Last updated: November 12, 2026
PA Interview Prep ("the app") helps physician assistant (PA) school applicants practice spoken mock interviews and prepare their applications. It is made by Loboc Studios LLC, an Iowa limited liability company ("Loboc Studios," "we," "us"). We built the app to keep your practice on your device by default. This policy explains what the app and our website (pa.lobocstudios.com) do with your information, in plain terms.
The app stores the following only on your device: your interview sessions, transcripts, scores and feedback; audio recordings of your answers (on by default so you can play them back; turn off "Record my answers" in Settings to stop); essay drafts, signature stories, and personal statement explorer conversations and outlines; your list of schools, application dates, and outcomes; your custom questions and lists; and your settings. If you enter your own OpenAI API key, it is kept in your device's secure storage.
We cannot see this information. It is removed when you delete it in the app or uninstall the app. If you use Back up your data, the app writes a file to a location you choose; that file contains this information (never your API key) and, only if you choose to include them, your answer recordings. The file is under your control and is not sent to us.
When you answer out loud, the app uses your phone's built-in speech recognition service (Apple's speech recognition on iPhone and iPad, Google's speech services on Android) to turn your voice into text. Depending on your device and its settings, that service may process your audio on the device or on Apple's or Google's servers, under their privacy policies. We do not receive this audio. If you keep audio recordings, they are saved on your device only.
The app uses OpenAI to generate the interviewer's voice and AI feedback. When you use an AI feature, the app sends OpenAI only what that feature needs:
Unless you use your own key, these requests go through our server, which adds our API key and forwards them to OpenAI. If you enter your own OpenAI API key, requests go directly from your device to OpenAI under your own OpenAI account. According to OpenAI's API data policies, data sent through its API is not used to train OpenAI's models unless the customer opts in, and may be kept for up to 30 days for abuse monitoring. See OpenAI's privacy policy.
Please do not include patients' names or other details that could identify anyone in your answers, essays, or stories. The app is a practice tool and is not designed to store or process protected health information.
When you add a school or look up program details, the program's name and identifier are sent to our server. Our server searches the web (using Brave Search) for the program's public pages and uses OpenAI to summarize publicly available facts such as deadlines and class size. Results are cached on our server by school, not by user.
Program details are free for a limited number of schools. To count them, the request also includes your anonymous device identifier (see below), and our server keeps a record of which programs that identifier has unlocked. The program is stored only as a one-way code (a SHA-256 hash), not its name, so the record can't be read as a list of the schools you're interested in.
If you submit an interview question to the community question bank, the question text is sent to our server, automatically screened (using OpenAI), and reviewed before anyone else can see it. Approved questions may be shown to other users. Please don't include personal information in a submission.
You can tap Report on AI-generated content (such as feedback, a suggested rewrite, a follow-up question, or a coaching plan) or on a community question. A report sends our server the type of content, the question's identifier when there is one, the reported text (up to 500 characters), the reason you picked, and an optional note you write (up to 300 characters). It does not include your answers, recordings, device identifier, or anything else about you. We use reports to fix problems and remove inappropriate content. A community question that several people report is hidden until we review it. If the report can't reach our server, the app offers to open a pre-filled email to us instead.
If you email us (for example through "Report wrong info" or the support page), your email app sends the message, and we receive your email address and whatever you write. Mail to our lobocstudios.com addresses is forwarded by Cloudflare to a Gmail mailbox (Google). We use it only to answer you.
If you enter your email address in the early-access form on our website, we store that address and the date, and use it only to tell you about testing and launch of PA Interview Prep and to answer you. We don't send you anything else, and we never sell or share the list. To be removed, email us at the address below and we will delete it. This applies to the website form only. The app itself never asks for your email.
If you turn on Share cycle progress, the app sends our server, for each school you track: the program's identifier and name, the application cycle (for example "2026-27"), yes/no flags for which stages you have reached (applied, invited, interviewed, offered, waitlisted, denied), and the dates you entered in your timeline for those steps (applied, invite, interview, and decision dates). If you move from the waitlist to an offer, the server also notes the date that happened. It does not send your name, notes, or any account details. This is stored with your anonymous device identifier (see below) so your entry can be updated rather than counted twice.
