Last updated: November 11, 2026
The short version: Dettato keeps recordings and meeting results on your devices. Pairing an iPhone with your Mac enables encrypted transfers directly between them. We do not receive your audio or transcripts through that connection, and the apps have no Dettato account or analytics service. A default Mac install downloads the transcription/AI models, checks your Pro license with our payment provider, and — only if you say yes when asked — periodic update checks. If you choose to configure a cloud engine with your own API key, audio goes to that provider — and only then.
Recordings, transcripts, speaker voiceprints, summaries, and action items are created and stored
locally, under ~/Library/Application Support/Dettato. Transcription, speaker
identification, and AI summarization run on-device by default. You can delete recordings in the Mac
library. Copies you have shared, synced to an iPhone, or included in a device backup may remain
elsewhere and must be managed separately.
The iPhone app stores microphone recordings on your phone. If you explicitly pair it with Dettato on a Mac, saved audio transfers over an authenticated, encrypted local connection. The Mac processes these nearby recordings with on-device models and returns a read-only library containing transcripts, speaker labels, summaries, action items, and folders. This includes existing Mac recordings. The phone caches these results for offline reading. Nearby sync does not use a Dettato cloud relay or send phone audio to a cloud transcription or AI provider.
Original phone audio and its prepared transfer copy remain on the phone after the Mac confirms receipt. Deleting a meeting on the Mac removes it from the phone's library on a later successful sync, but does not delete the original phone audio. Disconnecting or unpairing also keeps recordings and cached results. To remove local iPhone recordings and cached results, delete the app rather than offloading it; independently retained exports and device backups must be deleted separately. Dettato on the Mac retains a small transfer receipt, including the recording identifier, title and transfer metadata, to prevent a deleted meeting from being imported again by an old upload.
The pairing code grants access to your library, so keep it private. The key is stored in each device's Keychain and is not synced through iCloud Keychain. Use Unpair in the Mac's iPhone settings to revoke the key and stop that connection. Using the share sheet or exporting a library file gives the selected destination a separate copy under that destination's privacy rules.
dettato setup) the app downloads
transcription and AI model files from their publishers' servers (e.g. Hugging Face). These requests
fetch files; they carry no audio and no personal data.In Settings you can choose cloud transcription engines (such as Deepgram, ElevenLabs, or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint) or a cloud AI endpoint, using your own API keys. If you enable one, the audio or transcript text you process with it is sent to that provider, governed by their privacy policy. Dettato never proxies this traffic through any server of ours — it goes directly from your Mac to the provider you chose. Nearby iPhone processing uses its separate local-only path; other Mac actions may use the cloud engines you have configured.
Payments are handled entirely by Polar as merchant of record. They process your payment details and email address and send us the information needed to issue and validate your license. Dettato never sees your payment card.
dettato.app is served by Cloudflare, which keeps standard, short-lived server logs (IP address, request path) to run the service. The site itself sets no cookies and runs no analytics scripts.
Recording calls can require the consent of other participants depending on where you live. That responsibility is yours — see the Terms.
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with an updated date. Questions: support@dettato.app.