PocketSpeak Privacy Policy

Effective date: 6 November 2026

PocketSpeak is an English speaking tutor for Android, made by Sunil Gadgil ("we"). This policy explains what the app does with your information. In short: the app works on your phone, and we don't collect your data.

What we collect

Nothing. PocketSpeak has no accounts, no advertising, no analytics and no tracking. We don't collect, store, sell or share any personal information on our servers; we have no servers for the app.

Your voice and the microphone

PocketSpeak needs the microphone so you can practise speaking. While you practise, your voice is turned into text on your phone, and the recording is then discarded. Recordings are never stored and never sent anywhere.

What stays on your phone

To teach you, the app keeps the following only on your phone: your name, native language, interests and learning goal; your interview details, if you add them; your level, progress, coins, streak, review schedule and settings. You can change or delete them at any time in Profile, and uninstalling the app deletes them.

Backups

• Back up now (Profile, Your data) saves your progress to a file you choose where to keep. The file is scrambled so that other apps can't casually read it, but it has no password. Keep it safe, like any personal file.

• Android can also back up your progress to your own Google account (Android's automatic backup, which you control in your phone's settings). The large tutor files are not included.

Internet

The app uses the internet once, to download its two tutor files (the speech model and the language model, about 2 GB) from Hugging Face (huggingface.co), a public model library. As with any download, Hugging Face receives your device's network address and a standard download request; no personal information is sent. After that, your lessons work offline. The only other connections are through Google Play, for purchases and updates (see Payments and Updates).

Payments

PocketSpeak is free to try. Unlocking everything and the optional thank-you payments are handled entirely by Google Play, under Google's own terms and privacy policy. We never see your card, UPI or bank details. The app receives only whether a purchase was made, so it can unlock it, and remembers that on your phone. To check a purchase (when you buy, tap Restore purchase, or open the app), the app asks the Google Play app on your phone, which may connect to Google.

Updates

When you open the app, it asks the Google Play app on your phone whether a newer version of PocketSpeak is available, so it can offer it to you. Google Play handles this; nothing about you or your practice is sent by us.

Reminders

Reminders (reviews due, a daily reminder, a streak reminder) are created on your phone. You can turn each one off in Profile.

When you write to us

If you use Report a problem, Suggest an improvement or Give feedback, the app opens your own email app with your message and technical details filled in: the app version, phone model, memory (RAM), Android version, free storage, your level and tutor settings, and, for problem reports, a file of performance timings (how long each step took and how busy the phone was). These are numbers only: never your recordings or what you said.

Nothing is sent until you press Send in your email app, and you can read or remove anything before sending. We use these emails only to answer you and improve the app, and we delete them on request.

Children

PocketSpeak is not directed at children under 13.

Deleting your data

Everything is on your phone: use Profile, Reset (choose your option), Reset my progress, or uninstall the app. To delete an email you sent us, write to the address below.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update it here and change the effective date.

Contact

Sunil Gadgil, India

Email: sunil.b.gadgil@gmail.comPocketSpeak for Android · package com.pocketspeak.app