Part of your history.
A Normal moment can sync and become available to search, Ask, You and Relive after you explicitly enable Smart Rant intelligence.
Private journal · private diary
Privacy is a choice on every recording — not a paragraph in settings.
Smart Rant saves the recording on your iPhone first. Then you choose whether a moment joins your history, stays out of intelligence, or disappears entirely when you stop.
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Three modes for three different kinds of thought.
A work idea you want searchable later and a furious rant you want gone should not have the same data lifecycle. Smart Rant makes that distinction explicit before you record.
Kept for you, outside the memory system.
Private moments stay out of connections, Ask, You and resurfacing. Private transcription requires a separate permission.
Kept nowhere.
Burn is never uploaded and is deleted when recording stops. It is for the thought you needed to say, not save.
Privacy controls that change what the product is allowed to do.
The meaningful privacy question is not only whether an app has a policy. It is whether you can choose a different treatment for different moments.
- One privacy rule for every entryNormal, Private and Burn per recording
- Cloud first, local copy laterRecording saves on iPhone first
- Private still feeds recommendationsPrivate is excluded from intelligence and resurfacing
- Delete it after uploadBurn never uploads at all
A few useful answers.
Does Smart Rant upload recordings automatically?
No. Nothing is uploaded until you turn on Smart Rant intelligence or another explicit sync option. The first recording can be made and replayed locally without an account.
What is the difference between Private and Burn?
Private keeps the moment for you but excludes it from Smart Rant intelligence features. Burn is never uploaded and is deleted when you stop recording.
Can I lock the app?
Smart Rant includes an app-lock option using the device's Face ID or Touch ID.
Are my recordings sold or used for advertising?
No. Smart Rant's privacy policy states that recordings are not sold or used for ads.