Privacy
The short version: Qarit has no accounts, no ads, and no tracking, and we don't run servers that receive your data. A few things do leave your iPhone so the app can work, and they're all listed here.
Effective October 17, 2026 · Qarit is made by Cinnamon Collective LLC.
At a glance
- No account or sign-up. We never learn your name, email, or anything else about you.
- No ads and no tracking. Qarit contains no advertising or analytics code and doesn't track you across apps or websites. The one usage number we see is an overall count of app opens from our update service (below), never what you do in the app.
- Your thoughts stay on your iPhone, except for the search words sent to Wikipedia (below) and, if you turn it on, your own iCloud.
- We can't see your data. Nothing you type, save, or write is sent to us.
What stays on your iPhone
Your thoughts, the answers Qarit finds, your history, saved cards and thoughts, and notes are stored on your iPhone. The AI that understands your thoughts and writes the answers is Apple's on-device model (Apple Intelligence), so that thinking happens on your iPhone, not in the cloud. Matching facts between your past thoughts ("Connected to a past thought") is also worked out on your iPhone.
If a thought is blocked by Qarit's safety checks, a small counter is kept in your iPhone's Keychain so repeated attempts can be paused. It never leaves your iPhone.
What leaves your iPhone, and why
Wikipedia
To find facts, Qarit sends search words based on your thought, and the titles of the articles it looks up, to Wikipedia (run by the Wikimedia Foundation) over a secure connection. Like any website, Wikipedia sees those requests and your IP address. It doesn't receive your whole history, your notes, or anything that identifies you. Wikipedia's handling of requests is covered by the Wikimedia Privacy Policy. If you tap an article link, it opens in your browser.
iCloud sync (Qarit Plus)
With Qarit Plus, your history, saves, and notes sync between your devices through your own iCloud account. Sync is on by default when your iPhone is signed in to iCloud, and you can turn it off in Qarit's Settings. The data is kept in your private iCloud storage, which Apple runs and we can't access. Apple's handling is covered by the Apple Privacy Policy.
Purchases
Qarit Plus is a one-time purchase made through Apple. Apple handles the payment; we never see your payment details. The App Store only tells Qarit whether Plus has been bought.
App updates
Qarit can receive small fixes without a full App Store update, using Expo's EAS Update service. When Qarit opens, it asks Expo's servers whether there's an update. That request includes the app's version details and a random identifier the app creates on your iPhone, which isn't tied to your name, Apple Account, or anything you've typed. Expo also sees your IP address. Expo uses this to deliver updates, and turns these checks into overall counts for us: roughly how many installs open the app, by day, platform, and app version, and how many have each update. We never see what you type, read, or save. See Expo's Privacy Policy.
Apple's language models
Apple Intelligence and some of the language tools Qarit uses may download model files from Apple when they're first needed. That's handled by iOS under Apple's privacy policy.
Sharing
When you share a card, Qarit makes the image on your iPhone and hands it to the iOS share sheet. It goes only where you send it. If you choose Save Image, iOS asks your permission to add it to your photos.
Deleting your data
- Swipe left on a thought in Recent or History to delete it.
- Settings → Clear history removes your history (saved thoughts stay in Saved).
- Settings → Delete Qarit data from iCloud removes everything Qarit keeps in your iCloud, for all your devices.
- Deleting the app removes everything it stored on that iPhone.
Children
Qarit doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.
Contact
Questions about privacy: octtennin@gmail.com