Privacy Policy
After You. Last updated November 7, 2026.
After You is a private journal. We don't collect your data, and we can't read what you write.
What we collect
Nothing. The app has no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking, and we run no server for it. Nothing you put in the app is sent to us.
Where your journal is stored
- On your device. Your pages, recordings and photos are stored in the app on your device.
- In your own iCloud. If iCloud is on, they sync between your devices through your private iCloud account, under Apple's privacy policy. They use your iCloud storage, and we have no access to them.
Your writing, recordings and photos are end-to-end encrypted in iCloud, with keys held in your iCloud Keychain, so neither we nor Apple can read them. iCloud can still see when something was added or changed, and how large it is. A single entry over about a million characters is protected by iCloud's standard encryption instead. If you lose access to iCloud Keychain and all its recovery options, the iCloud copy can't be read, so keep a copy.
Microphone and speech recognition
The app uses the microphone only when you tap Speak. Your speech is turned into text on your device, and is not sent to us or, by this app, to Apple's speech servers. If your device can't do this for your language, the recording is still saved without words.
Camera and photos
The camera and your photos are used only when you choose to add a picture to a page. Only the pictures you choose are stored in the journal.
Lock, Face ID and passcode
The optional lock uses your device's own Face ID, Touch ID or passcode. Your device does the checking: the app never sees your face, fingerprint or passcode, and keeps no password of its own. Only your choice of lock is saved, in your iCloud Keychain. The lock keeps the app closed; it doesn't encrypt your pages.
Copies you keep
A copy is a file you create and keep wherever you choose. It isn't protected by the lock, so keep it somewhere safe.
Deleting your data
To remove one day, hold it in Pages (right-click on Mac) and choose Tear Out This Page. To remove your whole journal, go to Settings and choose Tear out every page. Both remove it from your device and from iCloud on all your devices, and it can't be put back.
Deleting the app removes only its copy on that device, and any copy already in iCloud stays. Anything not yet in iCloud or a copy is lost when the app is deleted. So to remove your journal completely, use Tear out every page before deleting the app.
Children
The app isn't directed at children and collects no information from anyone.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and its date.
Contact
Khushhal Gupta: gkhushhal.dev@gmail.com