Overview
Nurtiora is designed as a low-friction gratitude journaling app with a privacy-first local-storage approach.
In the current version, Nurtiora does not require account registration and does not provide cloud sync. Most core journal content stays on the user's device.
Information We Collect
- Journal entries, saved phrases, streaks, achievements, app lock settings, and reminder preferences stored locally on your device.
- Microphone input when you choose to use speech-to-text. Speech recognition is initiated only when you activate the feature.
- Device identifiers and advertising-related signals that may be used by Google Mobile Ads to deliver and measure advertising.
- App analytics and event data, such as app opens, entry creation, reminder settings, and feature usage, through Firebase Analytics if enabled in the app build.
- Crash diagnostics and error logs through Firebase Crashlytics to help us detect and fix stability issues.
- Notification settings and local timezone information used to schedule reminders on your device.
- Biometric availability and local PIN/app lock settings used to protect on-device access. Biometric templates themselves are handled by the operating system and are not collected by Ascend Spark.
How We Use Information
- Provide journaling, reminders, breathing, meditation, app lock, and other core app features.
- Maintain app reliability, measure feature usage, and fix crashes or defects.
- Support the free version of the app with advertising, where applicable.
- Improve future product decisions based on aggregate usage patterns.
Sharing and Third-Party Services
- We do not sell your journal content.
- We may share limited data with service providers that support analytics, crash reporting, speech recognition, and advertising, including Google and Firebase services used by the app.
- Journal content is primarily stored locally on your device in the current version, but data processed through optional features or third-party SDKs may be subject to those providers' terms and retention practices.
Retention
- Local journal content remains on your device until you edit, delete, or remove the app.
- Analytics, crash diagnostics, and advertising-related data may be retained by relevant service providers according to their own operational retention schedules.
Your Choices and Rights
- You can disable or deny microphone, notification, and biometric permissions through your device settings.
- You can delete individual journal entries within the app.
- Because there is no account-based cloud profile in the current version, account deletion requests do not apply. To remove locally stored data from a device, delete the app and its local data from that device.
- If you contact us with a privacy request, we will review requests related to data received through support communications or our third-party providers where reasonably possible.
Children's Privacy
Nurtiora is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this policy or want to submit a privacy request, contact hello@ascend-spark.com.