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Privacy Policy
Effective date: 4/7/2026
Akari is a symptom diary that helps you prepare for medical appointments. It is built to keep your information on your device and under your control. This policy explains, in plain terms, what that means.
In short
Akari has no accounts and no servers. Everything you record stays on your iPhone.
We — the people who make Akari — cannot see your entries, your photos, your recordings, or your Brief. There is no database on our side to see them in.
The intelligence that reads your lab photos, transcribes your voice notes, and arranges your Brief runs entirely on your device.
We don’t track you, we don’t use advertising identifiers, and we don’t include third-party analytics.
Payments are handled by Apple. We never receive your card details.
When you delete Akari, its information is removed from your device.
The rest of this policy sets out the detail.
Who we are
Akari is made and published by Phanos Pty Ltd (ACN 699 526 442), a company registered in Queensland, Australia. In this policy, “Phanos”, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Phanos Pty Ltd. “Akari”, “the app” and “the App” mean the Akari iOS application.
Phanos is the entity responsible for Akari under this policy. You can reach us at privacy@phanos.com.au.
Our approach
Akari is designed around a simple idea: your health information belongs to you, and it should stay with you. We call the app’s core function arrangement, not inference — Akari takes the information you choose to record and arranges it into a clear summary for your appointment. It does not diagnose, does not make clinical judgements, and does not make decisions about you.
To make this real, Akari is local-first: it stores your information on your device, processes it on your device, and does not send it to us or to anyone else. There is no Akari account to create and no Akari server for your information to travel to.
The information Akari handles
You choose what to put into Akari. Depending on how you use it, that may include:
Symptom and health entries — the symptoms, severity, notes, dates, and other details you record over time.
Photos of lab results or documents — if you add a photo, Akari uses on-device text recognition to read the values from it so you don’t have to type them in.
Voice notes — if you log a symptom by speaking, Akari transcribes your speech to text on your device.
Appointment details — appointments you create and link to a Brief.
Your Brief — the appointment summary Akari generates from the information above.
Purchase records — a record, kept on your device, of the Briefs you have purchased and used.
All of this is content you create. Akari does not add hidden information about you, and it does not collect information about you from other sources.
How this information is processed
Akari’s features that “read”, “listen”, and “arrange” all run on your device, using Apple’s built-in frameworks:
On-device intelligence arranges your entries into a Brief. The model that does this runs on your iPhone; your entries are not sent to us or to a server to generate your Brief.
Text recognition reads text from photos you add, on your device.
Speech recognition transcribes voice notes, on your device.
Your health information is processed on your device and is not transmitted to Phanos in the course of using these features.
Where your information is stored
Your Akari information is stored on your device, within the app’s storage. We do not operate a backend, a cloud database, or an account system, so we do not hold a copy of your information.
Device backups. If you have iCloud Backup or encrypted local backups switched on in your iOS settings, your device’s backup may include Akari’s data along with your other app data. These backups are made and controlled by you through Apple, are governed by Apple’s terms and privacy policy, and are not accessible to Phanos. You can control what your backups include in your device’s Settings.
Information Akari does not collect
To be specific, Akari does not:
require or create an account, username, or password;
ask for your name, email, phone number, or address in order to work;
collect your device’s location;
use advertising identifiers or serve you advertising;
include third-party analytics, tracking, or marketing software;
build a profile of you or share information with data brokers;
send your entries, photos, recordings, or Brief to Phanos.
When information leaves your device
Because Akari keeps your information on your device, it only leaves your device in situations you initiate or control:
When you share or export a Brief. A Brief is meant to be shared with your clinician. When you export or send one — as a PDF, by AirDrop, by message, by print, or otherwise — you are choosing where it goes, and it travels according to the service you use to send it.
When you back up your device. As described above, your own device backups (through Apple) may include Akari’s data.
Akari does not otherwise transmit your information off your device.
Apple’s role
Akari is distributed through Apple’s App Store and runs on Apple’s platform, so Apple is involved in a few limited ways:
Purchases. Buying Briefs or Akari’s Lifetime option is handled by Apple through the App Store. Apple processes your payment and your account information; Phanos never receives your payment card details. Akari records only that a purchase was made, on your device, so it can unlock what you’ve bought. Apple’s handling of your purchase is governed by Apple’s privacy policy.
On-device frameworks. The intelligence, text-recognition, and speech features described above are provided by Apple’s operating system and run on your device.
