JW Streak Privacy Policy

JW Streak is a free, open-source Bible-reading habit tracker. This page explains, in plain terms, what happens to your data.

JW Streak is an independent, unofficial project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to Jehovah's Witnesses, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, or JW.org. However, this project is entirely managed by one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Short version

JW Streak collects nothing. There is no account, no server, and no analytics. Everything the app stores, such as your reading progress, notes, quiz results, streak, and settings stays in a local database on your device and is never transmitted anywhere.

What the app stores locally

Which Bible chapters you've marked as read, and when
Your personal notes and reflections
Quiz results and earned achievements
Your streak count and reminder schedule
App preferences (theme, language, etc.)

All of this lives in a local SQLite database on your device. Uninstalling the app deletes it permanently. Nothing is backed up to a server we control, because we don't run one.

Permissions the app requests

Notifications: To show your daily reading reminders.
Exact alarms: So reminders fire precisely at the time you scheduled.
Run at startup: To reschedule your reminders after your device restarts.

None of these permissions involve sending data off your device.

Network access

The app makes no network calls of its own: no analytics, no crash reporting, no ads, and no font or asset fetching at runtime. Every resource is bundled into the app itself.

The only time the app touches the network is when you tap a link to open a Bible passage: it opens either the JW Library app or jw.org in your browser depending on your preferences. Those external destinations are governed by their own privacy policies.

Third parties

We don't share data with third parties, because we don't collect any. No advertising SDKs, analytics SDKs, or tracking libraries are included in the app bundle.

Children's & Minor's privacy

The app doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Open source

JW Streak is free software (GNU GPLv3). You can inspect the full source code to verify every claim on this page:

View JWS on GitHub

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, the update will be posted here with a revised "last updated" date.