently removes all of them immediately. "Settings → Delete account & data" additionally erases your server-side usage detail and account data; a minimal, non-identifying counter of how many free refinements a device identifier has used is retained solely to prevent abuse of the free tier (our legitimate interest), and holds no name, email, or content. Subscription and entitlement records are governed by Apple and are updated automatically when your subscription expires or is refunded. For any privacy request, email [email protected]. We honor GDPR and CCPA rights.
Spec is not directed to children under 13.
We'll update this page and the "last updated" date if this policy changes.