First TryPrivacy policy
Last updated 11 November 2026
First Try is a Mac app that rewrites the message you are about to send to an AI. This page explains what it sends, what we keep and who else handles it. It is run by [REPLACE: legal entity name and registered address] ("we"). Questions and requests go to [REPLACE: privacy contact email].
What leaves your Mac when you press the key
Only on a press, and only for that press:
- the text in the field you are typing in, or the text you selected;
- one screenshot of the window in front, so the rewrite can take the conversation into account;
- your answers to its questions, and the text of anything you dictate.
When you are signed in, this goes to our server, which passes it straight on to Anthropic's Claude API and returns the result. Our server does not store or log what you write, your screenshots or the rewritten prompts. It keeps only the counts it needs to bill you: how many tokens each request used and what that cost.
If you add your own Anthropic API key in the app, requests go from your Mac directly to Anthropic and never pass through us.
Dictation uses macOS speech recognition, on your Mac when your language supports it. Otherwise Apple processes the audio under its own privacy policy. We never receive audio.
What we keep
| Data | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Your email address | To sign you in and to contact you about your account | Until you delete your account |
| Sign-in sessions (stored only as one-way hashes) | To keep you signed in on your Mac | Until you sign out or delete your account |
| Sign-in codes (stored only as one-way hashes) | To check the code you type | 10 minutes, or until used |
| Usage totals: requests and their cost per billing period | To apply your plan's allowance | Until you delete your account |
| Plan, subscription status and Stripe customer ID | To know what you have paid for | Until you delete your account, and longer where tax law requires billing records |
| Server logs: time, address requested and response code | To keep the service running and stop abuse | [REPLACE: log retention, e.g. 14 days] |
Your app settings, and your own API key if you add one, stay on your Mac.
Who processes data for us
| Provider | What they do | What they see |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | Runs the Claude model that writes the prompt | The press content described above, under Anthropic's commercial terms |
| Stripe | Takes payments and manages subscriptions | Your email, payment details and billing address. We never see your card number. |
| Resend | Sends sign-in emails | Your email address and the code |
| Hostinger | Hosts our server and this website | Traffic to the server, which is encrypted in transit |
| Google Fonts | Serves this website's headline font | Your IP address when the page loads the font |
This website uses no cookies, analytics or tracking.
Helping us improve rewrites
Two settings under Settings › Prompts control this. Both apply only when you are signed in.
- Help improve rewrites (on by default). After a rewrite is put into your chat box, the app reports which of our listed techniques it used, the kind of task, the app family you were typing in, and whether you kept the rewrite, undid it or rated it. It contains none of your text. We store it without your account, so it cannot be traced back to you. One time in five the app leaves one technique out on purpose, so we can measure what each one adds.
- Share before and after prompts (off unless you switch it on). The app also sends your draft and its rewrite. Email addresses, links, phone numbers and long numbers are removed on our server before anything is stored; names and other details in your wording can remain, so leave this off for anything private. Pairs are stored without your account and used to test changes to the rewriter. Because they are not linked to you, we cannot find and delete an individual pair afterwards; switch the setting off to stop sending new ones.
Legal bases
We process your account and usage data to provide the service you signed up for (contract), billing records to meet tax obligations (legal obligation), and logs to keep the service secure (legitimate interest).
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of your data, a correction, or deletion of your account and its data by writing to [REPLACE: privacy contact email]. We answer within 30 days. Deleting your account also cancels your subscription. If you are in the EU or UK, you can complain to your data protection authority.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will email you before it takes effect and update the date above.