Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 17, 2026

The short version: MindQuay's developer does not collect or receive your writing or build a profile about you. Your practice lives on your device and, while Private iCloud Backup is on, in a backup document inside your own iCloud account. An optional Sign in with Apple identity stays in the Keychain on your device. MindQuay has no data server, analytics, advertising, or tracking.

Data in the app

MindQuay stores the following in local app storage on your device:

• Your thoughts: everything you write during a docking ritual, along with how you triaged each thought ("Let it go," "Tomorrow," or "Needs action").
• Your sessions: records of completed rituals, which power your streak and the weekly harbor review.
• Your settings: preferences such as your optional evening reminder, readings, haptics, privacy lock, and Apple Intelligence choice.

All of this is saved locally using Apple's SwiftData framework. MindQuay does not upload it to a MindQuay server because no such server exists. If Private iCloud Backup is on, the app also writes a restorable copy to your own iCloud account as described below.

Private iCloud Backup

Private iCloud Backup is on by default when iCloud Drive is available. It saves an integrity-checked copy of your thoughts, sessions, reflections, Beacon practice, breathing history, and app preferences in MindQuay's private iCloud container in your Apple Account. This lets MindQuay restore progress after you reinstall the app or move to another iPhone or iPad.

The backup is handled by Apple's iCloud service. It is not sent to a MindQuay server, and MindQuay's developer cannot browse or read it. Other apps cannot open MindQuay's private container. Apple's handling of iCloud data is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy and your iCloud settings.

You can see backup status, save immediately, turn backup on, or turn it off and remove its saved copy in MindQuay Settings. If iCloud is unavailable, MindQuay continues to work locally and tells you that progress is not currently protected. If two devices contain independently changed histories, MindQuay asks you which copy to keep instead of silently combining or overwriting them.

Optional Apple identity

You may use Sign in with Apple to add an optional identity inside MindQuay. Apple provides a stable identifier and may provide your email the first time you authorize the app. MindQuay stores those values only in the device Keychain. They are not sent to a MindQuay server, used for analytics, or linked to your thoughts. You can use every feature without this identity and remove it from Settings at any time.

What "letting go" means

When you release a thought to the water, MindQuay removes it from your active view. The thought remains in your local history, and in your private iCloud backup when enabled, so the app can reflect your patterns and progress back to you over time. This powers the Mirror, MindQuay's reflection space. It is never sent to MindQuay's developer. If you want released thoughts gone completely, use the deletion control described below.

Your control — erase and export

You can permanently delete your private practice in Settings > Delete my thoughts & history. This removes thoughts, sessions, Mirror records, intentions, breathing history, and Beacon activity from the device and from the private iCloud backup when it is enabled. MindQuay will not report success unless it can safely update both copies. Harmless setup preferences and the cosmetic supporter profile remain.

You can also export your own data in Settings > Export my data. MindQuay writes a file on your device that you can save or share wherever you choose. To remove the entire remote backup, use Turn off and remove under Private iCloud Backup. The optional Apple identity has its own removal control.

Deleting the app removes its local database, but an enabled private iCloud backup intentionally remains so the app can restore your progress after reinstallation. Turn off and remove the backup before deleting the app if you do not want that restorable copy to remain in iCloud.

What we don't do

• No analytics: the app contains no analytics SDK and sends no usage data.
• No ads and no ad networks.
• No tracking of any kind, across apps or websites.
• No third-party SDKs that collect data.
• No selling, renting, or sharing of your practice or identity.

The app has no MindQuay network service. Apple system services may be used for iCloud backup, Sign in with Apple, StoreKit purchases, Siri or dictation, notifications, Face ID or passcode authentication, and Apple Intelligence as described here.

Apple Intelligence

On compatible Apple Intelligence devices, you may choose to let the Mirror create a deeper reflection with Apple's Foundation Models framework. When enabled, up to 40 recent thoughts are processed by Apple's on-device model at most once per week. MindQuay does not send the text to us or to a MindQuay server, and it is not used by us for training or analytics. The generated reflection is stored locally and is included in Private iCloud Backup when backup is enabled. You can refresh it, delete it, or turn the feature off at any time. The regular Mirror works without Apple Intelligence.

Optional support

MindQuay is free. If you choose a one-time gift, it is processed entirely by Apple through the App Store using StoreKit. We never receive your name, payment details, billing address, or other Apple Account information. The transaction is between you and Apple and is governed by Apple's privacy policy.

Notifications & dictation

If you enable the evening reminder, it is a local notification scheduled directly on your device by iOS. No reminder data is sent to any server, ours or anyone else's.

If you use the microphone button on the iOS keyboard to dictate a thought, that dictation is a feature of Apple's iOS keyboard, not of MindQuay. It is handled by Apple according to Apple's policies; the app simply receives the resulting text, which stays on your device like everything else.

If you use the MindQuay App Shortcut with Siri, Siri asks for the thought and passes the resulting text to MindQuay, which stores it locally as a pending thought. Siri is an Apple system service and is governed by Apple's policies.

This website

This website (mindquay.com) is a static site. It sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and loads no third-party scripts.

The site is hosted on GitHub Pages. As with any web host, GitHub may log standard web-server request data, such as your IP address and browser user agent, when you visit. That logging is performed by GitHub, not by us, and is described in the GitHub General Privacy Statement. We never see or receive that data.

Children

MindQuay is not directed at children under 13. MindQuay's developer does not knowingly collect personal information from children or adults through the app.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will post the updated version on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email us at [email protected].