Privacy Policy

Last updated August 2026

Teala is built so that your health data stays on your device. This page explains what that means in practice, and what limited, non-identifying information we do collect.

What never leaves your device

Teala has no accounts and no sign-in. Everything you log, your daily check-ins, medication history, and any notes, is stored locally on your device using Apple's SwiftData framework. There is no cloud database holding your health data.

If you connect Apple Health, the biometric data Teala reads (sleep, heart rate, heart rate variability, skin temperature, steps, blood oxygen) is processed on your device. Only the daily summaries you see in the app are stored, locally, and only for your own use inside the app.

Backups you control

You can export an encrypted backup of your data at any time from Settings. The export is protected with a key stored in your device's Keychain. Nobody but you, not Teala, can read that file. Restoring from a backup is the only way your data moves off or back onto a device.

What we do collect

We use two third-party services, both from Google's Firebase platform:

• Analytics. We record which screens and features are used, things like how many areas you logged in a check-in, how long it took, and your streak. We never send the severity you picked for a symptom or any note text you wrote. Routine analytics events aren't linked to your name, email, or any account, because there isn't one.
• Crash reporting. If the app crashes, we receive a technical crash report to help us fix the bug. Crash reports do not include your health data.

If you submit optional free-text feedback through an in-app survey, that text is sent to us so we can read it. The in-app feedback form also has an optional field for your email address, only sent if you choose to fill it in, in case we want to follow up. We ask that you not include anything you'd consider sensitive in either field.

Your choices

Because there's no account, there's no server-side record to request the deletion of. Deleting the app deletes your data, unless you've saved an encrypted backup elsewhere.

Contact

Questions about this policy: [email protected].