Privacy Policy

1. The short version

• Your journal is stored on your device: moods, notes, tags, photos, and voice memos. There's no account, and we don't run a server that keeps your journal.
• When you ask for an AI weekly insight or affirmations, the app sends what that request needs to our AI service, which uses an AI model provider to write the reply. You decide whether notes and tags are included.
• The app uses Google Firebase for analytics and crash reports. Analytics events can include mood levels, but never the text of your notes.
• The free version offers optional rewarded ads from Google AdMob. Better Tomorrow Plus has no ads.
• Purchases are handled by Apple or Google, and RevenueCat keeps track of your subscription status.
• We don't sell your personal information.

The sections below explain each of these. This policy covers the Better Tomorrow app for iOS and Android and its pages on this website.

2. Who we are

Better Tomorrow is made by Believe PR, owned by Armando Jimenez, in Puerto Rico. In this policy, "we" and "us" mean Believe PR. We are responsible for the personal information described here. You can reach us at armando.jimenez.dev@gmail.com.

3. What stays on your device

Everything you write or save in your journal is stored in the app's private storage on your phone or tablet:

• Mood check-ins: the mood level, date, and time
• Notes, and the context tags you choose, such as what you were doing, who you were with, and where you were (a tag you pick, not your GPS location)
• Photos you attach, including photos you choose from Unsplash, and custom mood images
• Voice memos
• The AI insights and affirmations you have received
• Streaks, trophies, breathing sessions, reminders, and settings, including the name you want the app to call you, if any

This data is not uploaded to us and is not synced to any cloud. We can't see it or recover it. If you delete the app or use Reset App Data without a backup, it is gone for good.

4. AI insights and affirmations

Weekly insights and affirmations are written by an AI model. The app sends a request only when you tap to generate one. Nothing is sent in the background or on a schedule.

What a weekly insight sends

• Mood levels (1 to 10) and dates (month and day) for up to 28 recent check-ins, plus your average mood and a few summary figures
• Your current streak, if it is 7 days or longer, and the score of your previous insight
• The notes and context tags from those check-ins, if the notes and tags options are on. They are on by default, and you can turn them off before each request.
• Your name, only if you have turned on Address me by name
• The tone, style, and language you chose

What affirmations send

• Your current mood level
• The notes and tags you selected, if any
• The style and language you chose

What is never sent

Photos, voice memos, custom images, backups, purchase data, and advertising or analytics identifiers are never part of an AI request.

How the request is protected

• Before sending, the app removes email addresses and numbers that look like phone, ID, or card numbers from notes, and shortens long notes, tags, and names.
• If a note contains words suggesting you may be in danger, the request is not sent, and the app shows support resources instead.
• Requests travel over an encrypted connection.

Who processes it

The request goes to our AI gateway, hosted on Cloudflare. With the request, the gateway receives your IP address and a random identifier the app creates for rate limits. That identifier is not linked to your name, advertising ID, purchases, or journal, and Reset App Data deletes it. The gateway does not store the content of requests or replies.

The gateway sends the request through OpenRouter to an AI model provider. Today that is OpenAI, with Google as a backup. We set OpenRouter to use only providers that do not keep request data or use it for training. Providers can change, and when they do, we update this policy.

The reply comes back to your device and is saved with your journal. AI features are optional, and the rest of the app works without them.

App versions 1.0.1 and earlier sent the same kinds of data to Google's Gemini models through Firebase.

5. Analytics

We use Google Firebase Analytics to understand which features people use and where the app needs work. It records events such as opening a screen, logging a mood, generating an insight, finishing a breathing session, or viewing the subscription screen.

Some events include the mood level (1 to 10) or mood score involved, whether an entry has a note (never the note itself), and internal IDs of the item involved (such as an entry, insight, or custom image set). Firebase also collects device and app information, such as device model, operating system, app version, an app instance ID, and approximate location based on your IP address. Where your device settings allow it, Google may link this data to your device's advertising identifier.

Analytics is on in the current version of the app, and there is no in-app switch to turn it off. Google keeps this data for a limited period under our Firebase settings and Google's Privacy Policy.

6. Crash reports

In release versions, Firebase Crashlytics sends a report when the app crashes or hits an unexpected error. A report includes technical details such as the error and where in the code it happened, device model, operating system, app version, and a Crashlytics installation ID. We don't add your journal content to crash reports.

7. Advertising

The free version offers optional rewarded ads from Google AdMob: you choose to watch one to unlock something in the app. There are no banner or pop-up ads, and Better Tomorrow Plus subscribers see no ads.

To show and measure ads and prevent fraud, AdMob collects information such as device and advertising identifiers, IP address and approximate location, and how you interact with ads. Depending on your choices, ads may be personalized.

