Privacy Policy

Marginalia Notes & Planner · Last updated: November 12, 2026

Marginalia Notes & Planner ("the app") is a handwriting notebook and planner for iPad, with a view-only companion for iPhone. This page explains what the app does with your information.

The short version

We do not collect, store, or share your personal information on any server we run. The app has no accounts, no advertising, and no analytics.

Where your information lives

Your notes, handwriting, recordings, transcripts, summaries, and settings are stored on your iPad. If you are signed in to iCloud, they are also stored in your own private iCloud account so they stay in sync between your devices. On iPhone, the app shows the notes that sync from your iCloud account and keeps a copy on the iPhone so you can read them. That data belongs to you, and we cannot see it.

What the app asks to use

• Calendars and Reminders: to show your events and reminders, link notes to meetings, and create reminders from your notes. This information stays on your device and in your iCloud account.
• Microphone: to record the audio you add to a note.
• Speech recognition: to turn your recordings into text. This happens on your iPad.
• Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode: to unlock notes you have chosen to lock. The app never sees your biometric data or your passcode.

On iPhone, the app is view only. It asks for Calendars and Reminders to show your day, and for Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to open locked notes. It does not record audio, so it does not ask for the microphone or speech recognition.

You can turn any of these off at any time in the Settings app on your iPad or iPhone.

Transcripts and summaries

Transcription and summaries use Apple's on-device features, including Apple Intelligence on supported iPads. Your audio and text are not sent to us or to any other company by the app.

Purchases

Purchases, including any free trial, are handled by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive your payment details.

Sharing and exporting

When you export a note or share a recording, it goes only where you choose to send it, using the iPad's share sheet. The iPhone app does not export or share notes.

Children

The app does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.

Deleting your data

Deleting the app removes its data from that device. Data kept in iCloud can be managed in Settings on your iPad or iPhone, under your name, then iCloud, then Manage Storage.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@marginalianote.com