Privacy Policy
Last updated 21 October 2026
MindSparkd is a daily quote app. This policy explains what the app collects, why it collects it, and how to get rid of it. It is written to describe what the app actually does rather than to cover every eventuality.
The short version: MindSparkd stores your account and the things you create in it. It contains no analytics. The free version shows ads from Google, which can be personalised only if you allow tracking; Premium has no ads. What you write is never shown to advertisers, and you can delete everything from inside the app.
What is collected
Your account
- Your email address, if your sign-in method provides one. Signing in with Facebook using a phone-only account, or with Apple using Hide My Email, may mean no usable address is stored.
- Which method you signed in with — email, Google, Apple or Facebook.
- Your first name, last name and nickname, if you enter them.
- A profile photo, if you upload one or your sign-in provider supplies one.
- Your device's time zone, so that daily streaks roll over at your midnight rather than somewhere else's.
What you create in the app
- The quotes you like.
- Reflections you write. These are your own words and are never read, analysed or shared.
- Quotes you write yourself on the Write tab, with any reflection on them. Like your reflections, they are private to you.
- A mood you pick for an entry. It is private, and never appears on a shared quote.
- Reminders you set, including the time and the quote attached to them.
- Your preferences: chosen background, selected genres, notification and quiet-hours settings.
- Background photos you upload from your device.
Kept only on your phone
- A passcode, if you turn one on. It is stored on your phone and never sent to us.
- What your Home Screen widgets show: your quotes, streak and background, and any quotes you pin to them. The app hands these to its widgets on your phone; nothing extra is sent anywhere.
- Read aloud uses your iPhone's own voice. The words are not sent anywhere to be spoken.
How you use the app
- Which quotes have been shown to you, and whether you shared one. This is what stops the feed repeating quotes you have already seen.
- Your current and longest streak.
- A notification token for your device, so the app can schedule notifications on it.
What is not collected
- No analytics. The app contains no analytics SDK of any kind. (Advertising is covered separately below.)
- No location.
- No contacts, calendar or health data.
- No access to your photo library beyond the single image you choose when you set a background or a profile photo.
Advertising in the free version
The free version of MindSparkd shows an occasional sponsored card in the quote feed and, now and then, a short video after you save a reflection, both served by Google AdMob. There are no ads on your first day, and Premium has no ads. If you miss a day or two, you can choose to watch an AdMob video ad to keep your streak; it only plays when you ask for it.
- To show and measure ads, Google receives information about your device and connection — such as its model, operating system, IP address and how you interact with an ad.
- Your iPhone asks whether MindSparkd may track you. Only if you allow it does Google receive your device's advertising identifier and use it to personalise ads. If you say no, you still see ads, just less relevant ones. You can change your answer at any time in iPhone Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.
- In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, you are asked for your consent before any ad is requested, and can change your choice later.
- Advertisers never receive your name, email address, the quotes you like or anything you write.
Google's use of this information is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Purchases
Premium is bought through Apple. MindSparkd never sees your card or payment details. RevenueCat keeps track of whether your account has Premium: it receives a random identifier for your account and your purchase history from Apple, nothing else.
Notifications are scheduled on your phone
Reminders, the daily quote and streak nudges are all scheduled locally by your own device. No server sends them, and no server is told when they fire or whether you opened one.
If your account has an email address, MindSparkd sends it one welcome email when you sign up, and a password-reset email only when you ask for one. There is no newsletter and no marketing email.
Who else is involved
MindSparkd relies on a small number of services to work at all:
- Supabase — hosts the database, sign-in and file storage where your account and content live.
- Google Cloud Run — hosts the small API used for account deletion and the welcome email.
- Resend — delivers MindSparkd's emails, so it receives your email address and the message being sent to it.
- Apple, Google and Meta — only if you choose to sign in with them, and only to confirm who you are. They are not told what you read or write in the app.
- Google AdMob — shows ads in the free version, as described above.
- RevenueCat — records whether your account has Premium, as described above.
- Pexels — the built-in background photographs are loaded from Pexels' image servers, which means they receive your device's IP address when a background loads, as any website would.
Your account details and what you create in the app are never sold, rented or shared with advertisers or data brokers. The only advertising data is what Google AdMob collects directly, as described above.
Photos you upload are stored publicly
Background photos and profile photos are stored at web addresses that are long and effectively unguessable, but not private: anyone who has the exact address can open the file. This is how the app shows your background instantly on every device you sign in on. Please do not upload anything you would not be comfortable being reachable by a link.
How long it is kept
Your account and content are kept until you delete them. Deleting your account removes them immediately and permanently — see Delete your data.
Your choices
- See and change your details — Settings › Edit profile.
- Turn off notifications — in the app's Settings, or in your phone's own settings.
- Delete a reflection — clear its text and save.
- Delete everything — Settings › Edit profile › Delete account.
If you are in the EU, the UK or Switzerland
Who is responsible for your data. MindSparkd is run by Raphael Guarin, a sole proprietor in California, USA, trading as MindSparkd. He is the controller of the personal data described here and can be reached at [email protected].
Why it is used.
- To provide the app you signed up for (performance of a contract) — your account, what you create in it, your streak and your Premium status.
- With your consent — personalised ads, and the reminders and nudges you switch on. You can withdraw consent at any time: ads through Privacy choices in the app's Settings, notifications in Settings or your phone's settings.
- Legitimate interests — keeping accounts secure, preventing abuse, and sending the one welcome email.
Where it is stored. Your account and content are stored and processed in the United States, by the services listed under Who else is involved.
Your rights. You can ask for a copy of your data, have it corrected or erased, restrict or object to how it is used, or receive it in a portable form, by emailing [email protected]. You also have the right to complain to the data protection authority where you live.
Children
MindSparkd is not directed at children under 13, and accounts are not knowingly created for them. If you believe a child has created an account, email the address below and it will be removed.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it. Material changes will also be announced in the app.
Contact
MindSparkd · [email protected]