PandaPace: AI Teleprompter for iPhone and iPad and the separate Teleprompter Mac app are provided by Salty Panda LLC. This policy covers the iPhone, iPad and Mac apps, including prerelease testing. Contact support@saltypanda.com with privacy questions or requests.
Scripts, settings and local storage
No account is required. Scripts, reading positions, prompt settings and camera-alignment settings are stored on your device. Moving a script to Trash keeps a recoverable local copy. An earlier draft may also be retained during library upgrades. Downloaded speech models are stored locally after installation.
These apps do not run an account or cloud-sync service for your scripts and takes. The app has no advertising or app-usage analytics SDK. Model-download hosts may keep request logs and download analytics as described below. We do not receive your scripts, recordings or recognized words through normal app use.
Camera, microphone and recorded takes
On iPhone and iPad, camera and microphone permission let you preview and record video with sound using the front or rear camera. Completed recordings are saved in the app’s local Takes library. Audio in a recorded take is part of that video file. Interrupted recording files may be kept locally so the app can try to recover them.
The Mac app does not request camera access or record video. If you record with another Mac app, that app handles the recording under its own privacy practices.
Optional voice follow
Voice follow uses microphone audio to match your reading to the script. Apple Speech, Moonshine, Parakeet and Whisper recognition run on your device after the required model is installed. Neither app sends that audio to a transcription server or save a separate voice-follow audio recording or transcript history. On iPhone and iPad, the microphone audio can still be included in a take when you are recording video.
On iPhone and iPad, Apple Speech also requires Speech Recognition permission. Optional downloaded engines do not need that permission. You can use timed scrolling without voice follow, and manage camera, microphone and Speech Recognition permission in your device’s Settings or System Settings.
Model downloads and internet connections
Preparing Apple Speech or downloading an optional model needs an internet connection. Apple, third-party model hosts and their delivery services receive connection information. This can include your IP address, User-Agent (app or device information), the requested model file and the request time. A provider may infer approximate location from the IP address, retain request or security logs, or offer download analytics to the model publisher. The details and retention depend on the provider’s policies and service configuration.
These connections request model files. Neither app includes your scripts, camera footage or microphone audio in model-download requests. Recognition and matching your words to the script run on your device. Model files can be served through Hugging Face and content-delivery services. See Hugging Face’s privacy policy, its download analytics documentation and Apple’s privacy policy. Downloaded models and libraries keep their own licenses, which you can read in the app.
Apple’s operating-system services, device backups and TestFlight are governed by Apple’s own terms, privacy practices and your settings. Following a help or policy link opens a website with its own privacy practices.
Pro access and Apple purchases
Mobile versions offering a Pro trial or one-time unlock use Apple’s StoreKit to load purchase options and verify access. Apple processes purchases using your Apple Account under App Store privacy practices. PandaPace does not receive your payment-card details and does not require a separate PandaPace account.
Apple provides signed purchase records, including the purchased product, original purchase date and refund or revocation status. The app processes these records on your device to determine Pro ownership and the end of a deliberately started 3-day trial. A local clock checkpoint helps prevent the trial being restarted by moving the device clock backward. The app does not send these records to a Salty Panda entitlement server or a third-party paywall/analytics SDK. Apple separately provides developer sales and financial reporting. Your scripts, recordings and recognition audio are not attached to purchase requests.
Photos, Files and sharing
On iPhone and iPad, the app requests permission to add a video to Photos only when you choose Save to Photos. It does not need access to read your photo library. You can also use Share or save to Files and choose a destination. Script imports and exports use the file you select.
Exported files, shared copies and device backups are handled by Apple or the destination you choose. Those copies may be uploaded or synchronized by that destination. Deleting a video from Takes does not delete copies in Photos, Files, other apps or backups.
Keeping and removing data
Local scripts, settings, models and recordings remain in local storage until they are removed. On iPhone and iPad, open About and help, then Data and privacy to manage scripts, saved takes, downloaded models and interrupted recording files. These controls are available in version 1.0, build 9; older beta builds may differ.
Moving a script to Trash keeps a recoverable local copy. Choose Open script Trash, touch and hold an individual script, then choose Delete permanently and confirm to remove it from the current library. It can no longer be restored from Trash. Original imported documents, exported copies and earlier device backups remain in their separate locations.
Manage downloaded models lets you remove a selected optional model’s completed and partial downloads after confirmation. Removal pauses the prompt, stops voice follow and closes the camera preview. It is unavailable while recording, preparing the camera or voice follow, or downloading a model. Scripts and videos are kept, and the model can be downloaded again later. Apple Speech assets are managed by the system and cannot be removed by either app.
Completed videos can be deleted in Takes. Interrupted recording files are kept for attempted recovery; opening Takes retries that recovery. In Interrupted recording files, you can share a file or permanently delete it after confirmation. Some files may be incomplete or unplayable, and recovery is not guaranteed. Export a copy before deleting a recovery file you want to keep. Deleting a completed take or interrupted file leaves independent exported copies and backups in place.
On iPhone and iPad, Delete App in system Settings removes the app’s on-device storage. Offload App keeps its documents and data. Device backups may contain scripts, settings and takes. Re-downloadable model assets are marked to be excluded from backups; earlier backups and exported copies are managed separately by you and their storage providers. Removing the Mac app alone may leave its Application Support data behind. Export anything you want to keep before removing app data.
We cannot access or remotely delete your local app library. Contact support@saltypanda.com if you need help finding or removing local data. Separate copies and backups must be managed in the place they are stored.
Support and this website
If you email support, we and our email providers receive the email address, message and attachments you choose to send. We use them to answer your request and keep the related support correspondence. Please leave out private scripts or recordings unless they are needed for the problem and you want to share them.
These support pages have a separate website privacy policy. Visit PandaPace support for setup help. We will update this page when the app’s data practices change.