Privacy Policy — Wellnest
Wellnest is an everyday wellness companion (mood check-ins, an AI wellness coach, guided breathing, a day-reset planner, and a habit tracker). This policy explains exactly what the app does and does not do with your data.
What this app collects
Wellnest does not collect any personal information from you. There are no user accounts; the app never asks for your name or email and does not store your data on a server we control.
| Data | Collected? | Stored where |
|---|---|---|
| Name, email, account info | No | — |
| Device location | No | — |
| Contacts, photos, microphone, camera | No — the app does not request any of these permissions | — |
| Health Connect / wearable / sensor data | No — the app does not read from Google Health Connect or any wearable | — |
| Your mood, energy, check-in note, habits, streak, breathing sessions | Saved locally on your device only | App-private storage (Android SharedPreferences) |
| The message or focus you type for the AI Coach / Day Reset | Sent as plain text to the third-party AI provider to generate a reply | Not retained by the app once the reply comes back |
| Crash logs / analytics | No | — |
How AI replies are generated
When you send a message in AI Coach or create a plan in Day Reset, the app sends a short plain-text prompt — built from what you typed — to Hugging Face’s Inference API (router.huggingface.co), with Pollinations as a fallback text provider. The provider returns the answer, which the app shows on screen.
No photo, contact, location, or device identifier is sent — only the plain-text prompt you created by typing. The Breathe exercise, the Habits tracker, and your stored check-ins run entirely on your device and send nothing to any AI provider.
Crisis-safety screening
Before any message is sent to the AI provider, Wellnest screens it on your device for crisis-related language. If detected, the app does not contact the AI — instead it shows a supportive message with helpline resources. This screening happens locally and is not logged or transmitted.
AI-generated content disclosure
Coach replies and day-reset plans are produced by a third-party large language model. AI can be inaccurate, incomplete, or occasionally generate plausible-sounding but wrong content. Wellnest is for general well-being support only and is not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, or crisis care. The developer is not responsible for outcomes resulting from following AI-generated suggestions. You can report inappropriate AI output from Settings → Report content.
Network connections
The Breathe, Habits, check-in, and Settings features run entirely on your device. The internet is used for: (1) Google AdMob to load ads (see “Advertising” below), and (2) sending your prompt to the AI provider when you use AI Coach or Day Reset. The app requires an active internet connection to open — you will see a “No internet connection” screen when offline.
Permissions the app requests
- Internet / network state — required to request ads and to call the AI text provider.
The app does not request photo, contacts, location, microphone, camera, notifications, health sensors, or any other sensitive permission.
Advertising
Wellnest shows ads provided by Google AdMob in three formats: banner (a small strip at the bottom of some screens), interstitial (an occasional full-screen ad after several actions), and app-open (a full-screen ad when you bring the app back to the foreground; never on first cold start). Google’s advertising SDK collects and processes limited data — for example, your device’s advertising identifier and approximate IP-based location — to serve and measure ads. This is governed by Google’s policies:
If you live in a region where consent is required (the EEA, UK, Switzerland, or a US state with applicable privacy law), the app uses Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP) to gather consent or to serve non-personalized ads, so it stays compliant with GDPR / UK GDPR / CCPA. You can reopen these choices any time from Settings → Privacy options.
Children
Wellnest is intended for older teens and adults. It is not classified as a “family” app on Google Play, and the AdMob ad content is mixed-audience. It is not designed for children and should not be relied on for any young person’s mental-health needs.
Contact
If you have questions about this policy, contact the developer through the Google Play listing.