Privacy by design
Privacy Policy
Remy is designed to help people memorize Scripture while collecting as little personal information as possible. This policy describes the current beta build and will be reviewed again before public App Store release.
Information stored on your device
The app stores the following information locally:
- chosen Bible passages and user-entered custom passage text;
- recall progress, review timing, and completion history;
- an optional local profile label;
- unfinished learning or review session state;
- Wonder and equipped Remy gear; and
- sound, haptic, reminder, and optional Flock preferences.
This information powers Remy’s learning, review, persistence, and companion features. The local Scripture-memory database is not synchronized to an app-owned server.
Optional ESV passage lookup
If you select the English Standard Version (ESV), Remy sends only the Bible reference needed for that passage through Remy’s secure passage service to Crossway’s ESV API. The lookup does not include a Remy account identifier, profile label, learning history, review result, custom text, voice data, Wonder, purchases, or Flock data. The passage service does not cache the returned ESV text; the app may retain recently used ESV passages on your device within its documented licensing limits.
Remy’s hosting provider and Crossway may process ordinary connection data, such as an IP address and request time, to deliver and protect the service. ESV lookups require an internet connection unless that passage is already retained on your device.
Voice recall
If you choose a voice action such as Read aloud with Remyor Say the passage, Remy requests microphone and speech-recognition permission and uses Apple’s on-device recognition to follow or compare your recitation with the selected passage. Remy provides no network-recognition fallback, does not write the audio to a file, clears recognized words after the attempt, and stores only a coarse indication that voice participated in a completed recall.
Optional private Flock
If you choose to create or join a Flock during the private pilot, Remy uses Apple’s iCloud and CloudKit sharing services. Accepted participants can see:
- a display name of up to 30 characters;
- the identifiers of equipped Remy gear;
- aggregate counts of passages learned, passages practiced over time, and completed Journeys;
- an update time; and
- fixed, prewritten encouragements and their sender, recipient, and time.
Flock does not share Scripture text or references, custom passages, review attempts or history, accuracy, assistance, failures, schedules, overdue status, voice data, Wonder balance, purchases, or Remy’s live condition. It is private and invitation-only, with no public search, contact upload, free-text chat, public feed, or leaderboard. Apple processes iCloud identity, invitations, and CloudKit data under Apple’s terms and privacy policy.
Information collected by the developer
Outside the optional ESV lookup and Flock projection described above, the current app does not automatically transmit Scripture text, learning history, analytics, advertising data, location, contacts, photos, voice recordings, or speech transcripts to the developer or third parties. The developer does not operate a separate Remy account or messaging server.
If you deliberately open the system share sheet for a learning-evidence summary, you choose the recipient and should review the summary before sharing. TestFlight and the operating system may process installation, diagnostic, crash, or feedback information under Apple’s terms and privacy policy. Feedback you submit through TestFlight is provided to the developer.
Children
Remy does not require a child to create a Remy account, provide an email address, join a public social network, or view behavioral advertising. Flock uses the participant’s Apple iCloud account and should be used by minors only with parent or guardian supervision and known, trusted invitees during the pilot. Do not use a child’s full legal name as a Flock display name.
Data sharing and sale
The current app does not sell personal information and contains no advertising or third-party analytics SDK. Deleting the app removes its local app container, subject to device backup and operating-system behavior. A participant can leave a Flock and an owner can stop sharing through Apple’s CloudKit controls.
Security and changes
Local data is protected by the security controls of your device and the iOS app sandbox. Private Flock data is protected through Apple’s iCloud and CloudKit sharing controls. The ESV credential remains on Remy’s server, not inside the distributed app. This policy will be updated before Remy adds broader cloud sync, app-owned accounts, analytics, crash-reporting services, off-device speech processing, advertising, or other off-device processing.
Contact
Privacy questions and support requests can be sent to hi@jamkoo.art.