Security and data

Where your numbers actually live

Your vault is a file on your own disk, encrypted, and nothing reads it without your password. This page is the honest version: what is always true, what is true until you switch something on, and what we never see either way.

Always true

There is no account

No sign-up, no email, no password reset through us. Your password is the only way in, and we cannot reset it, because we never hold it.

The vault is encrypted at rest

The file on disk is ciphertext. Opening it needs your password; there is no server-side copy to compare against.

Sync is a folder

Two devices agree by writing encrypted log files into a folder your own cloud client already syncs. We do not run a sync service.

Removing a device rotates the key

Revoking a phone is not a flag in a database; the household key is rotated so the removed device cannot read new records.

True when you switch it on

Optional services and what each one sends
If you enableThen this leaves your MacAnd this never does
Bank sync (SimpleFIN)Your bank connection token, to the provider you choseYour vault, your password, other accounts
Live pricesTicker symbols, to a price feedHow many shares you hold, or your net worth
On-device AINothing, while it runs on this MacEverything, unless you explicitly pick a cloud model
Quasar pairingThe household key, to your own phone, encrypted to it before it movesAnything to us
Updates always onYour version number, to GitHub, at launchYour data, your household, that you exist as a person
Licence check always onYour licence key, to Polar, once a week after activationAnything about what is in the app
Direct sync relay when neededEncrypted records, through a public iroh relay, when your devices cannot connect directlyYour household key, so the relay sees only ciphertext

With every optional service off, the app still opens three connections, and we would rather name them than have you find them: a signed update check to GitHub at launch, a licence check to Polar once a week, and, when two of your own devices sync and cannot reach each other directly, a public relay that carries only ciphertext. None of the three carries anything from your vault.

What we see

We see whether a version was downloaded, and anonymous page counts on this website. We do not see your household, your accounts, your figures, or that you exist as a person. There is no analytics SDK in the app.