Privacy Policy
Last updated October 27, 2026 · applies to Daily on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android and Wear OS
- Your day stays on your devices. There's no account and no sign-in, and nothing you put in Daily is sent to me.
- No ads, no analytics, no tracking. Daily contains no advertising, analytics or tracking code, and nothing is sold or shared.
- Health and calendar data are read on the device and are never saved by Daily, synced or sent anywhere. The only thing Daily writes to Apple Health or Health Connect is water you log with Log Water.
- Your journal is private. It's locked with Face ID, Touch ID, your fingerprint or your screen lock, and never appears in notifications, widgets or the app switcher.
- Voice assistants hear only what you ask. When you ask Siri or Gemini about your day, Daily answers them; Gemini's answers go to Google, without your health data or journal.
Who makes Daily
Daily is made by Andrew Slifer, an independent developer. Questions about this policy or your data go to [email protected].
What you put in Daily
Daily holds what you type and tap: your training and food plans, to-dos, lists and routines, your notes, what you tick off, the weights and reps you log, measurements you type in, your journal, your settings (such as work hours and a ZIP code for the weather), and the choices you make about your calendars.
This is saved in a database inside the app on your device. I don't run any server for Daily, so there is nowhere else for it to go except the places below, which you control.
iCloud sync
So that your Apple devices show the same day, Daily can sync what you put in it through your own iCloud account (the private iCloud database Apple keeps for you). It's off until you turn it on: Daily asks during setup on each device (on Apple Watch, the first time you open it), and you can turn it on or off any time in Daily → Settings → iCloud. Until you do, nothing goes to iCloud.
Daily 1.0 as first released on the App Store has sync on by default; the setup question comes with the next update. Until you have it, turn off "Sync with iCloud" in Daily → Settings → iCloud if you don't want it.
What's synced (plans, ticks, to-dos, lists, notes, settings and the journal) is stored in iCloud's encrypted fields, end-to-end encrypted with keys only your devices hold, so Apple can't read it, and I have no access to your iCloud at all. Alongside each change iCloud keeps a few plain details Daily needs to put changes in the right order: the time of the change, whether something was removed, and a random number that identifies the device (not you).
Apple Health data, calendar events and the weather forecast are never synced. Each device reads those for itself.
If you sign in to a different iCloud account on a device, Daily starts over with that account and adds everything the device holds to it, so the new account gets that device's copy of your data. If you don't want that, turn off "Sync with iCloud" in Daily before you switch.
No sync, and Android's own backup
Daily for Android doesn't sync with other devices. If Google backup is turned on for your phone, Android includes Daily's data (your journal included) in that backup, in your Google account, so it can come back on a new phone. Google encrypts these backups; when your phone has a screen lock, they're end-to-end encrypted with your PIN, pattern or password, so Google can't read them. You can turn backup off in your phone's settings. Health Connect data, calendar events and the forecast are not in it, because Daily never saves them. Settings that belong to one phone (which permissions you gave and whether you finished setup) are left out too, so on a restored phone Daily runs setup again to ask for that phone's own permissions.
Like any app's data, Daily's is also part of your device's own backups (iCloud Backup or a backup to your computer) if you make them.
Apple Health and Health Connect
With your permission, Daily reads health data so it can tick things off for you (a workout that matches your planned session, a good night's sleep, enough water) and show your trends.
The one thing Daily writes is water you log. On iPhone, iPad and Android, when you tap Log Water on your water routine and pick an amount, Daily saves that amount to Apple Health or Health Connect as a water entry at that moment (with your permission to write water, which your phone asks for separately). Taking it back removes that entry again. Daily writes nothing else to Apple Health or Health Connect.
| Platform | What Daily reads |
|---|---|
| iPhone and iPad (Apple Health) | Workouts (type, time, length, active energy, average heart rate), sleep, active energy, exercise minutes, water, weight, waist, body fat, lean body mass, and Apple's activity rings |
| Android (Health Connect) | Exercise sessions, sleep, active calories, heart rate, water, steps, weight, body fat, lean body mass, and data older than 30 days (for trends) |
| Apple Watch (Apple Health) | Today's workouts (type, time, length, active energy, average heart rate), sleep and water, from the next update on |
| Mac | Nothing: the Mac has no health data |
Health data is read on the device each time it's needed and held in memory only. It is never saved in Daily's database, never synced to iCloud, never included in backups made by Daily, and never sent to me or anyone else. It isn't used for advertising or marketing, isn't sold, and isn't used for anything except showing you your own day and trends.
Daily's use of information received from Health Connect adheres to the Health Connect Permissions policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Daily's use of HealthKit follows Apple's App Store Review Guidelines for health data.
You can change or take back this permission at any time: on iPhone in the Health app (your profile picture → Apps → Daily), on Android in Health Connect (App permissions → Daily).
Calendars
With your permission, Daily reads your calendars (events from a week ago to a month ahead) to show them on your day and to plan workouts around busy times. It never changes your calendars. Events are held in memory only: never saved by Daily, never synced, never sent anywhere. Daily saves only your choices for each calendar (whether to show it, and whether it moves your workouts). If you tap Start notes on an event, the new note takes the event's title, which you can change; from then on it is your note, saved and synced like your others. Daily keeps only a fingerprint of the event to find that note again, never the event itself.
Weather
If you type a US ZIP code, Daily shows the forecast for it. It never uses your device's location.
- The ZIP code is turned into a rough position once, using Apple Maps on iPhone and Mac, or your phone's geocoding service on Android (on most phones, Google's).
- That rough position, rounded to about a kilometre, is sent to the US National Weather Service (api.weather.gov) to get the hourly forecast.
