I tried to search the web from my own app. It said no.

I tried to search the web from inside my own app. It said no. That is the feature.

Storyline 1.2.1 is live on the App Store today: a private writing app for people whose work is confidential by law. The AI runs on your device, and nothing leaves unless you approve it.

Here is what happens when you research a confidential draft:

1/ I wrote a line with a protected name and tapped Search the web. Storyline held it back: “Samuel matches one of your protected names, and protected terms never leave the device.” The External button stays disabled.

2/ Instead of sending the names, it rewrote the query on-device, stripping “Samuel” and “mike” down to “An individual is working on a project and requires validation,” and searched with that.

3/ Real, cited sources came back and folded into my draft. The Data flow tab shows exactly what left and what came back, every query screened and logged.

The names never left the device. I still got the research. That is the whole idea: private by architecture, not by policy. A blocked search is not a bug. It is the product doing its job.

1.2.1 also brings a full security hardening pass, encrypted on-device storage for imported research, and vocabulary that adapts to your profession.

Next up: turn your draft into an audiobook, narrated in your own voice, generated entirely on your device. Early, but already working.

Built solo, nights and weekends, for clinicians, lawyers, journalists, and anyone who cannot paste confidential work into a cloud chatbot.

Free to download on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. I would love your feedback.