Optional diagnostics. iOS lets you choose, in Settings, whether to share app diagnostics and usage data with developers. If you turn this on, Apple may share aggregated, non-identifying diagnostic information with us to help us fix problems. This is controlled by you in your iOS settings and is provided by Apple, not collected by Akari. We do not receive your entries or content through it.
Apple’s own privacy practices are described in Apple’s Privacy Policy.
Sharing and disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade your information, and we have no information about your health to share. Because your content stays on your device, the only “sharing” that happens is when you choose to share a Brief.
We may disclose information only where we are legally required to — but as a practical matter, we do not hold your health content and so cannot produce it. Any legal request would be limited to whatever limited business records we actually hold, such as correspondence you send us directly.
Your choices and controls
You are in control of your Akari information:
Edit or delete entries at any time within the app.
Delete a Brief you no longer want.
Remove everything by deleting the app from your device, which removes Akari’s information stored on it. If you have device backups, remember to manage those separately through Apple.
Export your information by generating and saving your Brief.
Your privacy rights
Australia. Phanos handles personal information in line with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Because Akari keeps your information on your device and Phanos does not hold it, most rights — such as access to, correction of, and deletion of your information — you can exercise directly, on your device, at any time. If you have a concern about how we handle personal information, you can contact us using the details below. You may also complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au.
Other countries. Akari is available in several countries through the App Store. Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws such as the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation, or the laws of certain US states — for example, the right to access or delete personal information about you. Because we do not hold your health content, you can exercise the substance of these rights yourself on your device. For anything relating to the limited information we do hold, contact us and we will respond as those laws require.
Data security
Your Akari information is protected by the security built into iOS. When your device is protected with a passcode or Face ID / Touch ID, iOS encrypts app data at rest. Keeping your device updated and locked is the most important thing you can do to protect your Akari information.
Children’s privacy
Akari is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children. Akari does not knowingly collect information from children, and — as with all users — any information a person records stays on their own device.
No automated decision-making
Consistent with arrangement, not inference, Akari does not use your information to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you. It arranges the information you record; it does not evaluate, score, or decide anything about you.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time — for example, if we add a feature. When we do, we’ll change the effective date at the top, and for significant changes we’ll make the update clear within the app or on our website. Your continued use of Akari after an update means you accept the revised policy.
In short
Akari has no accounts and no servers. Everything you record stays on your iPhone.
We — the people who make Akari — cannot see your entries, your photos, your recordings, or your Brief. There is no database on our side to see them in.
The intelligence that reads your lab photos, transcribes your voice notes, and arranges your Brief runs entirely on your device.
We don’t track you, we don’t use advertising identifiers, and we don’t include third-party analytics.
Payments are handled by Apple. We never receive your card details.
When you delete Akari, its information is removed from your device.
The rest of this policy sets out the detail.
Who we are
Akari is made and published by Phanos Pty Ltd (ACN 699 526 442), a company registered in Queensland, Australia. In this policy, “Phanos”, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Phanos Pty Ltd. “Akari”, “the app” and “the App” mean the Akari iOS application.
Phanos is the entity responsible for Akari under this policy. You can reach us at privacy@phanos.com.au.
Our approach
Akari is designed around a simple idea: your health information belongs to you, and it should stay with you. We call the app’s core function arrangement, not inference — Akari takes the information you choose to record and arranges it into a clear summary for your appointment. It does not diagnose, does not make clinical judgements, and does not make decisions about you.
To make this real, Akari is local-first: it stores your information on your device, processes it on your device, and does not send it to us or to anyone else. There is no Akari account to create and no Akari server for your information to travel to.
The information Akari handles
You choose what to put into Akari. Depending on how you use it, that may include:
Symptom and health entries — the symptoms, severity, notes, dates, and other details you record over time.
Photos of lab results or documents — if you add a photo, Akari uses on-device text recognition to read the values from it so you don’t have to type them in.
Voice notes — if you log a symptom by speaking, Akari transcribes your speech to text on your device.
Appointment details — appointments you create and link to a Brief.
Your Brief — the appointment summary Akari generates from the information above.
Purchase records — a record, kept on your device, of the Briefs you have purchased and used.
All of this is content you create. Akari does not add hidden information about you, and it does not collect information about you from other sources.
How this information is processed
Akari’s features that “read”, “listen”, and “arrange” all run on your device, using Apple’s built-in frameworks:
On-device intelligence arranges your entries into a Brief. The model that does this runs on your iPhone; your entries are not sent to us or to a server to generate your Brief.
