Privacy policy

Last updated November 11, 2026. This policy explains what doomscroll.ai collects, why, and what you can do about it. We've written it to be read, not skimmed past.

Who we are

doomscroll.ai (the Android and iPhone apps, this website and our server) is run by its founder, an individual based in the United Kingdom (a limited company is being registered, and we'll update these details when it is). We are the "controller" of your personal data under UK data protection law. Contact us at [email protected].

The short version

• Your screen time, the apps you use and everything the Grim Swiper knows about you stay on your phone. We never upload them.
• We only receive what's needed to run the features you choose: live AI roasts, the monthly report and the waitlist.
• We don't sell your data, we don't run ads, and the apps contain no advertising or tracking SDKs.

What stays on your phone

Your app usage and screen time (read with your permission from Android's usage access, or typed in by you on iPhone), your limits, your answers to the setup questions, your angels, ghouls, streaks and progress, and the settings you choose. This data is stored in the app on your device. Deleting the app deletes it.

What we receive, and why

• A random install ID. The app makes one when it's installed. We use it to apply fair use limits to live AI roasts. It isn't linked to your name unless you give us your email. Legal basis: legitimate interests (running and protecting the service).
• What you type to him during a call, with live roasts on. Your message and the context he needs (for example the app you're over on, your limit and the time) are sent to our AI provider so he can reply. We don't store these conversations. Legal basis: contract (providing the feature you asked for).
• Your email, only if you type it in: to send your monthly report, or to tell you when the app is available (the waitlist). We never use it for marketing unless you separately agree. Legal basis: consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
• The waitlist. When you join on this website we store your email, the date and time you joined, which part of the page you joined from, and a short invite code (and whose link you came from, if any). We use it to email you when doomscroll.ai launches and to work out the founding 1,000 (the first 1,000 to join). Legal basis: consent.
• Founder codes. If you claim the founding offer in the app, we email you a 6-digit code and store a one-way scrambled copy of it for 15 minutes to check it. We record which install claimed the offer. Legal basis: contract.
• Visits to this website. We count visits and page views with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which uses no cookies and doesn't track you across sites, and we count anonymous steps on the page (such as whether Death's call was answered). These counts aren't linked to you. Legal basis: legitimate interests (understanding what's useful).
• Basic app events, such as which plan screen was shown or whether a plan was chosen, to improve the app. No content, no usage data. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
• Purchases are handled by Google Play or the Apple App Store. We receive confirmation of what you bought, not your payment details.

Who else handles your data

• Cloudflare hosts our server, database and this website.
• MiniMax, our AI provider, processes what you type during live roasts in order to generate his replies. MiniMax may process data outside the UK; where it does, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or equivalent contractual protections.
• Google and Apple process payments and app distribution under their own privacy policies.
• Google Fonts: this website loads its fonts from Google, which receives your IP address when you visit.
• Resend sends our emails (founder codes and the launch email) on our behalf.

We share data with these providers only to run the service, under contracts that require them to protect it. We don't sell or rent personal data to anyone.

How long we keep it

• Live roast messages: not stored by us.
• Install ID and fair-use counts: while you use the app; daily counts are deleted after 90 days.
• Email: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it.
• Waitlist entries: until 12 months after launch, or sooner if you ask us to delete yours.
• Founder codes: 15 minutes. Records of who claimed the offer: while the offer applies.
• Website visit counts: aggregated, with no personal data.
• Social account connections: until you disconnect them (see below).
• App events: up to 24 months, then deleted.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask to access, correct, delete or move your data, object to or restrict how we use it, and withdraw consent. In the app, Settings → Privacy → Make him forget everything deletes everything our server holds about your install. For anything else, email [email protected]; we reply within one month. If you're unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

TikTok and other social accounts

doomscroll.ai uses the official TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn APIs to publish our own videos to our own accounts. If an account is connected to our publishing tool through TikTok Login Kit or another platform's sign-in:

• What we receive: the basic account details the platform shares (such as your TikTok open ID, display name and profile picture), the permissions you approve (for TikTok, user.info.basic and video.publish or video.upload), and an access token.
• What we use it for: only to upload and publish the videos and captions you choose, when you choose, and to show whether a post succeeded. We don't read your messages, followers or other people's content, and we don't use this data for advertising.
• Where it's kept: tokens are stored encrypted on the device running the tool (in the operating system's secure keychain), not on our servers. We never sell or share data received from TikTok or any other platform.
• Removing it: disconnect the account in the tool, or revoke access in the TikTok app (Settings and privacy → Security → Apps and services) or in the other platform's settings, and email us to delete anything else.

Your use of TikTok is also covered by TikTok's privacy policy.

Children

doomscroll.ai is for people aged 13 and over. We don't knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has given us their data, contact us and we'll delete it.

Security

Data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). The server only accepts requests from the app, and access to the database is limited to the people who run the service. No system is perfectly secure, but we keep what we hold to the minimum.

This website

This site sets no cookies and uses no advertising trackers. We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics (cookie-free) and count anonymous steps on the page, as described above. If you join the waitlist, your browser remembers that you joined (in local storage) so the page can show it; clearing your browser data removes it. Our host keeps standard server logs (such as IP addresses) for security for a short period.

Changes

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top and tell you in the app before the change applies.