Urge WalkWhat the app stores
A fresh install starts empty. As you use Urge Walk, it saves the following only on your device:
- The habits you track (a name and a start date)
- The urges you ride out: walks, breathing and grounding sessions, and quick logs, with times, how it went, and any note
- Journal entries (title, text, and an optional mood word)
- Milestones you reach
- Your walk length preference
- A crisis number, only if you type one in yourself
The app asks for a permission only when you use the feature that needs it, and you can say no and keep using everything else:
- Contacts, if you pick a trusted person from your contacts. Only the name and number you choose are saved, on your phone.
- Photos, if you choose a photo for Your reasons. It stays on your phone.
- Microphone, if you record a voice note for Your reasons. It stays on your phone.
- Face ID, if you turn on App lock or the Your reasons lock. Face ID is handled by iOS; the app only learns whether it succeeded.
- Notifications, for a daily check-in reminder or when a walk's time is up, if you turn them on.
It does not ask for your camera, location, or health data (Apple Health).
What we collect
Nothing. Urge Walk has no accounts and does not send your data to us or to anyone else. It contains no analytics, advertising, or tracking tools, and no third-party SDKs.
Links you choose to open
The app only leaves itself when you tap something. Calling or texting a crisis line opens your phone’s own Phone or Messages app. “Find a helpline” opens findahelpline.com, and the Privacy, Terms, and Support links open this website. Nothing is opened or sent in the background.
Community and Discord
Community is optional. Tapping “Join on Discord” opens our Discord invite (discord.gg/AAgaXxk43C). Discord is a separate service, and once you leave the app, Discord’s own privacy policy and terms apply. Urge Walk shares nothing with Discord.
Sharing and selling
We do not sell, rent, or share your data. We can’t, because we never receive it.
How long data is kept
Your data stays on your device until you delete it in the app or delete the app. There is no copy on a server and no account to close.
Deleting your data
You can delete your data at any time, in either of two ways:
- In the app, go to You, then Delete all my data. This erases everything Urge Walk stores, including any crisis number you saved, and returns the app to the way it was when first installed.
- Delete Urge Walk from your iPhone. This removes all of its data as well.
Because we don’t hold a copy, we can’t restore deleted data for you.
Age
Urge Walk is for adults 18 and older, and asks you to confirm your age during setup. We do not collect information from anyone.
This website
This site is hosted on GitHub Pages. It sets no cookies and uses no analytics. GitHub may keep standard server logs (such as IP addresses) for security; see GitHub’s privacy statement.
Changes
If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date above. If the app ever starts collecting data or asking for new permissions, we’ll update this page before that version is released.
Contact
Questions? Email urgewalk@gmail.com.