Privacy Policy – Thought Manager

✅ The Short Version

🔒Your thoughts and journal entries never leave your device. Everything is stored in a local encrypted SQLite database.
🚫We do not create accounts, collect personal identifiers, or run our own servers.
📢Free users see ads served by Google AdMob. Google may collect advertising identifiers per their own privacy policy.
💳In-app purchases are processed entirely by Google Play. We never see or store your payment details.
🔔Push notifications (daily check-ins, weekly insights) are optional and can be disabled at any time.

1 Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Thought Manager ("the App") handles information when you use our Android application. The App is developed and maintained by inamaqil (GitHub: @inamaqil).

Thought Manager is a private cognitive journaling tool designed for self-reflection, CBT-based thought reframing, and emotional wellness. Privacy is a core design principle — your mental health data belongs to you alone.

2 Data We Handle

📓

Thought Entries & Journal Data

Your CBT journal entries, mood ratings, distortion tags, and reframing notes. Stored only in a local SQLite database on your device. Never transmitted to any server.

Local only

🔐

Biometric Authentication

If you enable biometric lock, your fingerprint or face data is processed entirely by the Android OS. The App never reads, stores, or transmits biometric data.

Never stored

🔔

Notification Preferences

Your chosen reminder times and notification settings are saved locally on your device. No data is sent to our servers.

Local only

📢

Advertising (Free Users)

Free users see ads provided by Google AdMob. Google may collect your Advertising ID and usage data to show relevant ads. Premium users receive no ads.

Google AdMob

💳

In-App Purchases

The premium upgrade is processed entirely through Google Play Billing. The App only receives a confirmation token — no payment data is seen or stored by us.

Google Play

☁️

Google Drive Backup (Premium)

If you enable optional Drive sync, encrypted backups of your local data are written to your own Google Drive account. We have no access to this data.

Your Drive only

3 Data We Do NOT Collect

The following are never collected by Thought Manager:

Your name, email address, phone number, or any personally identifiable information
The content of your thought entries, journal logs, or mood ratings
Your precise or approximate location
Your camera or microphone data
Crash logs or analytics uploaded to our servers (the App has no telemetry backend)
Device contacts, calendar, or files (beyond Drive sync when you explicitly enable it)

4 Third-Party Services

Google AdMob — Advertising network for free users. Google may collect your Advertising ID. Opt out via device Settings → Google → Ads → Opt out of Ads Personalization.
Policy: policies.google.com/privacy

Google Play Billing — Processes the one-time premium upgrade. We receive only a non-sensitive purchase token.
Policy: play.google.com/about/play-terms

Google Drive API (optional, premium only) — Backs up encrypted data to your own Google account. We never access other files in your Drive.
Policy: policies.google.com/privacy

      Expo / EAS — The App is built using the Expo framework. Expo's build infrastructure processes the app bundle but has no access to your runtime data.
    

5 Android Permissions Explained

🔒

USE_BIOMETRIC / USE_FINGERPRINT

Required for the optional biometric lock screen. No biometric data is stored or transmitted.

Optional

🔔

POST_NOTIFICATIONS

Required to send daily check-in and weekly insight reminders. Can be denied or revoked at any time.

Optional

⏰

SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM / RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED

Schedules notifications at your chosen time. RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED ensures reminders survive device restarts.

Optional

📳

VIBRATE

Used for haptic feedback during breathing exercises and interactions.

Functional

6 Data Retention & Deletion

All data lives exclusively on your device. You have full control:

Delete individual entries at any time from within the App
Uninstalling the App permanently removes all local data
Android Settings → Apps → Thought Manager → Clear Data wipes everything instantly
Google Drive backups can be deleted directly from your Drive

Because we hold no data on our servers, there is nothing for us to delete on your behalf.

7 Children's Privacy

Thought Manager is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EU/EEA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

8 Changes to This Policy

If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. The current version is always available at:
https://inamaqil.github.io/privacy/thought-manager.html

9 Contact Us

Questions or Concerns?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please reach out via GitHub.

Open an Issue on GitHub