Hello Bolo
Last updated: 19 August 2026 · Applies to version 1.0
Hello Bolo is made by Hassan Javed, based in the United Kingdom. Because the app processes no personal data, there is no data controller relationship to describe under the UK GDPR — but if you have a concern, please write to us first at hsnjvx@outlook.com. You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Hello Bolo never asks you to register. We do not know who you are, we hold no name, email address, phone number or device identifier, and there is nothing about you for us to lose, sell or hand over.
The app contains no code that contacts a server. What you tap, search for, read or practise is never transmitted. This is not a promise about how we behave — it is how the app is built. There is no network layer to switch on.
Every conversation, phrase and word is stored inside the app when you install it. Nothing is downloaded afterwards. This is why Hello Bolo works with no signal at all — in a hospital basement, on the Underground, or with no data left on your plan.
What you have completed, which cards you found tricky, and your settings are saved locally on your device. They are never uploaded, backed up to us, or shared. Deleting the app deletes all of it permanently, and we have no way to restore it.
Hello Bolo contains no analytics tools, no advertising, and no third-party software kits of any kind. The app is built entirely with Apple's own frameworks. Nobody is measuring you.
You can turn on two optional daily reminders — a practice nudge and a word of the day. They are switched off unless you turn them on, iOS asks your permission at that moment, and everything about them happens on your device: the reminder is scheduled locally and its text is chosen locally. No reminder is ever sent from a server, and no reminder names what you have been reading.
When you tap the speaker button, the phrase is spoken by the voice built into iOS. The app does not record you, does not use the microphone, and asks for no microphone permission.
Downloading Hello Bolo is a transaction with Apple, not with us. Apple gives developers anonymous, aggregate figures — how many people installed the app in a given country, for example. We never see who you are, and we receive nothing about what you do inside the app.
Hello Bolo is written for adults but is safe for all ages, and is rated 4+. Since the app collects no information from anyone, it collects none from children either.
Hello Bolo teaches the English people use in everyday situations. It is not legal, medical, financial or immigration advice, and it is not connected to the NHS, any council, school, bank or government body. For advice about your own situation, speak to the organisation concerned or a qualified professional.
This policy describes version 1.0 of Hello Bolo. If a future version ever changes what the app does, this page will be updated before that version is released, and the date at the top will change with it.
Questions about anything on this page: hsnjvx@outlook.com