Retrospectrum — Privacy Policy
Last updated: 29 October 2026
Retrospectrum is a diary of how evenings felt: what happened, how fun it was, how planned, and who was there. That is about as personal as data gets, so this page says plainly where it goes. Mostly, nowhere.
The short version
Your events never leave your device for us. There is no Retrospectrum server that receives them, no account to sign in to, and nothing we can read.
There are no adverts, no analytics, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs of any kind.
What stays on your device
All of this is stored in the app's own storage on your device, and is included in your device backup if you have one:
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your events: label, date, optional time, the two ratings, people, places, tags and a one-line note | It is your diary |
| Ratings made later: predictions before an event, and re-ratings after | To show how memories and predictions shift |
| A photo, if you add one to an event | A downscaled copy (at most 1600 pixels), re-encoded so none of the original's metadata — including its location — is kept. Your original photo is untouched |
| Settings: app lock, reminders, how long events stay on the compass, widget labels | So the app behaves the way you left it |
| A small summary for the widgets: event positions, and labels only if you turn labels on | So the widgets can draw your compass. It is stored in a container shared only with Retrospectrum's own widgets |
Deleting the app deletes all of it.
What the app can reach, and only when you turn it on
Each of these is off until you choose it, and each can be turned off again in the app or in your device's Settings.
Calendar (read). If you allow it, the app reads your calendar on the device to send you a "how was it?" prompt when an event ends, or an offer to predict one before it starts. A calendar event's title is only a suggestion: nothing from your calendar is saved unless you save the entry yourself.
Health (write only). If you turn it on, each rated event is written to Apple Health as a State of Mind: its Foul-to-Fun rating, its date and any matching associations (such as friends or family). The Intentional-to-Impulsive rating is not written. Retrospectrum never reads anything from Health. Not available on the Mac.
Photos. When you add a photo, you pick that one photo with the system picker; the app has no access to the rest of your library.
Notifications. Reminders — a month-later re-rate, an anniversary, a prediction to rate, a calendar prompt — are scheduled on your device. There is no push server. A reminder can name the event or calendar event it is about; with app lock on, none does, since notifications show on a locked screen.
Siri and Shortcuts. Logging an event by voice or from a shortcut writes it to the same store on your device. Apple processes the speech under Apple's own terms; Retrospectrum receives only the event.
Face ID, Touch ID or passcode. App lock asks the system to check it's you. The app never sees your face, fingerprint or passcode, only whether the check passed.
iCloud sync (Pro). If you turn it on, your events sync between your devices through your own iCloud account's private database. Apple stores it, encrypted, under your account; we cannot read it. With sync off, your events are only on the device you made them on.
What you choose to send
Exports and share cards. Export writes your events to a file, and the annual recap can make a share card or a poster image. Each file is made on your device and goes only where you send it. A share card or poster leaves names out unless you ask for them.
What we never do
- We do not track you across other apps or websites. There is no advertising identifier, no ad network, no analytics SDK and no crash-reporting SDK. If you share crash reports with developers in your device settings, Apple passes them on through App Store Connect; they contain no events.
- We do not sell or share your data. We do not hold it.
- We do not read Health, read your calendar in the background beyond scheduling prompts, or use your location.
Purchases
Pro and any other purchase go through the App Store. Apple handles payment; we receive no card details, and no name or email address.
Deleting your data
Delete an event and it is gone from the device (and from Health, if you also choose that when deleting). Deleting the app removes everything it stored on the device. With iCloud sync on, your synced copy is in your iCloud account, where you can delete it from iCloud settings.
Children
Retrospectrum is not directed at children and collects nothing from anyone. It has no accounts, no messaging, and nothing anyone else can see.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it, and material changes are noted in the app's release notes.
Who is responsible for your data
Retrospectrum is made by TerraImperfecta. The person accountable for privacy, and the address to write to about anything on this page, is:
TerraImperfecta
retrospectrum@patacognition.tech
Contact
retrospectrum@patacognition.tech