Text recognition reads text from photos you add, on your device.
Speech recognition transcribes voice notes, on your device.
Your health information is processed on your device and is not transmitted to Phanos in the course of using these features.
Where your information is stored
Your Akari information is stored on your device, within the app’s storage. We do not operate a backend, a cloud database, or an account system, so we do not hold a copy of your information.
Device backups. If you have iCloud Backup or encrypted local backups switched on in your iOS settings, your device’s backup may include Akari’s data along with your other app data. These backups are made and controlled by you through Apple, are governed by Apple’s terms and privacy policy, and are not accessible to Phanos. You can control what your backups include in your device’s Settings.
Information Akari does not collect
To be specific, Akari does not:
require or create an account, username, or password;
ask for your name, email, phone number, or address in order to work;
collect your device’s location;
use advertising identifiers or serve you advertising;
include third-party analytics, tracking, or marketing software;
build a profile of you or share information with data brokers;
send your entries, photos, recordings, or Brief to Phanos.
When information leaves your device
Because Akari keeps your information on your device, it only leaves your device in situations you initiate or control:
When you share or export a Brief. A Brief is meant to be shared with your clinician. When you export or send one — as a PDF, by AirDrop, by message, by print, or otherwise — you are choosing where it goes, and it travels according to the service you use to send it.
When you back up your device. As described above, your own device backups (through Apple) may include Akari’s data.
Akari does not otherwise transmit your information off your device.
Apple’s role
Akari is distributed through Apple’s App Store and runs on Apple’s platform, so Apple is involved in a few limited ways:
Purchases. Buying Briefs or Akari’s Lifetime option is handled by Apple through the App Store. Apple processes your payment and your account information; Phanos never receives your payment card details. Akari records only that a purchase was made, on your device, so it can unlock what you’ve bought. Apple’s handling of your purchase is governed by Apple’s privacy policy.
On-device frameworks. The intelligence, text-recognition, and speech features described above are provided by Apple’s operating system and run on your device.
Optional diagnostics. iOS lets you choose, in Settings, whether to share app diagnostics and usage data with developers. If you turn this on, Apple may share aggregated, non-identifying diagnostic information with us to help us fix problems. This is controlled by you in your iOS settings and is provided by Apple, not collected by Akari. We do not receive your entries or content through it.
Apple’s own privacy practices are described in Apple’s Privacy Policy.
Sharing and disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade your information, and we have no information about your health to share. Because your content stays on your device, the only “sharing” that happens is when you choose to share a Brief.
We may disclose information only where we are legally required to — but as a practical matter, we do not hold your health content and so cannot produce it. Any legal request would be limited to whatever limited business records we actually hold, such as correspondence you send us directly.
Your choices and controls
You are in control of your Akari information:
Edit or delete entries at any time within the app.
Delete a Brief you no longer want.
Remove everything by deleting the app from your device, which removes Akari’s information stored on it. If you have device backups, remember to manage those separately through Apple.
Export your information by generating and saving your Brief.
Your privacy rights
Australia. Phanos handles personal information in line with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Because Akari keeps your information on your device and Phanos does not hold it, most rights — such as access to, correction of, and deletion of your information — you can exercise directly, on your device, at any time. If you have a concern about how we handle personal information, you can contact us using the details below. You may also complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au.
Other countries. Akari is available in several countries through the App Store. Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws such as the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation, or the laws of certain US states — for example, the right to access or delete personal information about you. Because we do not hold your health content, you can exercise the substance of these rights yourself on your device. For anything relating to the limited information we do hold, contact us and we will respond as those laws require.
Data security
Your Akari information is protected by the security built into iOS. When your device is protected with a passcode or Face ID / Touch ID, iOS encrypts app data at rest. Keeping your device updated and locked is the most important thing you can do to protect your Akari information.
Children’s privacy
Akari is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children. Akari does not knowingly collect information from children, and — as with all users — any information a person records stays on their own device.
No automated decision-making
Consistent with arrangement, not inference, Akari does not use your information to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you. It arranges the information you record; it does not evaluate, score, or decide anything about you.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time — for example, if we add a feature. When we do, we’ll change the effective date at the top, and for significant changes we’ll make the update clear within the app or on our website. Your continued use of Akari after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Contact us
For any question about this policy or your privacy: