Kalyana Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Kalyana is a free mindfulness companion. It is built so that what you write and practice stays yours.

What Kalyana stores

• Your notes, meditation sits, reading history and settings.
• These are stored on your device. If you are signed in to iCloud, they may also be stored in your own private iCloud account so they appear on your other devices. We cannot see or access this data.

What Kalyana does not do

• No accounts, sign-ups or passwords.
• No analytics, tracking or advertising.
• No data is sold or shared with anyone.

Location

If you choose “Sort by distance” in the Centers section, Kalyana asks for your approximate location and uses it only on your device to sort the list. It is never sent anywhere.

Matching topics to what you write

On devices that support Apple Intelligence, Kalyana may use Apple's on-device language model to match what you type to a topic. This happens entirely on your device.

The reading assistant

Kalyana can explain a passage or answer a question about the page you are reading. You choose how it works in Settings → Assistant:

• On this iPhone (the default): Apple's on-device model answers. Your question and the page stay on your iPhone.
• My own AI key: if you add a key from Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (ChatGPT) or Google (Gemini), your question and the text of the page you are reading are sent directly from your iPhone to that company to get an answer. Kalyana has no server in between and never sees them. That company's own privacy policy applies to these requests. Your key is kept only in your iPhone's Keychain.
• Off: nothing is sent anywhere.

Notifications

If you allow notifications, Kalyana uses them only to mark the end of a meditation sit.

Links to other websites

Kalyana links to meditation centers, online communities and texts on other websites. Those sites have their own privacy practices.

Backups

You can export a backup file of your notes and practice history. That file is created on your device and goes only where you choose to send or save it.

Children

Kalyana does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children.

Contact

Questions about this policy: ishaq.hult@gmail.com.