TripSpeak

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 November 2026

In short: TripSpeak has no accounts, no servers and no ads, and I run no analytics. I do not collect any personal data, and your progress stays on your device. On Android, Google libraries inside the app send Google limited technical data (section 3).

1. Who is responsible

TripSpeak is made by Matteo Saitta (contact: saithdevelopments@gmail.com).

2. What TripSpeak stores

The following is stored on your iPhone or Android phone, and I never receive it:

  • Your language choice, the course you are learning, your trip date and daily goal.
  • Your progress in each course: completed lessons, stars, points, streak, badges, passport stamps, review schedule and starred phrases.
  • Your reminder settings.

A small summary of your progress (for example how many phrases are due for review) is shared with the TripSpeak widget on your Home Screen. This stays on your device.

Deleting the app deletes this data. I cannot recover it. On Android, if you use Android backup, your phone may copy this data to your own Google account backup, under Google’s terms. I cannot see that backup.

3. What is not collected

TripSpeak does not collect your name, e-mail address, location, contacts, photos, advertising identifier or usage statistics, and it does not track you across other apps or websites. It contains no third-party code for advertising. If you choose to share crash reports with app developers, Apple or Google may give me anonymous crash reports; I receive nothing otherwise.

The exception, on Android only: the app uses Google’s ML Kit for text recognition, translation and on-device AI. According to Google, ML Kit sends Google device and app information, per-installation identifiers, performance metrics, error codes and the configured languages, for diagnostics and usage analytics. Google’s disclosure does not list camera images, translated text or AI conversations among this data, and Google says it does not pass this data to third parties. I do not receive this data. See Google’s ML Kit data disclosure.

4. Permissions

  • Microphone: used in the speaking exercises to check what you said. TripSpeak asks for on-device recognition whenever your device supports it. If it does not, iOS may send the audio to Apple, and Android’s speech service may send it to Google, under their own privacy terms. TripSpeak never stores your recordings. On iPhone this also uses the Speech Recognition permission.
  • Camera: used by the camera translator (Plus) to read printed text. Camera images are processed on your device and are not saved or sent anywhere.
  • Notifications: used only for the daily practice reminder you choose. Reminders are scheduled on your device.

You can turn each permission off at any time in your device’s Settings app. The app still works without them.

5. AI and translation

The AI features (conversation, practice sentences and mistake explanations) run on your device: Apple Intelligence on iPhone, and Gemini Nano on supported Android phones. What you type to the AI is not sent to me or to any server run by me. If you choose to report AI text, your e-mail app opens with that text filled in, and I receive it only if you send the e-mail. The camera translator uses Apple’s Translation framework on iPhone and ML Kit on Android, on your device. The first time you use a language or AI feature, your device may download what it needs from Apple or Google.

6. Purchases

Plus is an auto-renewing subscription handled entirely by Apple on iPhone and by Google Play on Android. I do not receive your payment details. Apple and Google may give me sales reports; Google Play can show developers limited order details under its own terms.

7. Your choices

  • You can reset your progress in the app’s Settings.
  • You can delete everything by deleting the app.
  • You can cancel the subscription in Settings on your iPhone, under your name and Subscriptions, or on Android in the Google Play app, under Payments & subscriptions.

I do not hold your learning data, so there is nothing for me to access, correct or delete on your behalf. If you e-mail me, I keep that e-mail only as long as I need it, and you can ask me to delete it.

8. Children

TripSpeak does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children. It has no accounts, no chat with other people and no links to other sites inside the lessons.

9. Changes

If this policy changes, I will update it here and change the date at the top.

10. Contact

Questions about privacy? Write to saithdevelopments@gmail.com.