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Storage & data

How your audio and text live on your phone — and, only if you choose, in the cloud.

On your device

Every capture — an app voice note, a live-translated conversation, or a plain recording — is saved locally in your private Library. Transcripts and translations are stored as text alongside the audio.

• Transcripts are kept forever. The text is tiny and valuable, so it stays until you delete it.
• Audio auto-expires. To stop recordings quietly eating your storage, audio is removed after a window you choose — 30 days, 90 days, 1 year, or Forever (90 days by default). The transcript always remains.
• Keep anything. Tap Keep on a clip and its audio is never auto-deleted.
• Two ways to delete. Remove just the audio and keep the text, or delete the whole entry. Your choice, per item.

In the cloud (paid plans, optional)

Turn on Cloud backup and Scotto keeps an encrypted copy of your audio in your own private cloud space, so you can restore your Library on a new phone or after reinstalling. On free plans we don't store your audio in the cloud — it's sent to be transcribed and comes back as text.

• Audio is uploaded over an encrypted connection and stored in a private, access-controlled bucket.
• Transcription itself is processed by our AI provider and not retained after your result comes back.
• Delete a clip on your phone and its cloud copy is removed too — gone everywhere.
• If you downgrade or cancel, your existing backup stays readable so you can download or restore it; new uploads pause until you're back under your plan's limit.

What we do and don't keep

• Audio is sent to our transcription provider to be turned into text, and is not retained there after your result comes back.
• We don't keep your audio in the cloud unless you turn on backup.
• We don't sell your data or your audio.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account from the app at any time. It's held for a 30-day recovery window in case you change your mind — recover it from the account recovery page. After that window your account and any cloud backup are permanently removed.

Questions about your data? Email support@scotto.crescoafrica.com. See also our Privacy Policy.