Privacy Policy — AI Ikigai

Last updated: 19 September 2026

AI Ikigai ("the app", "we") is a self-discovery journaling app that helps you explore your ikigai — your reason for being — through guided questions and AI-generated insights. This page explains what data the app collects, why, and how you can control it.

Information we collect

Account information — your name and email address when you sign up, or basic profile info (name, email, profile photo) if you sign in with Google.
Your journal answers — the reflections you write in response to the app's ikigai questions (e.g. what you love, what you're good at). These are stored so you can revisit and build on your answers.
AI-generated insights — summaries and recommendations generated from your answers (see "AI processing" below).
Usage and diagnostic data — app opens, screen views, and crash/performance data, collected automatically via Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics and Performance Monitoring, to help us understand how the app is used and fix bugs.
Purchase information — if you buy a premium subscription, Google Play handles the payment; we receive only your subscription status and expiry, never your card details.

How we use your information

To save your progress and let you pick up where you left off.
To generate your personalised ikigai insights.
To let you sign in and keep your data associated with your account.
To understand app usage and fix crashes/bugs.
To manage premium subscriptions you purchase.

AI processing (OpenAI)

When you use the "Connect the Dots" insight feature, the text of your journal answers is sent to OpenAI to generate your personalised ikigai insight. OpenAI processes this text to return the generated response and, per their policy, does not use API data to train their models. We recommend not including highly sensitive information (e.g. financial account numbers, government ID numbers) in your answers.

Voice typing (microphone)

If you tap the microphone button to dictate an answer, AI Ikigai asks for microphone permission and uses your device's built-in speech recognition to turn your speech into text. AI Ikigai does not record, store or upload your audio; it only receives the resulting text, which is treated like any other answer you type. Depending on your device settings, your phone's speech service (for example Google's) may process the audio to produce that text, under that provider's own privacy policy. Voice typing is optional and you can revoke the microphone permission at any time in your device settings.

Where your data is stored

Your account data, journal answers and insights are stored using Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore and Firebase Authentication), operated by Google under their own privacy and security terms. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest.

Data sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with the service providers necessary to run the app:

Google Firebase — authentication, database, analytics, crash reporting, performance monitoring.
OpenAI — generating your ikigai insights, as described above.
Google Play Billing — processing premium purchases.

Your choices

Access or export your data — email us (below) and we'll provide a copy of your stored answers and insights.
Delete your account and data — email us (below) with the request, and we will delete your account, journal answers, and insights from our systems within 30 days.
Sign out at any time from within the app.

Children's privacy

AI Ikigai is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above.

Contact us

Questions, data access, or deletion requests: ranjithstar256@gmail.com