Jot privacy policy
What the Jot Mac app stores and where your notes go. Short version: a file on your Mac, and only the AI provider you pick.
Last updated: November 2, 2026
Jot is a macOS menu bar app that turns quick notes into checklists with an AI model you choose. This policy explains what data it handles and where it goes.
Short version
- Jot has no server, no account and no analytics. The developer does not receive any of your data.
- Your jots are saved in a file on your Mac.
- A jot leaves your Mac only if you pick a cloud model, and then it goes to that provider, not to the developer.
What Jot stores on your Mac
- Your jots, their steps and Recently Deleted items, in
jot.jsonin the folder you choose. If that folder is in iCloud Drive or Dropbox, that service syncs it under its own terms. - Your settings: shortcuts, the model you picked, your prompt style and the folder location.
- A snapshot of your lists shared with the desktop widget through an App Group on your Mac.
Deleting the app and jot.json removes all of it.
Where your jots go
Each jot is sent only to the model you pick in Settings › Models:
- Apple On-Device: processed on your Mac by Apple’s on-device model. Nothing is sent.
- Ollama: sent to the Ollama server you set, by default
localhoston your own Mac. - Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI: Jot runs the command-line tool you installed and signed in to, as you. The jot text is sent to that provider (Anthropic, OpenAI or Google) under your account and their privacy policy. Jot runs them in a temporary folder with tools off (Claude Code) or in a read-only sandbox with web search off (Codex), so they don’t read your files.
Microphone and dictation
If you use dictation, Jot asks for microphone access. Speech is turned into text on your Mac by Apple’s on-device speech recognition. Jot does not record or keep the audio.
Reminders
If a jot has a time (“call Alex at 16:00”) and you allow it, Jot creates an Apple Reminder for it and removes it when you delete the jot. Reminders then sync through your iCloud account like any other reminder. Jot does not read your other reminders’ content for anything else.
Update check
On launch and once a day, Jot asks GitHub’s public API whether a newer release exists. That request contains no information about you or your jots; GitHub sees your IP address as with any web request. Nothing downloads or installs on its own.
Sharing and sale
The developer does not receive your data, so there is nothing to share or sell.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with a new “Last updated” date.
Contact
Questions about this policy: support@koval.xyz