Privacy Policy

Overview

FeatherCue is operated by The Bearded Vagabond LLC. This policy explains how FeatherCue handles information when you use the mobile app and its optional Wear OS remote.

FeatherCue does not require an account, contains no advertising, and includes no general-purpose behavioral analytics or cross-app tracking. Your scripts are not uploaded to The Bearded Vagabond LLC.

Scripts and app settings

Scripts you type, paste, or import, along with app settings and reading positions, are stored locally in the app's private storage on your device. Imported TXT, Markdown, and PDF files are processed on the device. FeatherCue does not send their contents to our servers.

Local data remains on your device until you delete a script, clear the app's data, or uninstall the app. Your operating system may include app data in device backups according to your device and backup settings.

Microphone and speech recognition

Voice Scroll uses the microphone and your device's speech-recognition service only after you choose to start Voice Scroll and grant permission. FeatherCue uses the resulting recognized words to follow your place in the script.

FeatherCue does not record or retain microphone audio and does not create a separate stored transcript. Depending on your device, operating system, language, and settings, audio or recognized speech may be processed by Apple, Google, or another speech-service provider and may be transmitted to that provider. Their handling of that data is governed by their own privacy policies.

You can stop Voice Scroll at any time and can revoke microphone or speech-recognition permission in your device settings.

Purchases

FeatherCue uses Apple's App Store or Google Play to process purchases and RevenueCat to verify and restore the FeatherCue Pro lifetime entitlement. We do not receive your full payment-card information.

The store and RevenueCat may process purchase receipts or tokens, product and entitlement information, an anonymous app-specific customer identifier, device type, operating system, app version, locale or currency, IP-derived country, and transaction timestamps needed to provide and protect the purchase service. Their privacy policies govern their handling of that information.

App updates and Wear OS

FeatherCue uses Expo's update service to check for and download app updates. Expo may receive an IP address, device operating system, project and app version information, a randomized update token, and update request, error, or performance information.

The optional Wear OS remote sends play, pause, and reset commands between your paired watch and phone through Google's Wear OS Data Layer. The remote does not receive or display your script text.

How information is shared

We do not sell personal information. Information is handled by Apple, Google, RevenueCat, and Expo only as needed to provide speech recognition, purchases, app updates, and platform functionality. We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect users, our rights, or the security of the app.

Learn more in the service providers' privacy policies: Apple, Google, RevenueCat, and Expo.

Your choices

You can use Auto Scroll without enabling the microphone. You can delete individual scripts in the script library, revoke microphone access in system settings, manage device backups through your operating system, and request purchase information or refunds through the applicable app store.

Because FeatherCue has no account or developer-operated cloud database, we generally do not possess a user profile or cloud copy of your scripts to retrieve or delete.

Data deletion requests

Delete a locally stored script by long-pressing it in the script library. Clearing FeatherCue's app data or uninstalling the app removes its other locally stored data from that device, subject to any device backups you control.

To request deletion of any FeatherCue support information held by The Bearded Vagabond LLC, email contact@thebeardedvagabond.com with the subject “FeatherCue Data Deletion Request.” Include the device platform and enough detail to locate the request, but do not send a script or payment-card information. We will delete applicable developer-controlled support records within 30 days after verification, except information that must be retained for legal, fraud-prevention, security, or accounting purposes.

Apple or Google retains app-store purchase records under its own policies. Service providers used for purchase validation, app updates, and diagnostics may retain limited transaction, device, or diagnostic information under their policies. Contact us and we will help route an applicable request; app-store billing records may need to be handled directly by Apple or Google.

Children's privacy

FeatherCue is a general-audience productivity tool and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through developer-operated services.

Security and changes

We use reasonable safeguards and minimize the information handled by the app, but no device, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

We may update this policy when FeatherCue's features or service providers change. The effective date shown above will be updated when material changes are made.