Ash — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20 September 2026

Ash is an offline survival assistant. It runs its AI model entirely on your device. This policy explains what that means for your data.

What we collect

Nothing. Ash has no accounts, no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising identifiers, and no server that receives your data. We — the developers of Ash — never see your conversations, photos, voice, or usage.

What stays on your device

• Conversations. Your questions and Ash's answers are stored in a local database on your device and are never uploaded. Deleting them (Settings → Clear conversations) removes them permanently.
• Photos and camera images. Images you give Ash are processed by the on-device model. They are not uploaded anywhere.
• Voice. Speech is converted to text on your device using Apple's Speech Recognition. Depending on your device and iOS settings, Apple may process some speech recognition on Apple's servers under Apple's privacy policy; Ash never receives or stores audio recordings.
• Settings. Preferences such as your chosen model and voice settings are stored locally.

Network connections Ash makes

Aside from the iOS speech recognition noted above, Ash connects to the network for exactly one purpose: downloading the AI model and knowledge packs you choose to install, from Hugging Face. These are ordinary file downloads. No conversation content, image, or personal data is ever sent with them. After downloading, Ash works with no network connection at all for typing, camera, and knowledge-pack lookups; voice input still depends on whether iOS can transcribe your speech on-device, as explained above.

Children

Ash is not directed at children and collects no data from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a new "last updated" date.

Contact

Questions or concerns: open an issue on GitHub.

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