Privacy Policy
Last updated: 22 May 2026
Innous is a private journaling app. In plain terms: your journal stays on your device, and Innous has no user accounts and no server that stores your entries.
Data stored on your device
Your journal entries, the moods, topics, goals, ideas, decisions, skills and themes detected from them, any photos you attach, and your app settings are stored in an encrypted database on your device only. This data is never uploaded to an Innous server — there is no such server.
AI insights
When AI insights are enabled, the text of a journal entry is sent over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection to a processing proxy, which forwards it to Google's Gemini AI for analysis. The analysis is returned and stored only on your device. The proxy does not retain entry text after a request is processed. Photos are never sent for AI analysis. You can turn AI insights off at any time in Settings.
Location and weather
If you enable the optional context capsule, the app uses your approximate location one time to request current weather from Open-Meteo, a third-party weather service. Your location is not stored or tracked, and the feature can be disabled in Settings.
Photos
Photos you attach to an entry are stored only on your device and are never uploaded or shared.
Accounts, ads, and analytics
Innous has no user accounts and no sign-in. It contains no advertising and no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs. A name you optionally enter for personalization is stored only on your device.
Subscription
Innous offers an optional premium subscription. Payments are processed entirely by Apple or Google — Innous never receives or stores your payment details.
Data retention and deletion
Because all of your data lives on your device, uninstalling Innous permanently and completely deletes it. There is nothing stored elsewhere for us to delete.
Security
Data stored on your device is encrypted at rest, and all network requests use encrypted HTTPS connections.
Third-party services
Google Gemini (AI analysis of entry text, via the proxy); Open-Meteo (current weather for the context capsule); the Apple App Store and Google Play (distribution and subscription billing).
Children
Innous is not directed to children under 13 and should not be used by them.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated from time to time. The date above reflects the most recent change.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? hello@innous.app