Privacy policy
Boop is a diary and habit tracker for iPhone and Android, made by Aleksei Lobanov. This policy explains what happens to the things you put into it.
The short version
What you write in Boop is yours and is never sent to the developer: not your entries, not your photos, not your sketches, not the names of your habits, not your moods. Boop has no accounts and no ads, and it does not sell or share data.
To find out what works and what breaks, Boop sends anonymous usage statistics and crash reports. They say how the app is used, never what you put into it, and you can turn them off in Settings.
Who is responsible
Boop is made by Aleksei Lobanov, an independent developer in Serbia, who decides what Boop collects and why. Write to katleta5000@gmail.com about anything in this policy.
What is stored on your device
Your diary entries, moods, habits, doodles, sketches, photos and reminder settings are kept in the app’s private storage on your phone. They are never sent to the developer, and the developer cannot see or restore them.
Anonymous statistics and crash reports
Boop sends two kinds of information.
Usage statistics. Which parts of the app are used: for example, that a day was edited and whether it was a note, a photo or a habit, that a habit was created and what kind of goal it has, which view of the year is open, whether the reminder or the iCloud copy is on. And how the app is set up: the font, paper and theme you picked, how many habits you keep, the app’s language. Never the text of an entry, the name of a habit, a photo, a sketch, which mood you chose, or the date an entry is about.
Crash reports. When something goes wrong: the kind of error, where in the app’s code it happened, your phone model and iOS version. The report does not include the content you were working on.
Both are tied to a random identifier of the installation, not to you. Boop has no accounts and does not know your name, email or Apple ID, does not use the advertising identifier and does not track you across other apps or sites. Your approximate location is not derived from your network address.
Usage statistics are processed by Mixpanel and stored in the European Union. Crash reports are processed by Google Firebase Crashlytics. Each handles the data under its own privacy policy and only on Boop’s behalf.
To turn both off, open Settings in the app and switch off Help improve Boop. Nothing is sent after that, and reports that had not been sent yet are discarded. The app works the same way with it off.
Because the statistics carry nothing that identifies you, the developer cannot tell which of them came from your phone, and so cannot look yours up or delete them on request.
Purchases
Boop Plus is sold through the App Store. Apple handles the payment: Boop never sees your card, your name or your Apple ID.
To know whether Plus is yours and to restore it on a new phone, Boop uses RevenueCat. RevenueCat receives the receipt of the purchase from Apple: which plan was bought, when, at what price and in which country, and whether it renews. It is tied to a random identifier that RevenueCat creates for the installation, not to you. RevenueCat handles it under its own privacy policy and only on Boop’s behalf.
This is needed for Plus to work, so it is sent even with Help improve Boop turned off. If you never buy anything, no purchase is recorded.
Where the data goes
Mixpanel stores the usage statistics in the European Union. Google, which runs Crashlytics, and RevenueCat are companies in the United States, so crash reports and purchase records may be processed there. Each of them works under the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses, which bind them to protect the data as it would be protected in the EU.
The iCloud copy
On iPhone, Boop can keep a copy of your diary and photos in your own iCloud Drive, so that it survives a lost phone or a reinstall. It is saved to your Apple account, in a folder you can see in the Files app, and is stored by Apple under its policy. The developer has no access to it. You can turn the copy off in Settings.
Camera and photos
Boop asks for the camera or your photo library only when you choose to attach a photo to a day. The photo you pick is copied into the app’s storage on your device. Boop does not browse or upload your library.
Apple Health
If you add a steps habit, Boop asks to read your daily step counts from Apple Health, and only those, to show the habit. They stay on your iPhone: Boop does not store them, copy them to iCloud or send them anywhere, and writes nothing to Health. You can withdraw the access in the Health app at any time.
Reminders
The daily reminder is a notification scheduled on your device. You can turn it off in the app or revoke notifications in your system settings at any time.
Backups you make
When you export a backup, Boop creates a zip file with your entries and photos and hands it to the share sheet. Where it goes (Files, a cloud drive, a message) is your choice, and that service’s own privacy policy then applies. Restoring reads a backup file you pick.
If you have device backups turned on (iCloud Backup on iPhone, Google backup on Android), your phone may include Boop’s data in them. Those backups are made and stored by Apple or Google under their policies.
Keeping and deleting your data
Your data stays until you delete it in the app or uninstall Boop. Uninstalling removes it from the device; backups you exported, the iCloud copy and device backups are not affected. The iCloud copy can be deleted from the Boop folder in the Files app.
Why Boop may use this data
Usage statistics and crash reports are sent on the basis of a legitimate interest: finding out what breaks and what is worth improving, without knowing who anyone is. You can object at any time by switching off Help improve Boop. Purchase records are needed to give you the Boop Plus you paid for, so they are processed to perform that purchase.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, including under the EU and UK GDPR, you have the right to ask what data about you is held, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its use, and to receive a copy of it. Write to the contact below. Because the statistics and purchase records carry no name or email, the developer usually cannot tell which of them are yours. Your diary itself never leaves your phone and your own iCloud, so you can see, export or delete it in the app at any time.
You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority in your country.
Not advice
Boop is a personal diary and habit tracker. Nothing in it is medical, psychological or other professional advice.
Children
Boop is not directed at children. It collects the same anonymous statistics from everyone and nothing that identifies anyone.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy: katleta5000@gmail.com