Privacy
Talky is made by Paul Chavarria. Questions: [email protected].
What Talky keeps, and why
| What | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Your Apple sign-in ID (a random code from Apple, not your email) | So your progress follows you to a new phone | Until you delete your account |
| Your first name, if Apple shares it | So Talky can greet you | Until you delete your account |
| The languages you speak and learn | To run your talks in them | Until you delete your account |
| The words of each talk (what you and Talky said), never the sound | So the next talk remembers you and picks up where you left off | Until you delete your account |
| Your progress: the phrases you've said, what's due back, what you told Talky about yourself, your level | To plan your next talk at your level | Until you delete your account |
| Your talks and minutes | To count your plan's hours | Until you delete your account |
| Whether you have a plan | To open your talks; Apple handles the payment | Until you delete your account |
Talky doesn't ask for your email, and doesn't use your camera, location, contacts or photos. It has no ads, doesn't track you across apps, and sells nothing about you. Nobody reads your talks.
Who hears a talk
- OpenAI hears your voice live during a talk, to turn it into words, and speaks Talky's lines. After a talk, an OpenAI model reads its words to update your progress. Talky asks OpenAI not to store them.
- Google (Gemini) reads the words of the talk as it goes, to write Talky's next line.
- Cloudflare runs Talky's server and stores what Talky keeps.
- Apple handles sign-in and payment. The translation under each line is made on your phone by Apple's Translation, and isn't sent to us.
Before your first talk, Talky asks your permission to send your voice to these services. Without it, Talky can't run a talk.
Deleting your data
Talky's Settings › Delete my account deletes everything Talky keeps about you, at once. You can also stop Talky's sign-in in your iPhone's Settings › [your name] › Sign in with Apple, or write to [email protected].
Children
Talky isn't made for children under 13.
If this policy changes, the new one is posted here with its date. Last updated: November 11, 2026.