Privacy Policy

Evenground · Last updated 20 October 2026

Evenground is a non-clinical mental wellness app. This policy explains what the app stores, what the advertising it shows collects, and what choices you have. It is written to be read, not to be got through.

The short version

There is no account and no signup. You are never asked for your name, your email, or anything else about you.
Everything you write or record in the app stays on your device. It is not uploaded, and nobody else can read it, including me.
The app shows ads, and the advertising service behind them collects information about your device. That part is described in full below.

What stays on your device

The app saves what it needs on the phone itself, using the operating system's own storage. None of it is sent anywhere.

Journal entries, letters, brain dumps and anything else you write.
Mood check-ins and daily records.
Which coping strategies and acts of self-care you saved or created.
Garden progress, levels, and unlocked themes and scenery.
Settings, such as your chosen theme and your layout.

Deleting the app deletes all of it. There is no copy anywhere else, so there is also no way to restore it, and no way for me to recover it for you.

What the app does not do

No accounts, logins, or profiles.
No analytics. The app does not report which screens you open or what you do in it.
No permissions are requested. The app does not ask for your location, camera, microphone, photos, contacts, or notifications.
Nothing you write is read, processed, or transmitted.

Advertising

Evenground shows optional rewarded ads, which you choose to watch in exchange for unlocking themes and scenery. You never have to watch one. Ads are provided by Google AdMob, and Google acts as an independent third party that collects information through its advertising software included in the app.

Google's advertising software states that it collects the following:

What	Used for	Linked to you
Device identifier	Advertising, analytics	Yes
Advertising data	Advertising, analytics	Yes
Product interaction	Advertising, analytics	Yes
Coarse location, derived from your IP address and not from GPS	Advertising, analytics	Yes
Crash data	Analytics	No
Performance data	Advertising, analytics	No
Other diagnostic data	Advertising, analytics	No

This information is collected by Google, not by me. I do not receive it, and I cannot see it. Google's own privacy policy explains what it does with it: policies.google.com/privacy, and how Google uses data from apps that use its services is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

This collection happens because the advertising software is part of the app, whether or not you ever choose to watch an ad.

Purchases

Evenground offers an optional subscription that removes ads and unlocks everything. Purchases are handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. Payment details are given to Apple and never to this app. The app is told only whether a subscription is currently active.

Crisis support links

The Crisis Support screen lists helplines. Tapping one opens your phone's own dialler or messaging app with the number filled in. The call or message is between you and that service. The app does not place the call, does not record that you tapped it, and sends nothing to anyone.

Children

Evenground is not directed to children under 13, and I do not knowingly collect information from them.

Your choices

Ads. You can limit ad tracking in your device settings. On iPhone this is under Settings, Privacy and Security, Tracking, and under Settings, Privacy and Security, Apple Advertising.
Subscription. Subscribing removes ads, and with them the advertising software's collection.
Everything else. Because your content never leaves your device, deleting the app removes all of it. There is no account to close and no request to make.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the date at the top of the page changes with it. Material changes will be described in the app's update notes.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or about anything the app does, can go to evengroundapp@gmail.com.

Not a substitute for care. Evenground is a non-clinical wellness app and is not a medical device, a diagnosis, or a replacement for professional mental health care. If you are in crisis, please use the Crisis Support screen in the app or contact your local emergency number.