Decoder Ring turns confusing text into plain, everyday language you can actually read. Hand it a text message, an email, a letter, a notice, a form, or a wall of jargon, and it comes back with one card: a one-line headline, what it means point by point, why it was written, what is worth knowing, and the words to know.

Decode from wherever the text already is. Type or paste it, share text or a screenshot from any app, point the camera at a page and read it live with translation if you want it, or open a PDF, text, or RTF file. Decoder Ring also answers from Visual Intelligence and from Siri, with “Open Decoder Ring and decode.”

WRITTEN PRIVATELY
Decoder Ring’s cards are written by Apple’s on-device AI. Nothing you decode is sent to a third-party AI service. Photos, camera frames, and documents are read on the device, and no image is kept. On an iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 27, iPadOS 27, or macOS 27 that supports it, Decoder Ring can also use Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, and never anything else. The one thing that leaves your device is feedback you choose to send: an anonymous helpful or not helpful vote, and any comment you type.

COMPATIBILITY
Decoder Ring is a native app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One purchase unlocks it everywhere, since all three share a single App Store listing.

Platform	Minimum OS	Minimum hardware
iPhone	iOS 26	iPhone 15 Pro or later
iPad	iPadOS 26	iPad with A17 Pro or M1 or later
Mac	macOS 26	Apple silicon (M1 or later)

All three need Apple Intelligence turned on. The camera, live translation, Siri, and Visual Intelligence are on iPhone and iPad only. The Mac has none of those, and adds its own ways in: the Decoder Ring window, the Services menu, the Share menu, and the same Safari extension iPhone and iPad get.

WHAT DECODER RING IS FOR

Understanding a letter, a notice, or a form before you decide anything

Making sense of a message whose wording is doing more than it says

Reading legalese, jargon, and slang in plain language

WHAT DECODER RING IS NOT
Decoder Ring is for education only. Its cards are written by AI from the text you give it and may be imperfect. Decoder Ring explains what something says and means. It never tells you what to reply, what to sign, what to pay, or what to do. Only you can decide that, and for a legal, financial, tax, or medical document, only the right professional can help you decide it.

Need help? Send an email to [email protected], and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Accessibility Information: https://digitaljavelina.com/project/decoder-ring/accessibility

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