AETHERPrivacy Policy
Aether is built so that your readings stay yours. There's no account, no advertising and no tracking. Data leaves your iPhone only in the two optional ways described below, and only if you turn them on.
Who we are
Aether is made by Kenshin Fetalvero ("we"). You can reach us at aether@spindle-ai.com.
What stays on your iPhone
- Your readings and journal: the cards you drew, your questions, your notes, readings logged from your own deck, and the spreads you make. They're stored in the app on your iPhone.
- The gestures behind each reading: how you shuffled, cut and chose. They're kept with the reading so it can be checked later, and never sent anywhere.
- Lumen: Lumen runs on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence. What you tell Lumen and what it writes stay on your iPhone and aren't sent to us or anyone else.
- Your settings and reminders: reminders are local notifications scheduled on your iPhone.
Optional: iCloud sync
With Aether Plus you can turn on Sync with iCloud in Settings. Your journal is then stored in your own private iCloud database so it can appear on your other devices. Each entry is end-to-end encrypted with keys only your devices hold, so neither we nor Apple can read it. This storage is provided by Apple under its iCloud terms. Turning sync off leaves your journal on your iPhone as it is. You can remove the copy in iCloud in your iPhone's Settings, under your name, then iCloud, then Manage Storage.
Optional: anonymous usage and crash reports
Aether asks once whether you'd like to share anonymous usage. It's off unless you say yes, and you can change your mind in Settings › Privacy at any time. If you turn it on, the app sends us, through the analytics service PostHog (hosted in the European Union):
- which features are used, for example that a reading was started or saved and how many cards its spread has, that a note was written, or that the Aether Plus offer was shown;
- when the app is opened and closed, and crash reports, so we can fix problems;
- whether Aether Plus was bought or restored, and which plan, but never your payment details or Apple Account;
- an anonymous identifier made up for this purpose, which isn't linked to your name, your Apple Account or your device's advertising identifier;
- basic technical details: the app version, the iOS version, the iPhone model and screen size, the language and time zone your iPhone is set to, and whether it's on Wi-Fi or mobile data.
Never sent: your questions, notes, the cards you drew, the topics you read about, the names of your own spreads, or anything Lumen says. We don't use your location, and we've set PostHog not to keep your IP address. Turning it off stops sending and resets the anonymous identifier. We use this information only to understand how Aether is used and to improve it. We don't sell it, share it for advertising, or combine it with other data.
Purchases
Aether Plus is bought through Apple. Apple handles the payment; we never see your payment details. The app checks your purchase with Apple on your iPhone. If you share anonymous usage, the app also tells us which plan was bought, as above.
What we don't do
- No account, sign-in or email collection inside the app.
- No advertising, no ad networks, no tracking across other apps or websites.
- No selling or renting of any data.
Children
Aether isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.
Your choices and rights
You can export your journal at any time from Settings, delete readings and notes in the app, turn iCloud sync and anonymous usage off, or delete the app to remove everything on your iPhone. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access or delete data about you. Because usage data is anonymous, we usually can't link it to you; if you'd like us to try, write to aether@spindle-ai.com.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update it here and change the date at the top. If a change affects what leaves your iPhone, the app will tell you.