Look, I get it. The internet’s a bit of a wild west these days, and the last thing you want is some random app poking around your personal stuff. Totally fair.

The good news? You don’t have to worry about that here. I don’t want your sensitive data either. In fact, I want to stay as far away from it as possible. The less I know, the better I sleep.

And just to be extra clear — I will definitely not be collecting anything related to kids. That road leads straight to a mountain of compliance paperwork, and frankly, I’ve got enough on my plate already (like keeping my own kid from watching Skibidi Toilet).

Everything you write in The Dad Journal stays on your device, in a local database. Full stop. The app only collects basic, fully anonymous usage stats - stuff like “user #anonym1234 just wrapped up a morning routine.” That’s it.

Your content is yours, and only yours.

No sharing with third parties, no sneaky AI training, no creepy ads following you around. This is a digital notebook that tries to behave like an old-school one: private, quiet, and totally yours.