• iOS: we ask for permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt before your advertising identifier can be used for tracking. You can decline and still use the app, and change your choice later in your device's privacy settings.
• Android: you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings.

Your moods, notes, photos, and voice memos are never shared with advertisers. Learn how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

8. Purchases and subscriptions

Better Tomorrow Plus is sold through the App Store and Google Play. Apple or Google processes your payment, and we never see your card or billing details.

We use RevenueCat to manage subscriptions. RevenueCat receives a random ID it creates for the app, your purchase and subscription status, store transaction details, and basic device and app information. We use it to unlock Plus and to restore your purchase. See RevenueCat's privacy policy.

9. Photos from Unsplash

When you open the photo picker, the app loads photos from Unsplash, and a search sends the words you type. When you choose a photo, the app lets Unsplash know it was downloaded, as Unsplash requires, and saves a copy on your device. Unsplash receives your IP address and these requests. See Unsplash's privacy policy.

10. Other connections

• Remote Config: Firebase Remote Config tells the app which subscription screen design to show.
• Legal pages: this policy and the Terms of Use open from our website inside the app.
• Links: store pages, our website, and the helpline directory at findahelpline.com open in your browser.
• Contact: the app opens your own email app with a draft that includes the app version, operating system, and device model. You can edit it before sending. If you email us, we use your address and message only to reply.

11. Permissions and device features

• Camera and photos: to take or attach photos. The app accesses only the photos you pick, and saves photos to your library only when you ask.
• Microphone: to record voice memos, only while you are recording.
• Face ID, Touch ID, or fingerprint: to unlock the app. Your device checks your biometrics, and the app never receives them.
• Notifications: for reminders you set. They are scheduled on your device and don't include your journal.
• Tracking (iOS): the App Tracking Transparency prompt described under Advertising.
• Alarms & reminders (Android): so reminders arrive on time.

Home screen widgets show your recent mood levels, mood emoji, and streak, but not your notes. Anyone who can see your home screen can see them.

The app does not ask for your location, contacts, calendar, or health data.

12. Backups and exports

A backup is a ZIP file with your journal data and, if you choose, your photos and voice memos. An export is a PDF report or a CSV file. Both are created on your device and handed to your system's share sheet, so you decide where they go, such as Files, a cloud drive, email, or AirDrop. We never receive them.

13. Security

• The optional app lock stores your passcode only as a salted hash in your device's secure storage (Keychain on iOS, Keystore on Android), with optional biometric unlock. A recovery phrase is stored the same way, and its hint is stored as you wrote it.
• The journal database is not encrypted by the app. It relies on your device's built-in storage encryption, which modern iPhones and Android phones turn on when you set a screen lock.
• All network requests use encrypted HTTPS connections.

No way of storing or sending data is perfectly secure, but we work to protect the data we handle.

14. How long data is kept

• On your device: until you delete it: one entry at a time, all at once with Reset App Data, or by uninstalling the app.
• AI requests: the gateway does not store request or reply content. It keeps only what it needs to enforce rate limits.
• Service providers: Google (Firebase and AdMob), RevenueCat, and Unsplash keep data under their own policies and our settings.
• Email: as long as needed to answer you.

15. Legal bases

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another place with similar laws, we rely on:

• Contract: to provide the features you use and ask for, such as AI replies and purchases.
• Consent: for tracking used for advertising on iOS, which you give or refuse through Apple's prompt.
• Legitimate interests: for analytics, crash reports, security, and fraud prevention, which help us keep the app working and improve it. You can object at any time by contacting us.

16. Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or get a copy of your personal information, to object to or restrict its use, and to withdraw consent.

• Your journal: you control it in the app. Edit or delete entries, export a backup or report, or delete everything with Reset App Data in My Space.
• Data held by service providers: we have no account that links it to you by name. Contact us and we will help with any request we can act on, and point you to the provider's own tools.
• Ads: decline or change tracking permission on iOS, or reset or delete your advertising ID on Android.

California: we don't sell personal information for money. Letting Google show personalized ads may count as "sharing" under California law, and you can opt out through the ad settings above. We won't treat you differently for using your rights.

You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

17. Children

Better Tomorrow is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. Where local law sets a higher age for consent to online services, a parent or guardian must agree. If you believe a child's information reached us, contact us and we will delete it.

18. International transfers

Our service providers, including Google, Cloudflare, OpenRouter, OpenAI, RevenueCat, and Unsplash, may process data in the United States and other countries. Where required, they use safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.

19. Changes to this policy

We update this policy when the app or the services it uses change. The date at the top shows the latest version. We also mention significant changes in the app's release notes.

20. Contact

Questions or requests about your privacy: armando.jimenez.dev@gmail.com. Believe PR, owned by Armando Jimenez, Puerto Rico. We aim to reply within 30 days.