Waypoint privacy policy

The short version

• We cannot see your journal. Nothing you write, feel, record or photograph is ever sent to us.
• Your entries live on your device and sync through your own private iCloud account.
• There are no accounts, no ads and no tracking. The app sends anonymous counts of which features get used, never anything you write.
• Every permission is optional, and you can turn each one off at any time in iOS Settings.

This policy explains how Waypoint: Daily Journal ("Waypoint", "the app") handles your information. Waypoint is made by Zossoz, Inc. ("we", "us"). We wrote it in plain language because a journal is personal, and you should be able to understand exactly where your words go.

What we collect

We never collect your entries, your intentions, your mood, your photos, your voice notes, your tags, your location or your health data. None of it is sent to us or to anyone working for us.

The one thing the app does send is anonymous usage counts, so we can tell which features are worth improving and which nobody uses. A count says that a feature was used and when, so we can see the order screens were opened in and where people turn back, for example that the Week view was opened, that something was written on the morning page, or that the look was changed. It also carries the look in use, whether Pro is active, the kind of device, and the app and iOS version. It never contains what you wrote, how long it was, what you felt or anything from your journal.

These counts go to PostHog, an analytics company that stores them for us on servers in the United States. The app keeps a random ID on your device so that returning use can be counted. That ID is not your name, your Apple Account, your email or an advertising identifier, and we do not join it to anything else. We do not sell or share the counts, and they are not used for advertising or to track you across other apps or websites.

Waypoint has no accounts and no advertising. Screen recording, crash reporting and location lookup by PostHog are switched off in the app.

The one exception is if you choose to contact us by email. In that case we receive your email address and whatever you write, and we use it only to reply to you.

Apple may give developers aggregated, anonymous app statistics and crash reports, but only if you have chosen to share analytics with app developers in your iOS settings. Apple controls that setting, and you can turn it off under Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements.

Where your data lives

Everything you create in Waypoint, including entries, intentions, commitments, check-ins, mood, tags, custom prompts, photos and voice notes, is stored on your device.

To keep your journal in sync across your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, Waypoint uses Apple's iCloud (the CloudKit private database) under your own Apple Account. That private database belongs to you. We cannot access it, and it is protected by Apple under Apple's Privacy Policy. If you turn on Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, Apple applies end-to-end encryption according to its own terms.

Widgets, the Apple Watch app, and Siri and Shortcuts read the same data on your own devices to show or update your journal. They do not send it to us.

Optional permissions and why we ask

Waypoint only asks for a permission when you use the feature that needs it. Each one is optional. You can change your choice at any time in the iOS Settings app under Waypoint, or in the relevant Apple app noted below.

Apple Health

If you turn this on, Waypoint can save the mood and feelings you log to Apple Health as a State of Mind entry. Separately, if you turn on Health in Day context, Waypoint reads your steps, sleep and exercise minutes so it can show them beside your entries and in your patterns. Those numbers are stored only in your journal on your device and in your private iCloud, and are never sent to us. Data in Apple Health is managed by Apple, and you can review or change access in the Health app.

Location and weather

If you turn on Place or Weather in Day context, Waypoint reads your location once when you write. For Place, it turns the location into a short place name on your device and keeps only that name; your coordinates are not saved. For Weather, Waypoint asks Apple's WeatherKit service for the current conditions at that location. That request goes to Apple, not to us, and is covered by Apple's Privacy Policy.

Live Activities, Spotlight and Siri

If you set a commitment, Waypoint can show it on your Lock Screen until you check in. Waypoint can also add your entries to on-device Spotlight search so you can find them from the Home Screen; when the Face ID lock is on, only dates are indexed, not your words. Both stay on your device.

Journaling Suggestions

If you use Apple's Journaling Suggestions, Apple shows you possible moments to write about. You choose which ones to bring into Waypoint, and only the moments you pick are shared with the app. Waypoint never sees the rest.

Notifications

Used to send the reminders you set, such as a morning prompt or an evening check-in. Reminders are scheduled on your device.

Face ID

Used to lock the app if you turn that option on. Face ID is handled entirely by iOS. Waypoint only learns whether the check succeeded, and never receives your face data.

Microphone and Speech Recognition

Used to record voice notes and turn them into text. The recording is saved with your entry, and transcription runs on your device.

Photos

Waypoint uses the system photo picker, so the app only receives the specific photos you choose to add to an entry. It does not browse or read the rest of your library. Added photos are stored with your entries on your device and in your private iCloud.

On-device AI

On supported devices, Waypoint can use Apple Intelligence (Apple's Foundation Models) to suggest follow-up questions, hold the Daily Chat, answer questions about your past entries, and summarize what you have written. This runs on your device. Your entries are not sent to us or to any third-party AI service. The AI never writes entries for you; it only offers questions and summaries, and what goes in your journal is always your choice.

Exports

You can export your journal as Markdown, JSON or PDF. Exports are created on your device and go only where you choose to save or share them. Once a file leaves the app, it is handled by whichever app or service you send it to.

Safety copies

If you sign out of iCloud or switch to a different Apple Account, Waypoint keeps a copy of your journal on that device first, so nothing that hadn't finished syncing is lost. Safety copies stay only on the device, are not uploaded or backed up, and Waypoint keeps at most three. You can export or delete them in Settings > Safety copies.

Purchases

The core journal is free. Waypoint Pro is offered through Apple in-app purchase, and payment is handled entirely by Apple. We never receive your name, payment details or Apple Account information. The app checks with Apple, on your device, whether you have an active purchase. Apple provides developers with general sales reports, which do not identify you to us.

Children

Waypoint is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. The anonymous usage counts described above do not identify anyone, so we hold no personal information about any user to review or delete. If you have a question about a child's use of the app, please contact us.

Deleting your data

Because your journal belongs to you, you are in control of deleting it.

• On a device: deleting the Waypoint app removes the data stored on that device.
• In iCloud: go to Settings > Apple ID (your name) > iCloud > Manage Storage, find Waypoint, and choose to delete its data. This removes your synced journal from iCloud and from every device that syncs with it.
• In Apple Health: any mood you saved there stays in the Health app until you delete it in Health.
• Safety copies: delete them in Settings > Safety copies, or delete the app.
• Exports: any files you exported are separate copies, so delete them wherever you saved them.

We cannot delete or recover your data for you, because we never have access to it. Please export anything you want to keep before deleting.

Changes to this policy

If we change how Waypoint handles data, we will update this page and the effective date above. If a change is significant, such as the app beginning to collect anything new, we will also say so in the app before it takes effect.

Contact

Questions about privacy are welcome. Email support@zossoz.com.

This policy covers the Waypoint app only. The zossoz.com website privacy policy covers this site. Questions either way: privacy@zossoz.com.