Effective August 19, 2026
Nothing. Breakwater has no accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs. The app makes no network requests. We never see your data — we couldn't even if we wanted to.
A quit journal is about as personal as data gets. Breakwater is built so that nobody — including us — can ever read it. There is no account to create, no age gate collecting your birthday, and no server that could be breached or shut down with your history on it.
Everything in the app — your trackers, quit dates, craving logs, slip notes, savings figures, and settings — is stored locally on your device using Apple's on-device database. If you use the home-screen widget, the same local data is shared with the widget through Apple's App Group container, which also never leaves your device.
The recovery timeline in the app shows general information paraphrased from public health sources (CDC, NHS, NIH). It is not medical advice, it is not personalized, and the app never collects any health data about you. Breakwater does not connect to Apple Health.
Daily check-ins and milestone celebrations are scheduled locally on your device by the app itself. No server is involved, and they work fully offline. You can turn them off at any time in the app's Settings or in iOS Settings.
Breakwater offers a single one-time purchase ("Breakwater Unlimited") processed entirely by Apple through your Apple ID. We receive no personal or payment information from the transaction. Restoring the purchase also goes through Apple.
You can export your complete history as a CSV file using the iOS share sheet, free, at any time. Where that export goes is entirely your choice; the app itself sends nothing anywhere.
Breakwater does not collect data from anyone, including children.
If a future version ever changes any of the above — for example, an optional online feature — this policy will be updated first, and the app's App Privacy label on the App Store will be updated to match.
Questions? Email linsizhen@gmail.com.