Methodical Enterprises LLC
Last updated: September 4, 2026
The short version: ScribeMe keeps your writing on your device. It doesn't collect your data, doesn't track you, and doesn't send anything to us. There are no accounts and no servers of ours. If you turn on iCloud sync, your books sync through your own private iCloud — still never to us.
This policy applies to the ScribeMe writing app for iPhone and iPad (listed on the App Store as BookWrite: ScribeMe, and formerly named Penna), published by Methodical Enterprises LLC ("we," "us").
Nothing. ScribeMe has no user accounts and no backend servers. We never receive your books, drafts, notes, drawings, or any information about how you use the app.
Everything you write in ScribeMe — your books, chapters, notes, drawings, illustrations, and settings — is stored only on your device. This information never leaves your device except through features of iOS that you control, such as your own iCloud device backup, the optional iCloud sync described below, or when you deliberately export or share your work yourself.
ScribeMe can keep your shelf in sync across your own devices. This is off unless you turn it on in Settings. When enabled:
You can lock any book so it opens only after Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. This check is performed entirely by iOS. ScribeMe is told only whether the check succeeded — no biometric information is ever available to the app, to us, or to anyone else.
ScribeMe can ask permission to open your photo library so you can add illustrations to a page or use a photo on a cover. Photos you pick are used only inside the app and stored on your device. They are never sent to us. You can revoke access at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Photos.
Cover illustrations use Apple's Image Playground, and read-aloud and audiobook export use Apple's speech synthesis. Both run on your device through Apple's own frameworks and are subject to Apple's privacy policy. Neither sends your writing to us.
When you export a PDF, booklet, EPUB, text file, audiobook, or backup file, that file is created on your device and goes wherever you send it using the iOS share sheet. We are not involved and receive no copy.
If you turn on the daily writing prompt, ScribeMe schedules those notifications locally on your device. There is no push server and no message of any kind is sent to us.
ScribeMe contains no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no advertising, and no tracking of any kind. We do not build a profile of you and do not track you across apps or websites. There are no purchases, subscriptions, or ads.
ScribeMe does not collect personal information from anyone, including children. It is safe for writers of all ages.
Because your writing lives on your device (and, if you enabled it, your own iCloud), you are always in control. Deleting the app removes its data from the device; to remove synced copies, delete them from your iCloud storage. We hold nothing to delete, because we never had it. Please keep your own backups of writing you want to preserve — ScribeMe can save your whole library to a single file.
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page and post the new version here.
Questions? Email dwheat@methodical-ep.com.