Last Updated: 22 October 2026

1. Who we are

Nudge ("we", "us", "our") is a small independent app made in New South Wales, Australia. This policy explains what information the Nudge Android app and the website www.nudgeadhd.app (together, the "Service") collect, why, who helps us process it, and the choices you have.

The short version: we only use your information to run Nudge. We never sell it and we don't use it for advertising.

2. Information we collect

Information you give us

Account: your email address and a password (stored only as a secure hash), or your Google account email if you sign in with Google.
Profile: your display name, your helper's name, the "About you" notes you write (for example your job or when you focus best), your work days and hours, and when you'd like your daily reminder.
Planning data: your tasks and steps, habits, focus sessions (length, whether you finished early, and any distraction notes you add) and the days you showed up.
Brain Dump text: whatever you type or say into Brain Dump.
Work With Me rooms: while you're in a room, other people in it can see your display name (or "anonymous"), what you're working on and whether you're working or on a break. This is live presence only.
Feedback and community: feedback you send in the app, and posts, comments, votes and images you add to the community on our website. Community posts and comments are public; your display name is shown unless you post anonymously.
Account deletion reason: if you tell us why you're leaving.

Voice input

When you use the microphone, your phone's own speech recognition service (provided by Google on most Android phones) turns your speech into text. Nudge only receives the resulting text, never the audio.

Information collected automatically

Notifications: a push notification token for your device and your time zone, so reminders arrive at the right time.
App usage: simple events such as "finished setup", "started a focus session" or "joined a room", and when you last opened the app. We use these to understand what helps and what doesn't.
Free AI uses: how many of your free AI uses you've had, so the free limit works.
App integrity: a check (Google Play Integrity) that the app on your phone is the genuine one from Google Play. We store only whether the check passed.
Subscription status: whether you have Nudge Pro. We never see or store your card details.
Website: our website uses Google Analytics, which sets cookies to measure visits (pages viewed, approximate country, device type).

Safety check

Nudge watches for wording that suggests someone might be in crisis or having a very hard time. If that happens, the app shows support options and helpline numbers straight away. We also save a copy of the text that triggered the check, linked to your account, so the person who runs Nudge can review it and make sure the app responded well. It is never shared and is deleted with your account.

3. How we use your information

To run Nudge: show your tasks and timeline, run focus sessions and rooms, send the reminders you asked for, and keep your account in sync.
Helper suggestions (AI features): when you ask your helper for a suggestion, use Brain Dump, split a task into steps, or (Pro) let your helper learn about you, the relevant text is sent to our AI provider, Anthropic. This can include your task titles, your "About you" notes, your work schedule, a summary of how long your focus sessions usually run, and your Brain Dump text.
Emails: a welcome email when you confirm your account, a few short tips in your first days, the occasional "we miss you" note, and account and deletion confirmations. The tips and check-in emails have an unsubscribe link.
Improving the app: usage events and feedback help us decide what to fix and build next.
Support and safety: the person who runs Nudge can see account details in an admin panel to answer support requests, fix problems, review safety checks and remove abuse.
Payments: to unlock Pro and keep it in step with your subscription.

4. Services that help run Nudge

We share information with these providers only so they can do their job for us:

Supabase: our database and sign-in (hosted on Amazon Web Services). Where everything above is stored.
Anthropic: the AI behind your helper's suggestions, Brain Dump and task splitting, and the check that community images are appropriate. Under its commercial terms, Anthropic doesn't use this data to train its models.
Google: Google Sign-In (if you choose it), Google Play billing, Google Play Integrity, push notification delivery (Firebase Cloud Messaging), speech recognition on your phone, and Google Analytics on our website.
Expo: passes push notifications from our server to Google for delivery.
RevenueCat: manages Nudge Pro subscriptions and purchases.
Resend: sends our emails.
Vercel: hosts our website.

Some of these providers are based outside Australia (mainly in the United States), so your information may be processed there. We may also disclose information if the law requires it.

5. Security

Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Each person can only reach their own data, passwords are never stored in readable form, and only the person who runs Nudge has admin access. No system is perfectly secure, but we take it seriously and fix problems quickly.

6. How long we keep it, and deleting your account

We keep your information for as long as you have an account. You can delete your account at any time in the app (Profile, then Delete account), from your account page on our website, or at www.nudgeadhd.app/delete-account.

Deleting your account permanently removes your profile, tasks, habits, focus history, feedback, safety-check records, usage events and community posts, comments and votes. We keep a short record of the deletion (your email address, the date and any reason you gave) for 12 months, so we know the deletion was carried out and can learn why people leave. After 12 months that record is deleted automatically too.

7. Your choices and rights

See or get a copy: email us and we'll send you the information we hold about you.
Correct it: edit your profile in the app or on your account page, or ask us.
Delete it: see section 6.
Emails: use the unsubscribe link in any tips or check-in email.
Notifications: change your reminders in the app (Profile), or turn notifications off in your phone's settings.
AI features: they only run when you use them; you can use Nudge without them.

Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or Australia), you may have further rights under privacy law, including the right to complain to your local privacy regulator. In Australia that's the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (oaic.gov.au).

8. Children

Nudge is not intended for children under 13 and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has an account, contact us and we'll delete it.

9. Changes to this policy

If we change how we handle your information, we'll update this page and its date. For significant changes we'll also tell you in the app or by email.

10. Contact us

Questions about your privacy or your data? Email us at:

support@nudgeadhd.app

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