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Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 23, 2026

This policy explains what MediaScribe does with data across all three of its surfaces: the Chrome extension, the website at mediascribe.app, and the iOS app. MediaScribe is a product of AGmobilelab (“we”, “us”). The short version: there is no account for the free tools, we don’t track you across the web, we don’t run ads, and we never sell your data. The only time your content leaves your device to us is when you choose to use an AI feature — and we tell you before that happens.

Who this covers

Where a practice differs by surface, we say so below.

The Chrome extension

The extension shows the transcript of a YouTube video next to the player. It reads the caption data YouTube already serves for the video on the page you have open — entirely within your browser. It does not record audio, does not transcribe anything itself, and does not send the video, the transcript, or your browsing activity to us or any third party. The extension has no backend.

Permissions, and why each is needed

That is the complete list. The extension requests no other permissions and no access to your other tabs, files, or data. Preferences live on your device; if you use Chrome Sync, Chrome may sync them across your own signed-in browsers — that is Chrome’s feature, not ours, and the data never reaches our servers. Removing the extension clears them.

Limited Use. The use of information received by the MediaScribe extension adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements. The extension does not transfer, use, or sell user data for advertising, credit, or any purpose unrelated to its single purpose of showing YouTube transcripts.

The website (mediascribe.app)

The transcript tool on the website lets you paste a link to get a transcript. Because a web page can’t read YouTube’s captions directly, that request passes through a stateless caption proxy we operate. The proxy fetches the captions and returns the text; it does not require an account, does not store your transcripts, and does not keep a history of the videos you look up. It caches caption text briefly only to avoid repeat work, and it may temporarily process your IP address to prevent abuse and rate-limit requests. The website itself uses no third-party advertising or cross-site tracking.

Pro waitlist. If you choose to join the Pro waitlist, we store only the email you submit, solely to notify you once when Pro launches. We don’t share it, and you can ask us to delete it at any time (see Contact).

The iOS app

The app’s core — getting, reading, searching and exporting a video’s transcript from its captions — works the same private way as the extension: the caption text is handled to show you the transcript, and basic use requires no account.

The app also offers optional Pro AI features. These are the only features that send your content to us, and only when you actively use them:

Before you first use an AI feature (including a free preview), the app shows a consent notice explaining that your selected content will be sent to our backend and OpenAI. If you don’t consent, the AI feature isn’t used and nothing is sent. Free previews are rate-limited by IP address to prevent abuse.

Subscriptions. Pro is sold as an auto-renewable subscription through Apple’s App Store. Payment is handled by Apple; we never see your card details. We use RevenueCat to manage subscription state and tell the app whether Pro is active. For this, RevenueCat assigns an anonymous, app-generated identifier and processes your purchase/receipt status — not your name or Apple ID email. If you answer the optional “how did you hear about us?” question during onboarding, that single choice is attached to your RevenueCat record as an attribution attribute; it isn’t personal information and you can skip it.

On-device data. Your transcript history, preferences and appearance settings are stored on your device (and, via Apple’s standard mechanisms, may be included in your own device backup). We don’t receive them.

Data we process, and why

We do not collect your name, contact list, precise location, browsing history across sites, or advertising identifiers, and we do not require sign-in for the free tools.

Retention

Content sent for an AI feature is processed to fulfil your request and is not stored to build a long-term record of you; our backend keeps only a brief cache to avoid repeat work and to serve results. IP addresses used for rate-limiting are short-lived. OpenAI processes the content as our sub-processor under its API terms and does not use API content to train its models. Waitlist emails are kept until Pro launches or you ask us to delete yours.

Third parties we share data with

We share the minimum needed to provide the features you use, and we require each to protect your data at least as strictly as this policy and the platforms’ rules require:

We do not sell or rent your data, and we do not share it with advertising networks or data brokers.

Your choices and rights

Children

MediaScribe is a general-purpose tool, is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Affiliation

MediaScribe is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube, Google LLC, or Apple Inc. “YouTube” is a trademark of Google LLC; “App Store” and “Apple” are trademarks of Apple Inc.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we’ll update the date at the top. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about privacy, or a request to access or delete your data? Email help@mediascribe.app. See also our Terms of Use.