Cue Privacy Policy

What Cue does not do

• No accounts. Cue does not ask for a username, email, phone number, or login of any kind. There is no server-side account, because there is no server.
• No analytics. Cue includes no Firebase, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Sentry, Crashlytics, or any other analytics or telemetry SDK. There are no tracking pixels, no install pings, no usage counters.
• No advertising. Cue shows no ads and links to no ad networks.
• No network from Cue. Cue has no server of its own and makes no network requests of its own — no endpoint to call, no sync service, no remote logging. Your study data never leaves your device. The one exception is the optional in-app purchase, which Apple’s App Store or Google Play handle on their own servers (see Purchases below) — Cue never sees your payment details, and no study data is involved.
• No cloud service. Cue does not use iCloud sync, Google Drive, or any third-party cloud. Your decks and study history live in the app’s private sandbox on this device. (If you choose to back up your device to iCloud, your Cue data is included in your own private Apple device backup under your Apple ID; the developer has no access to it.)
• No third-party sharing. Cue does not share, sell, or rent your data to anyone, because Cue has no data to share — see above. There is no cross-app or cross-site tracking.

What Cue stores on your device

The following data lives in Cue’s sandboxed app storage and is visible only to Cue on this device:

1. Your study material — the text, decks, and flashcards (questions and answers) you create or import.
2. Study history — your review records and each card’s spaced-repetition schedule (the data the FSRS algorithm needs to decide when to show a card next).
3. Settings — your preferences, such as think-time, new cards per session, and the optional daily-reminder time.

This is stored as local files in the app’s storage directory. Deleting a card or deck removes it; uninstalling Cue removes everything Cue ever wrote.

Microphone and speech recognition

Cue requests microphone and speech-recognition access only during a hands-free study session, so it can hear short spoken commands — grading words like “got it,” “missed it,” and “easy,” and navigation words like “show” and “skip.” Audio is processed on your device in real time and is never saved or sent anywhere. Cue requires on-device speech recognition and will not fall back to a remote server. You can also use Cue entirely by tapping, without granting microphone access.

Photos

When you choose to scan text from a photo, Cue opens the system photo picker (PhotosPicker) so you can select one existing image. This requires no photo-library permission and is not a live camera scan. Cue reads the text from only that one image using on-device text recognition; it never gains access to your photo library, and the image is never uploaded or stored by the developer.

Notifications

If you turn on the optional daily reminder, Cue schedules one local notification on your device at the time you choose. The reminder is scheduled and delivered entirely on-device — no notification content leaves your device, and Cue sends no push notifications from any server.

On-device card writing (Apple Foundation Models)

On a device that supports Apple’s Foundation Models framework (iOS 26+ with Apple Intelligence enabled, on a capable iPhone), Cue may use the on-device model to turn your study material into clearer question-and-answer cards. This processing happens entirely on your device: your text is not uploaded, and the generated cards are stored only on your device. If Apple Intelligence is not available, Cue uses a deterministic, on-device card writer instead — the feature works the same way, everywhere, with no network involved.

Purchases

Cue is free to download with a 3-day full-access trial, after which a single optional one-time purchase unlocks it permanently (no subscription). Starting the trial happens locally on your device and does not contact Apple or Google, create a subscription, or charge you. Purchase, restore, receipt verification, refund handling, and localized price display are handled entirely by Apple’s App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android) through their own systems. Cue never sees or receives your name, payment card, or billing details, and no study data is involved in a purchase. The developer receives only anonymous, aggregate sales figures from Apple and Google — never anything tied to you. Apple’s and Google’s handling of the transaction is governed by their own privacy policies.

Children

Cue does not knowingly collect any data from anyone of any age, because it collects nothing. The app contains no objectionable content and is rated 4+ in the App Store catalog.

Changes to this policy

If Cue ever changes a privacy-affecting behaviour, this document will be updated and the change summarised at the top of this file with the effective date. Cue’s current design does not permit collecting, transmitting, or sharing your data; adding any such behaviour would require new code.

Trademarks

Cue is a trademark of Rizk Corsight, LLC. Apple and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc. All other product and company names are used for identification only and remain the property of their respective owners.

Reviewer demo

For app-store review, Cue's foreground-service microphone and media-playback use is demonstrated here: Cue foreground service demo video.

Contact

Privacy questions or requests:
Rizk Corsight — rizkcorsight@rizkcorsight.com