Other users only ever see combined counts for a school and cycle, for example "2 reporting applicants got an interview invite in the last 5 days". They never see an individual entry or anyone's dates. Because these counts can be small (as few as 2 people), someone who is also reporting on the same school could sometimes infer that another applicant reached a step recently, though not who. Stored dates are deleted once an application cycle is over. Turning sharing off removes everything you shared, including dates.
The app creates a random identifier on your device. It is not your name, phone number, or any hardware or advertising ID. It is sent to our server to count your free cloud interviews and free school lookups, to allow voice samples, and (only if you turn on sharing) to keep your shared progress up to date. The same identifier is used for all of these. It is never attached to content reports. Reinstalling the app creates a new one.
Like any internet service, our server receives your device's IP address when the app connects to it. Our server runs on Cloudflare, which processes this as part of delivering the request. We use IP addresses only to limit abuse (for example, too many submissions in a short time), and we delete those records within 24 hours.
The app checks for updates when it starts, using Expo's update service. That check sends standard technical information such as the app version, platform, and your IP address. It does not include your practice data.
If you buy a paid plan, the purchase is handled by Apple's App Store or Google Play. We do not receive your payment card details. We receive only what those stores provide to confirm your purchase.
We do not collect your location, contacts, photos, calendar, messages, browsing history, or a list of your other apps. We do not use advertising networks or third-party analytics, and we do not track you across other companies' apps or websites.
| Information | Why | Shared with |
|---|---|---|
| Question text and answer transcripts (AI features) | Voices, scoring, feedback | OpenAI, to process the request |
| Essay, story, and statement explorer text | AI coaching you asked for | OpenAI, to process the request |
| Your voice while answering | Turning speech into text | Apple or Google speech services (your device's) |
| School names you look up | Finding public program information | Our server, Brave Search, OpenAI |
| Free school lookup count (device identifier + hashed program code) | Free-tier limit | No one (our server only) |
| Community question submissions | Moderated shared question bank | OpenAI (screening); other users if approved |
| Content reports (reported text, reason, optional note) | Fixing problems, removing inappropriate content | No one (our server only) |
| Emails you send us | Answering you | Cloudflare (forwarding), Google (Gmail mailbox) |
| Shared progress (optional) | Combined community activity counts | Other users see combined counts only |
| Email address (website early-access form) | Telling you about testing and launch; answering you | No one (our server only) |
| Anonymous device identifier | Free-tier limits, spend and abuse prevention | No one (our server only) |
| IP address | Delivering requests, abuse limits (including report limits) | Cloudflare (our host) |
We use service providers (OpenAI, Cloudflare, Brave, Expo) only to run the app's features. We do not sell your information or share it for advertising. We may disclose information if required by law.
| Information | Kept |
|---|---|
| Everything stored on your device | Until you delete it or uninstall the app |
| Free-interview and free-lookup counts and spend records (by anonymous identifier) | While the app is in service, to enforce limits |
| Content reports | Until reviewed, then deleted within 90 days (a decision to remove a community question is kept so it stays hidden) |
| Emails you send us | As long as needed to answer you and keep a record of support requests |
| Website early-access email | Until you ask us to remove it |
| Shared progress | Until you turn sharing off |
| Community submissions | While the question bank is offered; rejected submissions may be kept for moderation records |
| IP addresses used for abuse limits | Deleted within 24 hours |
| School lookup results | Cached for about 30 days |
Because we do not have accounts, we usually cannot link server records to you. If you have a question or request about your information, email us at the address below and we will help where we can. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal information, and to opt out of its sale or use for targeted advertising (we do neither).
The app uses encrypted (HTTPS) connections for everything it sends. Your API key is kept in your device's secure storage. No system is perfectly secure, but we keep the information we hold to a minimum.
The app is intended for adults applying to PA programs. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries where they operate.
We may update this policy as the app changes. We will update the date at the top and, for significant changes, let you know in the app or on this page.
Loboc Studios LLC, West Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Questions or requests about this policy? Email [email protected].