Before & After: how your data is handled
Last updated November 10, 2026 · Published by The News Bakery LLC
Our promise
- Pay onceOne price per app. Every feature included.
- No subscriptionsNothing renews. Nothing to cancel.
- No adsNothing to scroll past. Nobody paying to reach you.
- No accountsNo sign-up, no password, no email address.
- PrivateWhat you enter stays on your phone.
The short version. What you put into Before & After stays on your phone. We don't see it, we don't collect it, and there's no account.
What you can put in. How you'd describe yourself before and after a pause, feeling words, which pause you chose and for how long, short notes, written reflections, reminder times, and any custom words you add. If you used an earlier version of this app, your older entries (for example sleep, activities or other details) stay on your phone too.
Where it's kept. Only in the app's storage on this phone. Before & After has no servers, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking of any kind. It works fully offline.
When something leaves your phone. Only when you choose to send it, for example by sharing a summary PDF, exporting a spreadsheet, saving a backup file, or printing. Where it goes is up to you: the app you share to, or the place you save the file, handles it from there.
Reminders. Reminders are scheduled on your phone by your phone. No reminder information is sent anywhere.
Crisis lines. Tapping a number in Help now opens your phone's dialer or messages app, and tapping a website opens your browser. Before & After doesn't record that you did.
Your phone's own backups. If your phone backs itself up (for example iCloud or Google backup), the app's storage may be included. That's handled by your phone's settings, not by us.
Deleting your data. Use More → Erase everything, or delete the app. Either removes everything Before & After stored on this phone. Backup files you saved yourself stay where you put them.
Children. Before & After isn't designed for children under 13.
Changes. If this ever changes, we'll update this page and the date above before the app changes.
Questions. Write to chef@thenewsbakery.com. Before & After is made by The News Bakery LLC.