Ritmo Privacy Policy
Ritmo: Daily Devotional (“Ritmo”, “the app”) is published by Elena Gukasova (“we”, “us”). This policy explains what the app does with your information. We wrote it to be read, so it is plain and short.
- Your journal, notes and answers stay on your phone. We do not upload them.
- We keep your progress (which path you are on, which days you finished) in the cloud so it is safe and can follow you.
- We count visits, not words: we may know that an evening was finished, never what you wrote.
- No ads. We do not sell your data.
- You can delete your account and all data inside the app at any time.
1. What stays on your phone only
- Your journal: morning intentions, evening answers and notes.
- Verses you saved and highlighted.
- Your settings (times of day, vibration) and which path you chose as your free path.
- The quick questions at the start (how you feel, where you are with faith, how much time you have). They are used once, on your phone, to suggest a first path. They are not saved and not sent anywhere.
- The Bible text. It is built into the app, so reading it needs no internet and sends nothing.
2. What we keep in the cloud
When you open the app, an anonymous account is created for you. This lets us store your progress safely. We store:
| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| An anonymous account ID | To tell your progress apart from others. |
| Which path you are on, which evening you reached, whether a path is finished | To keep your progress safe and available on a new phone. |
| Marks that you finished the morning, midday or evening of a day, with the time | To count your days and your series. |
| Which path you chose as your free path, and how many free questions you have used for “Ask about this verse” (a number, never the questions) | So these limits do not restart when you delete and reinstall the app. The free path is also kept in your phone’s Keychain. |
| Your time zone and device language | To count days correctly for you. |
| Your name and avatar, only if you set them | To show them back to you. |
| If you choose Sign in with Apple: your Apple user ID and the email address Apple gives us (this can be Apple’s private relay address) | To link your progress to your Apple ID. Signing in is optional. |
This data is stored with Google Firebase (Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore) on servers in the United States, so your data may be transferred outside your country.
3. Analytics
We use Google Firebase Analytics to understand how the app is used and to fix problems. It collects app events such as which screen was opened, that an evening was finished, that a path was started, or that the subscription screen was opened. It also records simple properties: whether you are subscribed, roughly how many days you have had the app, your device language, whether you allowed notifications, and whether you signed in with Apple. Firebase also collects technical identifiers of the app installation and approximate region.
Analytics never include what you write.
3a. Advertising measurement
We advertise Ritmo on Meta’s platforms (Facebook and Instagram). To see which ads bring people to the app, the app uses the Meta SDK. It sends Meta simple events, such as that the app was installed or opened, that the introduction was finished, that a first evening was finished, and that a free trial or subscription was started. It never sends what you write, your answers, your questions or the verses you saved. If you allow it when iOS asks (“Allow Ritmo to track your activity…”), Meta may link these events with your Meta account through your device’s advertising identifier to measure and improve ads. If you decline, the app works the same, and the advertising identifier is not used. You can change your choice any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
4. Ask about this verse (AI)
This optional feature helps you find places in the Bible. When you use it, the text you type (up to 400 characters) and, if you started from a verse, its reference (not the verse text) are sent through our server to Google’s Gemini model (Google Vertex AI), which returns references to passages. The verse text you see always comes from the Bible built into the app.
- We do not save your question or the answer, and we keep them out of our logs.
- Google processes the text to produce the answer, under its own terms for Vertex AI.
- We keep only a daily counter (how many times you asked today) to prevent abuse.
- Please do not type names, addresses or other sensitive details. Suggestions can be wrong or not fit your situation, and they are not pastoral, medical or legal advice.
- If a question suggests you may be in danger, the app shows help lines instead of passages.
5. Purchases
If you subscribe, the payment is handled by Apple. We never see your card details. We use Adapty, a subscription service, to check whether your subscription is active. Adapty receives your purchase information from Apple, your anonymous account ID, the product you bought and your country.
6. Notifications
Reminders are scheduled on your phone. They do not need a server and are optional. You can switch them off in the app or in iOS Settings.
7. Who we share data with
Only with the service providers above, so the app can work: Google (Firebase and, for the optional AI feature, Vertex AI), Adapty, Meta (advertising measurement, see section 3a) and Apple. They process data for us and for their own security and legal duties. We do not sell your data and we do not show ads inside the app. We may disclose data if the law requires it.
8. Keeping and deleting your data
- In the app, go to Settings → Privacy & data → Delete account and all data. This erases your cloud data and clears everything on the phone.
- Export my data, in the same place, gives you a file with your information from this phone.
- If you delete the app without deleting your account, your cloud progress stays until you delete the account or ask us to remove it (see Contact).
9. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, the UK or California) you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your data, and to object to some processing. Most of this you can do in the app. For anything else, write to us.
10. Children
Ritmo is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you think a child has given us data, write to us and we will delete it.
11. Security
Data is sent over encrypted connections and protected by access rules so that only you can read your own cloud records. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable care.
12. Not a medical service
Ritmo offers readings and quiet practices. It is not medical care, therapy or an emergency service. If you are in crisis, the app lists help lines under Settings, and you can always call your local emergency number.
13. Changes
If we change what the app collects, we will update this page first and tell you in the app before it starts.
14. Contact
Questions or requests about your data: help@myaim.app
Elena Gukasova