1 · Who we are
Stoic is published by Safrow (“we”, “us”). The iOS app’s bundle identifier is com.safrow.Stoic. For privacy questions, email contact@safrow.com.
2 · The short version
- The app creates no account and never asks for your name, email or phone number.
- Journal entries, mood check-ins, practice sittings, bookmarks, reading marks, drafts and settings are stored on the device with SwiftData.
- Nothing in that store is sent to us or to any other server.
- The only optional system permission is a local daily reminder you turn on yourself.
- Deleting the app deletes the on-device store.
3 · Information stored on your device
Stoic writes only what you put into it, plus a few preferences about how it behaves. This data never leaves the phone unless you export it.
3.1 Journal and drafts
Text you write in the log or during a sitting, the kind of entry it is, an optional mood, and the date. An unfinished draft is kept so you can finish it later.
3.2 Practice sittings
Which exercise you sat, when, how long, and any notes the sitting asked for. Dichotomy Sort also stores scenarios you add to the board.
3.3 Check-ins and the month
A daily mood check-in (one answer per day) and a mark on days you carried out the day’s challenge. Insights charts this on the device.
3.4 Library marks
Passages you save, and a light record of what you last read, so the shelf opens where you left it.
3.5 Preferences
Whether the daily reminder is on and at what time; whether haptics are on; whether ambient sound plays under a sitting, and which recording. The app also remembers that you have seen the three opening cards.
4 · What we never collect
- Name, email address, phone number or any account identifier
- Precise or approximate location
- Contacts, photos, microphone, camera or Health data
- Advertising identifiers, analytics events, crash reports or session recordings
- Payment details — the App Store handles any purchase; we never see a card
The greeting inside the app is a label, not a name you gave us.
5 · Notifications and sound
If you turn on the daily reminder, iOS asks for permission to notify you. Stoic then schedules one repeating local notification at the hour and minute you chose. The text is neutral — “The passage is waiting. Two minutes is enough.” — and never quotes a journal entry.
The reminder lives on the device. We cannot push you anything from a server, because we do not run one for this app. Turn it off inside Stoic, or revoke notification permission in iOS Settings.
The ambient recordings that play under a sitting are public-domain audio bundled inside the app. Nothing is streamed and no listening data is recorded.
6 · Export and deletion
You can export your entries and sittings as plain Markdown from You → Export everything. That is the standard iOS share sheet; where the file goes afterwards is your choice.
To delete your data, delete the app. iOS removes the on-device store with it. There is no account to close and no copy on our side to erase.
7 · Third parties
The app embeds no analytics, advertising or crash SDKs. It does not sign in with Apple, Google or anyone else, and it does not sync with iCloud in this version.
If you download Stoic from the App Store, Apple’s own terms and privacy policy apply to that storefront, receipts and device checks. We do not receive a feed of your reading or writing from Apple.
8 · This website
This site is static HTML. It sets no cookies, runs no analytics and has no server-side accounts; the type is self-hosted. The host serving the files may keep ordinary web-server access logs (an IP address and the page requested, for example). We do not use those logs to identify you.
If you email us, we see the address and the contents of the message, and keep the correspondence only as long as we need it to answer you.
9 · Children
Stoic is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. The app does not ask for age and builds no profiles.
10 · Legal bases (GDPR and similar laws)
For the iPhone app, we do not process your journal or sittings on our systems. You store that information on your own device in order to use the app (performance of a contract with you, if one is formed by downloading it; otherwise our legitimate interest in providing the local practice tool you asked for).
Notification permission is granted by consent and can be withdrawn in iOS Settings. If you email us, we process that correspondence to respond.
Because we hold no account and no copy of your journal, rights of access, rectification and erasure for app data are exercised on the device: export what you want to keep, then delete the app. You may still write to contact@safrow.com about this policy or about any email you sent us.
11 · International users
Stoic is offered worldwide through the App Store. Your practice data stays on the device in your possession. We do not transfer it to other countries, because we never receive it.
12 · Changes
If the app’s behaviour changes — for example if a later version adds optional iCloud sync — this policy will be updated before that behaviour ships, and the date at the top will change. Material changes are described here in plain language.
13 · Contact
Safrow
Email: contact@safrow.com
If you are in the EEA or UK and are not satisfied with our reply, you may lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.