Your feelings stay yours.

1. Who we are

Dawnli (“we”, “us”, “the app”) is a mood tracker and micro-journal for iOS and Android. This Privacy Policy explains what data Dawnli handles, where it lives, and the limited ways third-party services may be involved.

Our design philosophy is simple: your emotional data is deeply personal, so it should stay on your device by default.

2. What Dawnli stores on your device

The following data is created by you and saved only in the local SQLite database on your phone:

• Mood entries - timestamp, mood level (Radiant, Good, Neutral, Low, Rough), optional note text (up to 333 characters on Free, unlimited on Premium), and an optional photo reference.
• Activity tags - the preloaded tags you select, plus any custom tags you create (up to 5 on Free, up to 20 on Premium).
• Preferences - your first name, selected theme, selected font, reminder times, biometric / PIN lock setting, haptics setting, and onboarding status.
• Streak and statistics - calculated on-device from your entries.

None of the above is transmitted to a Dawnli server, because Dawnli has no server.

3. What we do NOT collect

• No email, phone number, or account credentials - Dawnli has no sign-up.
• No location data, contacts, calendar, or health data.
• No advertising identifiers or cross-app tracking.
• No device fingerprinting for analytics purposes.

4. Permissions Dawnli may request

Dawnli only asks for permissions when a feature you use needs them:

• Photo library - only if you attach a photo to a mood entry. The photo reference stays on your device.
• Notifications - only if you enable reminders. All reminders are scheduled locally on your device; no push server is used.
• Face ID / Touch ID / biometrics - only if you turn on App Lock. Biometric checks happen entirely on-device via the operating system.

5. Third-party services

5.1 Apple App Store and Google Play

In-app purchases are processed by Apple or Google under their own privacy policies. Dawnli does not see your payment details.

5.2 Optional cloud backup (Premium, coming soon)

Cloud backup is not yet available. When it ships, Premium users will be able to back up to iCloud (iOS) or Google Drive (Android). It will be opt-in, written to your personal cloud account under your control, and Dawnli will have no access to it. We will update this policy before the feature is released.

5.3 Fonts

Dawnli bundles fonts at build time from Google Fonts. At runtime, the app does not fetch fonts over the network, so there is no Google Fonts tracking in-app.

6. Children

Dawnli is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any data from children. Because the app does not create accounts or collect personal information, no such data exists on our side.

7. Your rights and controls

• Access and export - Premium users can export all mood entries as CSV or JSON from Settings → Data → Export. Your data is always yours.
• Deletion - You can delete individual entries in the app. Uninstalling Dawnli deletes the local database and all entries on that device. If you have exported data, delete those export files yourself to erase it fully.
• Restore purchases- Use “Restore purchases” on the Paywall screen to recover your Premium entitlement on a new device.

8. Security

Because your entries never leave your device by default, the primary layer of security is your phone itself. We recommend enabling Dawnli's App Lock (biometric or PIN) and your device's screen lock. When optional cloud backup ships, it will use your cloud provider's own encryption.

9. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top and, where reasonable, show a notice in the app. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated policy.