What Self Again records, and where it stays.

Effective October 7, 2026

This policy describes what the app records, where it is kept, and the few circumstances in which anything leaves your phone. It is written to be read in full in about three minutes, because there is not much to say: the app is built so that there is very little it could tell anyone.

Everything you record stays on your phone, encrypted, under a key that only your phone holds.
There is no account. Nothing identifies you to us.
The app has no analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, and no tracking of any kind.
Nothing leaves your phone. This version has no sharing feature and makes no network connections of its own.

What the app records

When you use the app it stores, on your phone:

Each time you tap the button, with the time you tapped it, and, if you add it, what set it off and how strong it was.
Your daily check-in answers: whether you acted that day, roughly how many urges you felt but did not log, the tags you chose (such as Tired or Late night), and any note you typed.
Your settings: what you told the app you are resetting from, why it matters to you and any reason you wrote in your own words, your target period if you set one, the hours you marked as risky, and your check-in time.

All of this is stored in one encrypted file. The encryption key is kept in the iOS Keychain, the same place iOS keeps your passwords. Without the key, the file is unreadable — to us, to Apple, or to anyone who obtains a copy of it.

The note you can add to a check-in is never sent anywhere, under any setting. There is no feature in the app that transmits it.

The ride-it-out exercise asks you to rate how strong a feeling is before and after. Those two ratings are shown to you once and not saved. If you choose, the first one can be kept as that tap's strength (Mild, Strong or Intense); the number itself is never saved.

What stays on your phone, and what iOS does with it

By default, nothing you record is uploaded to us. Two things about iOS itself are worth knowing:

Backups. The encrypted file is included in your iCloud and computer backups, like most app data. It is still encrypted in the backup. The key lives in the Keychain and, if you use iCloud Keychain, syncs to your other devices through Apple's end-to-end encrypted Keychain sync, which Apple cannot read. This is what lets your record come back when you restore a new phone.

The home screen and Lock Screen button. When you log a tap from the widget without opening the app, the widget writes the time of the tap to a small holding file until the app next opens and moves it into the encrypted record. That holding file contains timestamps only — no other information — and is cleared as soon as the app absorbs it.

Sharing with a partner (not in this version)

This version of the app has no way to share anything with anyone. A future version may add an optional feature to let one person you choose see three numbers — your seven-day ratio, its direction, and how recently you logged — encrypted so that only their phone can read them. If that ships, this policy will be updated first to say exactly how it works, and it will be off unless you turn it on.

Payment

The app is free to use. Once your seven-day ratio first appears, that one screen (your numbers) stays free for a week and then requires either a lifetime purchase or an annual or monthly subscription; the button, the check-in and the reminder never lock. Payment is handled entirely by Apple through the App Store, and subscriptions are managed and cancelled in your Apple ID settings. We never see your card, your name, or your Apple ID. The app learns from Apple, on your phone, only what you own and when a subscription period ends.

Notifications

The daily check-in reminder is scheduled on your phone by the app itself. It is not sent from a server. Its wording is deliberately neutral, so that nothing on your Lock Screen identifies what the app is for.

What we do not do

We do not collect analytics or usage statistics.
We do not use crash reporting.
We do not show advertising or work with advertising networks.
We do not sell, rent, or share any data with anyone.
We do not have accounts, logins, or user profiles.

Your key, and what happens if you lose it

Your data is only as recoverable as your key. The app lets you view and copy your key from Settings, and paste it back in on a new phone if iCloud Keychain did not carry it over. If both the encrypted file and the key are lost, the record cannot be recovered by anyone, including us. That is not a limitation we plan to remove; it is what makes the rest of this policy true.

Deleting your data

Delete the app. The encrypted record goes with it. Two copies of things can outlast it, and neither can be read on its own: iOS keeps the key in your Keychain (and in iCloud Keychain, if you use it) after an app is deleted, and backups made before you deleted it keep their encrypted copy of the record until those backups are deleted.

Age

The app is rated 17+ and is intended for adults.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with a new effective date. The app itself does not phone home, so it cannot notify you; check here.

Contact

Self Again is published by Nova Meridia LLC.

support@novameridia.com