Privacy
Hesed Privacy Policy
Effective November 9, 2026
The short version: Hesed collects no data. Your prayers, journal, gratitude entries and the people you pray for stay on your device. We have no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no ads and no tracking.
What stays on your device
Everything you write or add in Hesed is stored on your iPhone or iPad. We, the makers of Hesed, cannot see or access it.
iCloud sync and shared prayer lists
If you turn on iCloud sync, your data is stored in your own private iCloud account, managed by Apple under Apple's privacy policy. If you share a prayer list, it is shared through iCloud only with the people you invite. We cannot see either.
Microphone and speech
When you tap the microphone to dictate, or answer aloud in Listen mode, your speech is turned into text on your device. No audio is recorded, stored or sent anywhere.
Read-aloud voice and suggestions
The read-aloud voice is generated on your device. Verse and message suggestions are made on your device, and on supported devices by Apple Intelligence on-device. Nothing you write is sent to us or any third party.
Contacts and photos
When you add a person, you pick them with Apple's contact picker, so Hesed only receives the one contact you choose and never reads your address book. Photos access is add-only, used to save verse cards you create.
Sending messages
When you choose to text someone or share a card, Hesed opens your own Messages or other app with the text filled in. You decide whether to send it.
Reporting a bug
Settings → Report a bug opens your own Mail app with basic details (app version, device model, iOS version) that you can read and edit before sending. Nothing is sent unless you tap Send. We use these emails only to answer you and fix problems.
Children
Hesed is suitable for all ages and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, we'll update this page and the date above. If Hesed ever began collecting data, we would say so here and in the App Store first.
On the Hesed web page
Everything above is about the Hesed app. This part is about the Hesed page on renegadereels.com.
- The Gratitude box you can try on the page. If you add something there, we keep only the words you typed and the time you sent them, so the Hesed team can read them. We don't keep your name, email address or IP address with it, and we don't show it to other visitors. Please leave out other people's names and private details. To have something you sent deleted, email us with what you wrote.
- Launch emails. If you ask to be told when Hesed launches, we keep your email address only to send that announcement. It is not shared or sold, and you can ask us to remove it at any time.
The website is hosted by Cloudflare, which handles the connection to your browser under Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Contact
Questions? Email [email protected].