last updated: october 2, 2026
1 good thing is built to be private by default. it does not collect, store, or share your personal data, and it does not require an account. the short version: your drawings are yours, and they stay on your device. the one exception is the optional public sticker board on our website, described below.
we do not collect personal information, we do not ask you to sign up, and we do not run advertising or third-party tracking of any kind.
we use a privacy-focused analytics service called TelemetryDeck to understand basic, anonymous usage patterns, like how many people open the app on a given day. TelemetryDeck cannot identify you: it never collects your name, email, or anything else personal, and the identifiers it uses are not linked to your identity. it is not used for advertising, and it does not track you across other apps or websites.
everything you draw is stored locally on your device. if you have iCloud enabled, your drawings sync through your own private iCloud account (Apple's iCloud / CloudKit) so they're available across your devices and safe if you reinstall. that data lives in your iCloud, which only you can access. the app does not send your drawings to us, and we never receive or see them. (our website runs a separate, optional sticker board. see "the sticker board" below.)
you can choose to share a jar with other people, using an invite link or a QR code. this works through Apple's iCloud sharing (CloudKit), using your own iCloud account. we still do not operate servers, and we never see or store what's in a shared jar ourselves.
if you share a jar, the drawings and entries in it, along with the display name and photo you choose to show, become visible to everyone you've invited into that jar. you can see who's currently in a shared jar from its member list, and anyone can leave a shared jar at any time.
the sticker page on our website (1goodthing.today/sticker) is a public board. it is separate from the app and entirely optional. if you upload an image there, the sticker made from it is stored on our servers and, once approved, is visible to everyone who visits the board, who can also copy or save it.
stickers appear on the board as soon as they are posted. we may remove anything at our discretion, and you can email us to report one. we do not ask for your name or email and there are no accounts. instead, your browser keeps a private key that lets you restyle or take down your own stickers from the same browser. if you clear your browser data, you lose that ability, and you can email us to have a sticker removed.
to limit abuse, we keep a one-way scrambled (hashed) version of your IP address for a short time to rate-limit uploads. we cannot turn it back into your address. please only upload drawings you made yourself and do not upload photos of people or personal information.
if you turn on the daily reminder, your reminder time and on/off preference are stored locally on your device. nothing about your reminders is transmitted to us.
if you're part of a shared jar, you may also get a push notification when someone else adds to it. these are delivered through Apple's push notification service and only happen for jars you've chosen to share.
if you save your jar as a wallpaper, the app asks for add-only permission to your photo library so it can save that one image. the image is saved to your own library and is never uploaded anywhere. the app cannot read your existing photos.
if you buy a subscription or the lifetime unlock, the purchase is handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. we never see your payment details. we only receive an anonymous signal from Apple about whether your purchase is active, used solely to unlock features.
because the app collects no personal data from anyone, it collects none from children. it is safe for all ages.
if this policy ever changes, we'll update this page and the "last updated" date above. since we don't collect contact information, we can't notify you directly, so material changes will be reflected here.
questions about privacy? email hello@1goodthing.today.