SutraDay

Privacy policy

Last updated 29 October 2026

SutraDay is made by Omnisoft Technologies. The short version: sign-in is optional. If you never sign in, nothing changes: no accounts, no servers, nothing leaves your phone. If you choose to sign in for backup, our server stores an encrypted copy of your practice that we cannot read, plus five practice-total numbers.

What we collect

Nothing, unless you sign in. SutraDay has no advertising and no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs, whether or not you sign in. Sign-in is entirely optional and is currently offered on iPhone with Sign in with Apple (Google sign-in and Android backup will come in a later update). If you never sign in, nothing changes: no accounts, no servers, nothing leaves your phone. If you choose to sign in so you can back up and restore your practice, we then store:

We use this information only to run your account and backup. We do not sell it, share it, or use it for advertising or tracking.

What our server can and cannot see

Backup content is encrypted on your device before it is sent. Our server stores the ciphertext; it does not hold the key.

Our server can seeOur server cannot see
That an account exists (account number, sign-in provider and its identifier, and your email if the provider shares one)The texts you read
Backup timestamps and the device labelThe intentions you chose
Five practice-total numbers (practices completed, open lotuses, soil, tree day, last practice date)Your practice journey itself — the backup is ciphertext only
—Which apps you chose for App Pause

Requests to our server travel over HTTPS through Cloudflare, which provides the secure connection and protects the server from attack traffic.

Our server runs on Tencent Cloud in Singapore. Its nightly safety copies are encrypted with a key that only we hold and are deleted after 30 days.

Your backup key and recovery code

The key that encrypts your backup is created on your phone and never sent to us. On iPhone it is also kept in your iCloud Keychain, which Apple encrypts end to end, so a reinstall or a new iPhone signed into the same Apple Account can usually restore on its own. When you first sign in, SutraDay shows you a recovery code: it is the only other way to open your backup, we do not keep a copy, and we cannot recover your backup without it.

Deleting your account

In the app: Settings → Progress & account → Delete account. This removes your account, your encrypted backup and the five numbers from our server right away, and on iPhone it also revokes SutraDay’s Sign in with Apple authorization.

Without the app: if you no longer have SutraDay installed, follow the steps on Delete your SutraDay account. We confirm the request and delete the same data within 30 days.

Our server’s own safety copies are kept for at most 30 days, so deleted data also disappears from those within 30 days. We keep nothing else about you.

What the app stores on your device

The following is saved in the app’s private storage on your phone:

If you never sign in, none of this is sent to us, and deleting SutraDay removes it from the app — there is nothing to request or erase from us, because we never received it. If you sign in, an encrypted copy of this practice data is included in your backup, as described above.

Your phone’s own backup (iCloud device backup, or Android’s backup to your Google account) may include the app’s on-device data, as it does for most apps. That backup is stored by Apple or Google under your own account and settings; we cannot access it.

Screen Time and app shielding

App Pause is optional. If you turn it on, SutraDay asks for permissions that let it place a mindful pause in front of the apps that you choose (one app, or more with SutraDay Premium).

On iOS, SutraDay uses Apple’s Screen Time (Family Controls) framework. Your selection is handled by the system as a private, opaque token. The app applies a shield to that selection and can grant a temporary pass; it does not read your activity history, and it does not receive a list of the apps installed on your device.

On Android, SutraDay uses Usage Access to notice when one of your chosen apps comes to the foreground, the “appear on top” permission to display the pause screen, and a foreground service so the pause keeps working reliably. The notification permission is optional: it only controls whether you see a quiet indicator that App Pause is on. When you pick your apps, the picker reads the list of launchable apps on your device to display it to you — that list is shown on screen only. It is not stored, profiled, or transmitted. Only the apps you select are saved.

In both cases SutraDay does not build a usage history, does not track how long you spend in other apps beyond what is needed to run an active pass, and does not send any of it off the device.

Notifications

If you allow notifications, they are generated locally on your device to support your practice. We do not operate a push notification service, and no notification content is ever transmitted anywhere.

Network use

SutraDay’s practice content, including the canonical texts in the chant library, ships inside the app. Ordinary use requires no internet connection. If you never sign in, the app makes no network requests to us. Signing in and using backup requires network access to reach our accounts server, for the purposes described above.

Payments

SutraDay Premium is sold only through Apple’s App Store and Google Play, using their own in-app purchase systems. The store handles your payment details; SutraDay never sees them. To know whether Premium is active, the app asks the store on your phone and keeps the answer there — your plan, its renewal date if the store reports one, and when it last checked — so Premium works offline. SutraDay does not send purchase data to our server or to anyone else. No account or sign-in is needed to buy or restore Premium, Premium is not linked to a SutraDay account, and your backup does not include it.

Children

SutraDay is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from children. It is a self-applied mindfulness tool, not a parental-control or monitoring product: it cannot be used to observe another person’s device.

Content note

The chant library contains public-domain canonical Buddhist texts, alongside practice texts written by SutraDay. Every text in the app is labelled with its source and status, so you always know what you are reading. SutraDay is a contemplative practice app, not medical or mental-health treatment, and is not affiliated with any temple, monastery, or religious organization.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new “last updated” date.

Contact and support

Questions about this policy, the app, or your data: support@omnisoftsolution.com