Stoic RiseThis policy explains how Stoic Rise handles information in the app, its optional features, and this support website. No account is required to use the app.
1. Data stored on your device
Stoic Rise uses local iOS storage, including SwiftData and UserDefaults. It may store:
- The daily teaching, its local date, and personalized rotation state to keep the teaching stable and avoid repetition.
- Favorite teachings, language, and app preferences.
- Completed practices: date, teaching identifier and text, category, question, quick response, intention, and optional note.
- Records from earlier versions retained for compatibility.
- Alarm preferences: time, weekdays, sound, and countdown options.
- Morning Focus selections and state, including the chosen duration.
This data supports your displayed intention, practice totals, streak, and history. Notes and custom intentions are stored as you write them; they are not analyzed by AI or sent to a Stoic Rise backend.
2. Collection, advertising, and tracking
The current version does not use proprietary accounts, advertising, third-party analytics SDKs, or tracking across apps or websites. We do not sell or rent your data. The developer does not automatically receive your history, notes, favorites, or Morning Focus selections.
3. Alarms, notifications, and Screen Time
Stoic Wake: when enabled, Stoic Rise requests AlarmKit authorization on supported iPhones. iOS manages alarm scheduling, sound, vibration, and controls. We do not request microphone, contacts, or location access for this feature.
Morning Focus: requires explicit Screen Time/Family Controls authorization. You voluntarily choose items in Apple's picker. The app stores Apple's selection tokens locally and uses them with ManagedSettings and DeviceActivity to apply and end protection. We do not upload these selections or create advertising profiles of your usage.
Notifications: quote reminders are scheduled locally when you enable the option and authorize iOS notifications. We do not use our own push-notification service for your reflections.
You can disable these features in Stoic Rise Settings and manage their permissions through the corresponding iOS controls. Declining a permission does not prevent manual practice, favorites, or history.
4. Widgets and the Lock Screen
The app and its extensions share the minimum information locally needed to display the daily teaching and intention. Widgets and the alarm's activity may display this content on the Home Screen or Lock Screen, where others who see your device may read it. Private notes are not included in widget content. You can remove widgets or adjust visibility through iOS controls.
5. Sharing content
Sharing is voluntary: the app generates an image of the teaching and opens the iOS share sheet. It is provided only to the app or destination you choose. Subsequent handling depends on that service; Stoic Rise does not automatically publish your history, intention, or notes to social networks.
6. Retention and control
History and preferences remain in local storage while the app's data is retained. You can remove favorites and disable alarms or Morning Focus in the app. Deleting the app —rather than offloading it while keeping its data— removes its main storage from the device; backups and restores are managed separately through iOS and your Apple account.
There is no account or remote practice database that the developer can access or delete for you. This version does not implement iCloud/CloudKit practice synchronization. Depending on your settings, iOS may include local data in backups; Apple manages that process.
7. Website and support messages
This website does not embed forms, third-party analytics, advertising pixels, or language-preference cookies. The ES/EN selector opens the corresponding page and works without JavaScript.
The website is hosted by Hostinger. As part of hosting, technical request logs may be generated, including IP address, date, requested URL, and browser information, to operate and protect the website. These logs are separate from the app's local data. See Hostinger's privacy policy.
If you email support, we receive your email address and any information you choose to send. We use it to respond and follow up on your issue; you do not need to send personal notes or your complete history. We retain correspondence as needed to handle the request and meet applicable obligations. You may contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of information you sent us, subject to those obligations.
8. Scope and changes
Stoic Rise is a routine and reflection tool inspired by Stoic philosophy. It does not perform psychological assessments or provide medical, therapeutic, financial, or legal advice. If we add features that change how data is handled, we will update this policy and the relevant notices.
9. Contact
For privacy questions or requests: soporte@omstudioit.com.