Privacy Policy

Ni Hao Bolo · Last updated 28 October 2026

Ni Hao Bolo has no account, advertising or tracking. The developer does not receive your learning choices, translation text or microphone recordings. Preferences and successful translation history are stored on your device. Optional translation and speech features use Apple system frameworks.

Who makes the app

Ni Hao Bolo is made by Hassan Javed, United Kingdom. For privacy or support questions, contact hassan@fromhaz.com.

Learning choices and settings

The app stores your learning language, writing format, appearance, speech preferences, card ratings and review dates in local app storage. The developer has no server that receives this information. The Home Screen widget shares only language, writing, colour preferences and its daily reveal state with the app through an Apple App Group on your device.

Personal study sets and Pro purchases

Personal set names, English and Chinese card text, optional Pinyin and card identifiers are saved in a protected local file. They are not uploaded to the developer or automatically translated. You can edit or delete sets and cards in the app; deleting a card also removes its saved ratings. Ordinary device backups may include personal sets. Losing Pro access does not erase them.

Pro is an optional one-time In-App Purchase. Apple processes payment, offer-code redemption and restore requests. The app uses verified StoreKit transactions to determine access and does not receive payment-card details. The developer does not run a purchase-validation server. Apple may provide App Store sales and financial reports under its own terms and privacy practices.

Translation text and history

Typed, pasted and recognised text is used to produce your requested translation with Apple's on-device Translation framework. A current draft stays in memory. Up to 50 successful source/result pairs are saved in a separate local history file, protected until the device has first been unlocked and excluded from backups. Failed or cancelled requests do not add history entries.

You can delete individual entries or clear the full translation history from the History screen. Translation does not add learning cards or change your card ratings. The app does not send translation text to a developer-operated service.

Optional microphone and speech recognition

The app asks for microphone and Speech Recognition permission only when you choose microphone input. Recognition is requested on device, with no developer-operated speech server or cloud-recognition fallback. Audio buffers remain in memory and the app does not save recordings. Recognised text may be saved as part of a successful translation history entry.

You can cancel a spoken turn, use typed input instead, or revoke permissions in iOS Settings. The app may offer Apple's downloads for supported speech-recognition models. Those models are separate from translation models and pronunciation voices.

Pronunciation and Apple services

Pronunciation uses available Apple system speech voices. Translation, recognition and voice assets may require separate downloads managed by Apple. Downloading the app, system diagnostics, language-model downloads and Apple's own framework handling are governed by Apple's settings and privacy information. Ni Hao Bolo does not add a third-party analytics or advertising SDK.

Clipboard, external links and support

The app writes translation text to the clipboard only when you choose Copy. Paste uses the system paste control. External support, privacy and Apple guidance links open outside the app. If you email support, your email provider sends the information you choose to include; the developer receives it to respond to your request. Please avoid sending translation history or sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your question.

Retention and deletion

Learning preferences and ratings remain in local app storage. Translation history is limited to the latest 50 successful entries and can be removed in the app. Deleting the app removes its local app data; offloading is different and may preserve data. Ordinary device backup/restore behaviour can apply to preferences and learning choices. Translation history is specifically excluded from backups. We do not hold a server copy of your learning or translation data.

Changes

This page describes the app's current data handling. If that handling changes, the policy and date will be updated. Contact hassan@fromhaz.com with questions about this policy or support correspondence.