Come Aside Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 27, 2026
Overview
Come Aside is a local-first Catholic companion app for daily readings, journaling, devotional practice, and reminders. The app is designed to keep the core daily loop on the device.
Information You Provide
Come Aside may store the following information when you choose to provide it. Some journal, devotion, milestone, and onboarding content may reveal religious practice or beliefs.
- Name and onboarding profile answers.
- Journal reflections, moods, bookmarks, and optional imported journal text.
- Optional voice reflection files stored on the device.
- Devotion intentions and check-ins.
- Sacramental milestone dates and notes.
- Reminder and app settings.
- Optional Mass finder area search text stored on the device.
- Email address if you choose to create an account for sync.
How Information Is Used
Come Aside uses your information to:
- Show your journal and devotion history.
- Choose encouragement through transparent, rule-based personalization from your onboarding answers, current liturgical season, and selected mood.
- Send local reminder notifications if enabled.
- Open Google Maps when you choose to look for nearby Catholic churches, Mass, Confession, or Adoration.
- Sync your data across devices if account sync is enabled.
- Manage subscription status if you subscribe to Come Aside Plus.
Come Aside does not use your information for advertising, third-party ad tracking, or behavior-learning AI.
Local Storage
The core app data is stored on your device. If you do not enable account sync, your journal, milestones, devotions, and profile remain local to that device except for operating-system services such as backup that you control through your device settings.
Sharing To Other Apps
When you choose Send to Apple Journal, Come Aside opens the native iOS Share Sheet with a text version of the selected reflection. You choose the destination and approve anything saved outside Come Aside. Come Aside does not read Apple Journal entries, write to Apple Journal in the background, or keep Apple Journal content synced with Come Aside.
When you choose Export my data, Come Aside opens the native share sheet with a text JSON copy of your profile, journal entries, devotion records, sacramental milestones, and non-sensitive settings. Local voice reflection files are not included in the text export.
Mass Finder And Maps
Mass finder does not request device location permission. You may optionally type a city, postcode, parish area, or other search area. Come Aside uses that text to build a Google Maps search link, then opens the Google Maps app if it is installed or Google Maps in your browser if it is not.
Come Aside does not receive Google Maps results, store GPS coordinates, sync typed Mass finder place text, or use map searches for tracking. Google Maps handles the search after you leave Come Aside under Google's own terms and privacy policy.
Account Sync
If you enable account sync, Come Aside uses Supabase to authenticate your email address and store synced app data for your account. Sync is optional.
Subscriptions
Come Aside uses RevenueCat to manage subscription status and restore purchases. Payment processing is handled by Apple through the App Store. RevenueCat receives a generated app user ID for this device; Come Aside does not use your onboarding name as a billing identifier.
Notifications
If you enable reminders, Come Aside schedules local notifications on your device. You can turn these off in the app or in iOS Settings.
Data Deletion
You can remove local app data from the Come Aside Plus gate, from Settings > About > Delete local data, or by deleting the app from your device. This removes local profile, journal, devotion, milestone, reminder, local voice reflection data, account session, and generated billing identifier from that device. If you create a sync account, you can delete the sync account and synced data from Settings > Account & Sync. You may also contact the support address below for help with deletion requests.
Children
Come Aside is not directed to children under 13.
Contact
For privacy questions or deletion requests, contact:
Changes To This Policy
Come Aside may update this policy when the app changes. The published policy will show the latest update date.