Worry Loop Privacy Policy

Worry Loop is a place to write a worry down and set it aside. What you write there can be very personal, so this policy is short and strict. The short version: it stays on your iPhone, and we never see it.

What we collect

Nothing. There are no servers for Worry Loop, and the app does not send anything you put in it to us or anyone else. There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking of any kind. The app does not read the words you write to judge them, score them or infer anything about you.

What stays on your iPhone

Your parked worries, their outcomes, your brain dumps, any tasks you made from them, your review-time settings and the help country you choose are stored in the app’s own storage on your phone, protected by iOS.

• Speaking instead of typing: speech is turned into text on your phone, and the recording is deleted straight away.
• Outside review time parked worries stay hidden in the app, and nothing from them ever appears in a notification or on the lock screen. A reminder, if you turn one on, says only that your review time is available.
• App lock uses Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode through iOS. The app never sees your face or passcode.

Reminders and tasks

If you send a task to Apple Reminders, the app asks your permission and shows you the exact text before anything is written. Nothing is sent automatically.

The PDF

You can build a PDF of entries you select, to share with someone you trust. It is made on your phone, you see it before sharing, and it goes only where you send it. Whoever receives it then has a copy.

Backups you make

Worry Loop can save an encrypted backup file when you ask it to. You choose the passphrase and where the file goes. We never have the passphrase and cannot recover it. Your iPhone’s own iCloud or computer backup may include the app’s data, as it does for most apps; you can turn that off for this app in the iPhone’s own backup settings.

Deleting your data

Delete a worry and it is removed from your phone, including its transcript, outcome and search index. Settings › Delete everything removes all of it. Deleting the app also removes it.

Children

Worry Loop is for adults. It is not directed at children under 13, and it collects no data from anyone.

Not therapy or medical care

Worry Loop does not monitor what you write and cannot contact anyone for you. It is not a substitute for care. If you might be in danger, call your local emergency number. Need more help? lists numbers for your country.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date.