Last updated: 20 August 2026
Duncan is a voice-first notes and reminder app made by Macbeth Labs ("Macbeth Labs", "Duncan", "we", "us"), built for overloaded brains. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. We built Duncan to be calm and low-pressure, and we take the same approach to your data: we collect as little as we can and keep your actual thoughts private.
| Category | What | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Your Apple or Google sign-in identifier and email (which may be an Apple private-relay address), and an optional display name and time zone. | To create and secure your account and deliver reminders at the right local time. |
| Your content | The thoughts and photos you capture, and the reminders and notes they become. | To store, organize, sync, and remind you of them. This is the core function of the app. |
| Notifications | Your device push token. | To deliver your reminders and nudges as notifications. |
| Purchases | Subscription status and purchase history (via Apple and RevenueCat). We never see your card details. | To provide and manage Duncan Plus. |
| Usage analytics | Content-free events: e.g. that a capture happened, how many items resulted, feature timings, app version. Never the text of your thoughts. | To understand which features help and to fix problems. |
| Calendar (optional) | If you turn on Calendar integration in Settings, the events you choose to import, and/or events Duncan adds for your dated items. Off by default. | To show your existing events alongside your reminders, and/or to add reminders to your calendar, only if you enable it. |
| Diagnostics | Crash and error reports (e.g. device model, OS version, and where in the app an error occurred). Not the text of your thoughts. | To find and fix bugs. |
Voice. When you speak to Duncan, speech-to-text runs on your device using Apple's on-device speech recognition. Your audio is not sent to us or to any third party. Only the resulting text is processed as described below.
To turn a rambling brain-dump into sorted items, the text of your capture is sent to our AI processor (Anthropic), which returns a structured result: separate notes and reminders, titled, dated, and matched to your folders. If you attach or send a photo, that photo is also sent to Anthropic so it can be read into a note. These providers process your content to deliver the feature and do not use it to train their models on our behalf.
We use a small number of processors to run Duncan. Each receives only what it needs:
Our servers and processors operate in the United States; if you use Duncan from elsewhere, your information is transferred to and processed there.
To operate and secure the app; to sort, store, sync, and remind you of your items; to deliver your notifications and nudges; to provide and manage subscriptions; to understand and improve the product with content-free analytics; and to comply with law. We do not sell your personal information or use it for cross-app tracking or third-party advertising.
We keep your information for as long as your account is active. You can delete your account at any time in the app (Profile → Account → Delete account), which removes your account and associated content from our systems. Backups are purged on a rolling basis. You can also turn off notifications or analytics-relevant features at any time in Settings and your device settings.
Access to your data is protected by per-user database security rules, and data is encrypted in transit. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information and limit what each provider can see.
Duncan is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete your personal information. You can exercise the core of these in-app (view and delete your content and account) or by contacting us. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
We may update this policy as the app evolves. We will update the date above and, for material changes, notify you in the app.
Questions or requests: contact@heyduncan.app.
Duncan is a tool to help you capture and remember things. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition, including ADHD.
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