Privacy policy
Effective November 2026
Decent digest doesn't collect any information about you. The developer runs no server, has no accounts, and can't see what you read, follow, or plan. The app has no analytics, advertising, or tracking code.
What stays on your device
Decent digest keeps the following on your device so the digest opens quickly:
- Recent news items and episodes from the sites and podcasts you follow, including any full posts a feed includes.
- Your last weather forecast and place.
- Your choices from setup and Settings, such as which sections, calendars, and lists to show.
What syncs through your iCloud
If you're signed in to iCloud, the sites and shows you follow, the items you save, and your reading history (what you've opened, saved, or marked relevant or not relevant) sync between your devices through your private iCloud database. Apple stores it for you, and only you can see it. To stop syncing, open the Settings app, tap your name, then iCloud, and turn off Decent digest.
Reading history
Decent digest keeps a private reading history of the news items and episodes you open, save, and mark relevant or not relevant, so items you've dealt with don't come back. A record is kept for 12 months after anything last happened to it, then dropped, except for saved items. You can turn reading history off or clear it in Decent digest's Settings.
Calendar, Reminders, and location
Each one is optional, and Decent digest works without it.
- Calendar and Reminders: your events and to-dos stay in Calendar and Reminders and are never copied or shared. Decent digest reads them on your device when the digest is shown. Checking off a to-do writes that change to Reminders.
- Location is used only to find the forecast from Apple Weather. It stays on your device. You can choose a city instead.
Services the app talks to
To fill the digest, your device connects directly to:
- The sites and podcast feeds you follow, to fetch new items. When you paste a site's address in setup, Decent digest reads that site's home page once to find its feed. Each site sees the same request any feed reader makes: your device's IP address, the time, and a standard line naming the app and iOS version. Decent digest sends no cookies or sign-ins. Like any website you visit, a site could use your IP address to guess your rough location or notice repeat visits from the same network.
- Apple Weather, for the forecast, and Apple Maps, for city suggestions as you type a city.
- Apple Podcasts: its search, with only the words you type when looking for a show; its top charts, with only your country, to list the top 12 shows in setup; and its lookup when you tap Open ↗ on an episode.
Each request carries only what's listed above: a feed's address, the words you typed, your country for the top shows, or your location for the forecast. Like any internet connection, it also carries your device's IP address. Decent digest never sends your name, email, an account or tracking ID, or anything from your calendar, reminders, or reading history. Each service handles requests under its own privacy policy.
Crash reports
If you've chosen to share analytics with app developers in iOS Settings, Apple may pass along anonymous crash reports. Apple controls this, and you can turn it off at any time.
Deleting your data
In Decent digest's Settings, Delete all my data unfollows every site and show, deletes your saved items and reading history, and forgets your city, on this device and in your iCloud. Deleting the app removes everything stored on your device.
Children
Decent digest collects no personal information from anyone, including children.
Changes and questions
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date. Questions are welcome at hello@decentdigest.com.