Privacy policy
Last updated November 11, 2026
In short: Joynotes keeps the people you add, their occasions and your messages on your phone. There's no account, the app has no analytics or ads, and nothing you enter is sent to us or anyone else.
What the app keeps, and where
When you add someone, Joynotes keeps their name, the name you call them, their phone number, how you know them, and the occasions you set up for them, with the time of each reminder and the style of message you chose. It also keeps your own name if you enter one, for messages that sign off with it.
All of this is stored in one file in the app's private storage on your phone. It isn't sent to us or to anyone else, and we have no way to see it. Deleting the app deletes it.
- Android: the app doesn't have permission to use the internet. If you have Android backup turned on, the file is included in your phone's backup to your own Google account, so your people and occasions come with you to a new phone. Google keeps that backup for you, end-to-end encrypted with your screen lock on recent Android versions; we can't read it. Nothing else the app keeps is backed up.
- iPhone: the file is part of your iPhone's own backup (iCloud or your computer), like other apps' data, if you have backups turned on. Apple keeps that backup for you; we can't read it. The app doesn't connect to the internet.
Your contacts
Joynotes doesn't ask for access to your contacts. When you add someone, your phone's own contact picker opens and gives Joynotes only the one contact you choose: their name and the phone number you pick. The rest of your address book is never read.
Sending messages
Joynotes doesn't send texts and doesn't ask for permission to. When you tap Send, your own texting app opens with the message and the recipient filled in, and nothing is sent until you tap send there. On Android the message is also copied to your clipboard, in case your texting app doesn't fill it in.
Notifications
Reminders are scheduled on your phone. On Android, Joynotes asks for permission to show notifications and to deliver them at the exact time you chose ("Alarms & reminders"). No server is involved.
Analytics, ads and tracking
The app has none. It doesn't use advertising IDs, doesn't track you across apps or websites, and doesn't sell or share any data, because it doesn't collect any.
This website
We count visits to joynotes.app with Google Analytics, without cookies: the site stores nothing on your device, and Google's advertising features are off. Google receives the page you visit, the page you came from, your browser and device type and your approximate location, and we see totals. Google's privacy policy applies to what it receives. The app itself has no analytics.
Personalized messages
A future paid version may offer messages written for one person from notes you add. It isn't available yet. Before it is, this policy will be updated to say exactly what's sent and to whom, and the app will show you what's sent before anything leaves your phone.
Children
Joynotes isn't directed at children under 13, and it doesn't knowingly collect any information from anyone, of any age.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date. If a change means the app starts sending any information off your phone, it will be explained in the app before it happens.
Contact
Questions about privacy: support@joynotes.app.