- As with any request on the internet, these services see your device's IP address. Daily's requests name the app, its version and how to reach me, and nothing about you. Their own privacy policies apply: Apple, Google, National Weather Service.
The ZIP code is saved with your settings (and synced between your Apple devices, if iCloud sync is on). The forecast is kept on the device for a few hours and is never synced. "Stop the forecast" in Settings → Weather forgets both.
Notifications
Daily's reminders (the morning brief, before a workout, the evening nudge, to-dos with a time) are worked out on your device and scheduled there. They don't pass through any server. Your journal is never in a notification.
Timers (from the next update) run on the device that started them: their label and length are kept there and never synced or sent anywhere. On iPhone and iPad they ring through Apple's alarm system (AlarmKit, which asks your permission first) and count down on the Lock Screen; on a Mac and on Android they end with a notification, which on Android counts down in your notifications while it runs. Android asks once to let Daily set exact alarms, so a timer rings on time.
On Apple devices, iCloud sync (when it's on) uses Apple's push service to tell Daily that something changed on your other device. Those notices carry no content.
Widgets and watches
Daily's widgets, Apple Watch app and Wear OS watch app show a summary of your day: how much is done, and what's next on your timeline (times and titles of events, sessions, meals and to-dos). Your journal is never in them.
- Widgets (iPhone home screen and lock screen, Android home screen): Daily leaves the summary in a file on the device for the widget to read. It isn't synced, and it's kept out of device backups, because it can include ticks worked out from health data. Titles are marked private, so iOS can hide them on the lock screen while your iPhone is locked.
- Apple Watch: the Watch app keeps its own copy of your data on the watch and syncs it through your iCloud if you turn sync on there, exactly as the iPhone and Mac do (see iCloud sync above). From the next update, with your permission, it also reads today's workouts, sleep and water from Apple Health on the watch, the same way the iPhone does (see Apple Health above); like everywhere else, that is never saved or synced.
- Wear OS: your phone sends the summary straight to your watch, and the watch sends your ticks back, only while the two are connected directly (Bluetooth or the same Wi-Fi), using Google Play services on both. The summary can include ticks worked out from Health Connect (a night's sleep, for example), which is why Daily never sends it while they're apart: it never goes through Google's servers.
Siri and Gemini
You can ask a voice assistant about your day in Daily (the weather, your calendar, your workout, your next meal, what's next), add a to-do or tick something off. Daily only answers when you ask; it never contacts an assistant by itself. Your journal is never in an answer.
- Siri (iPhone, iPad and Mac): Daily works out the answer on your device and hands it to Siri there. It can include what Apple Health ticked off for you (a night's sleep, a workout); Daily gives that only to Siri, and only when you ask. What Apple does with Siri requests, including any processing on Apple's servers, is covered by Apple's privacy policy.
- Gemini (Android 16 and later): Gemini runs in Google's cloud, so the answer Daily gives it (for example your calendar's events, your workout and your meals for the day) goes to Google, as anything you ask Gemini does, and Google's privacy policy applies to it. Daily works these answers out without your Health Connect data: nothing Health Connect recorded is in them. A to-do you add through Gemini is saved on your phone like any other.
Your journal
The journal is locked with your device's own security: Face ID or Touch ID on Apple devices, and fingerprint, face or screen lock on Android. Daily never receives your face or fingerprint data; the device only tells it whether you unlocked. It locks again whenever you leave Daily, and on a Mac also when the screen locks, the screen saver starts or the Mac sleeps.
- Kept off other screens. Your journal is never in notifications, widgets, watch apps or voice-assistant answers. When you switch apps, the App Switcher (iPhone and iPad) or Recents (Android) shows a blank page instead of it. On Android, screenshots and screen recordings of the journal are blocked too.
- Your keyboard. On Android, Daily asks your keyboard not to learn the words you type in the journal (Gboard's incognito mode), so they don't come back as suggestions or join your keyboard's dictionary. Other keyboards decide for themselves whether to follow this.
- Where it's kept. In Daily's database on your device. On Apple devices it also syncs, only in iCloud's end-to-end encrypted fields (see iCloud sync above). On Android it's in your phone's Google backup if that's on (see above).
What I receive
- Nothing from the app itself. Daily has no analytics, advertising, tracking or crash-reporting code, and no account.
- Crash reports, if you opt in. If you've chosen in your device settings to share diagnostics with app developers, Apple or Google may pass me anonymous crash reports and usage statistics for Daily. You can turn this off in your device's privacy settings.
- Your emails. If you write to support, I receive your email address and what you send, and use them only to reply. I don't add you to any list.
Deleting your data
- On a device: deleting Daily removes everything it saved on that device.
- From iCloud: in Daily → Settings → iCloud → Delete Daily's data from iCloud, on any of your Apple devices. It erases everything Daily keeps in your iCloud, whether sync is on or off on that device. Each device keeps its own copy and stops syncing, so to start completely fresh, delete Daily from your other devices first. (The button comes with the update after Daily 1.0 as first released on the App Store. Before that, your device's iCloud settings may list Daily under Manage Storage, where its data can be deleted too.)
- Android backups: manage or delete them in your Google account's backup settings.
- Health and calendar access: turn it off at any time in your device's settings; Daily keeps no copy.
Because I don't hold any of your data, there is nothing for me to access, correct or delete on my side. If you have a question about your rights under privacy laws where you live (such as the GDPR or California's CCPA), email me and I'll help.
Children
Daily is not directed at children under 13, and I don't knowingly receive information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If what Daily does with data changes, I'll update this page and the date at the top before the new version of the app is released. If a change means data would leave your devices in a new way, the app will tell you and ask first.
Contact
Andrew Slifer · [email protected]