Soul is designed as a local-first orientation and wellness app. In normal use, your notes, check-ins, and related app data are stored on your device and in the local folder you choose for the app to use.
Depending on how you use the app, Soul may access:
Soul is designed so core personal data stays local to your device and chosen folder. We do not operate Soul as a cloud-first service.
If you grant HealthKit permissions, Soul may read selected health and fitness information so it can provide you with context inside the app. Health data is used to support your experience in Soul and is not used for advertising, profiling, or unrelated marketing purposes.
If you choose to use AI features, Soul may send user-selected content to the provider you configure, such as Anthropic Claude or compatible services. Those requests are subject to the third party's own terms and privacy practices. AI use is optional and user-triggered. Soul shows you what would be sent before any AI request is made.
Provider credentials may be entered in the app or loaded from your selected data folder configuration. You are responsible for the credentials you choose to use with third-party providers.
Soul records an append-only local diagnostics file in the app container or in the selected data folder. Local analytics are limited to coarse operational events such as check-in save state, Coach send state, parse failures, and interventions started. These events use low-cardinality labels and do not store raw notes, prompts, AI replies, credentials, or health values. Soul does not upload analytics remotely by default. Settings controls are available to explain what is recorded and to export or clear the local analytics file.
You can:
If Soul's data architecture changes materially, this policy will be updated before those changes are introduced to users.
Questions about this policy can be sent to jamesjtricker@gmail.com.