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Mostly a question of trust: Brain Trust Journal/Diary collects data linked to you but declares no tracking. The sensitive items are user content. In total the label lists 2 data types; 32% of journal & diary apps we checked declare tracking.
Brain Trust Journal/Diary privacy in one look
- 1Collects nothing
- 2Not linked
- 3Linked
- 4Tracks you
Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.
Brain Trust Journal/Diary collects 2 data types tied to your identity but declares no tracking.
Did Brain Trust Journal/Diary ask for something?
Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Brain Trust Journal/Diary's developer declared.
Location is not on Brain Trust Journal/Diary's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Brain Trust Journal/Diary lists User Content on its label, linked to you. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.
Contacts is not on Brain Trust Journal/Diary's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
Brain Trust Journal/Diary declares no tracking, so a tracking prompt would contradict its label. Decline it, and consider reporting the mismatch to Apple.
Health & Fitness is not on Brain Trust Journal/Diary's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.
A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.
What Brain Trust Journal/Diary collects, explained
| Data type | What it covers | Where to limit it |
|---|---|---|
| User ContentSensitiveLinked to you | Messages, photos, videos, audio recordings, documents and support chats you create or upload. | Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos: choose Limited Access or None; review Microphone and Files access too. |
| Contact InfoLinked to you | Your name, email address, phone number or postal address. | Use Sign in with Apple with Hide My Email where offered, and check the app's account and marketing preferences. |
What Brain Trust Journal/Diary's label means for you
Brain Trust Journal/Diary's label has 2 types under “Data Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.
Brain Trust Journal/Diary declares no tracking, which means the developer says it does not combine your data with other companies' data for advertising or sell it to data brokers. The data linked to you — user content and contact info — is still tied to your identity, typically through an account, and is covered by the developer's privacy policy and retention rules.
The items that deserve the most attention are user content. This is the content you actually care about. Where it is stored, who can read it and how it is backed up matters more than any other line on the label.
Journals collect your private thoughts, moods and often your location and photos. A lock screen inside the app is not the same as encryption of the synced entries. Check whether entries sync to the developer's server and whether that sync is end-to-end encrypted; export your journal regularly.
Among the 173 journal & diary apps in our snapshot with a label, 32% declare tracking, 54% collect data linked to you and 21% say they collect nothing. Brain Trust Journal/Diary lists 2 data types, about the same as the average of 2.9 for this group.
Lifestyle apps cover family, home and personal organisation, and often combine location, contacts and photos in one place.
Settings to check for Brain Trust Journal/Diary
- 1
Photos
Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.
- 2
Sign-in
When creating an account, Sign in with Apple can give the app a relay address from Hide My Email instead of your real one.
- 3
Lock the app
On iOS 18 and later, touch and hold the icon and choose Require Face ID. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone then needs your face, fingerprint or passcode to open it.
- 4
Notifications
Settings › Notifications › Brain Trust Journal/Diary › Show Previews: When Unlocked keeps message and account details off the Lock Screen.
Does Brain Trust Journal/Diary track you?
There is no “Data Used to Track You” section on Brain Trust Journal/Diary's label.
Does Brain Trust Journal/Diary track you? Full answer and how to stop it →
Lock Brain Trust Journal/Diary behind Face ID
- Find Brain Trust Journal/Diary on your Home Screen or in App Library.
- Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
- Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
- Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Brain Trust Journal/Diary now asks for authentication every time it opens.
The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Brain Trust Journal/Diary has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.
Lock or hide Brain Trust Journal/Diary: step-by-step guide →
About Brain Trust Journal/Diary
| Developer | Brain T LLC |
| App Store category | Lifestyle (also Productivity) |
| Latest version | 1.2.3, released January 2024 |
| First released | October 2023 |
| Requires | iOS 13.0 or later |
| Size | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ |
| Languages | 1 (EN) |
| Bundle ID | com.braintrust.braintrust |
The current version shipped in January 2024, 2 years before our snapshot. Apps that are not updated may not support newer iOS privacy controls, and an abandoned app will not get security fixes.
What the label cannot tell you
- A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what Brain Trust Journal/Diary sends.
- It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
- Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
- Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
- Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.
The question to ask Brain Trust Journal/Diary's developer: Can anyone at the company read my entries?
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Your Brain Trust Journal/Diary privacy checklist
Done. You have applied every control the label points to.
True or false?
- Right.Not quite.
False: there is no Data Used to Track You section on Brain Trust Journal/Diary's label.
- Right.Not quite.
Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.
- Right.Not quite.
True: User Content appears on its label.
- Right.Not quite.
It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.
- Right.Not quite.
Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.