Effective date: 2026-09-12 Operator: Jaewon Cho Contact: support.cove@gmail.com
Cove is a daily life-coaching app. This policy describes what we collect, why, and where it goes. It is written to match what the app actually does — nothing here is boilerplate for features we do not have.
Account information. You sign in with Apple or with Google. From Google we receive and store your email address, name, and profile photo URL. From Apple we receive your email address, and your name the first time you sign in; if you choose Hide My Email, the address we receive is Apple’s private relay address rather than your personal one.
Birth details. To build your profile, you provide your birth date, birth time (optional), and birthplace. When you search for your birthplace, the city name you type is sent to Google Places to find its coordinates; we store the city name and coordinates.
Personality type. Your MBTI type, either entered directly or determined by a short in-app quiz, and the focus areas you select during onboarding.
Coaching conversations. Your messages to the coach are processed in real time to generate replies. We do not store chat transcripts. After a session, an AI-generated summary (a few sentences) and a short list of observed patterns are saved to your profile so the coach can remember context between sessions. The summary is the only record; the underlying messages are discarded.
Generated content. Daily cards written for you, your profile portrait, and astrological placements (sun, moon, rising sign) derived from your birth details. These are stored in your account.
Notifications. If you enable daily notifications, we store a push token for your device and your device timezone.
Usage data. A daily message counter (used for fair-use limits) and your subscription status.
Cove is built on the following services. Each receives only what is listed:
| Service | Role | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Hosting, authentication, database | Your account and profile data (stored) |
| Anthropic (Claude API) | Generates coaching replies | Your recent chat messages, MBTI, goals, session summary, portrait, and derived chart placements |
| OpenAI (API) | Generates session summaries, daily cards, and your portrait | Conversation text (for summaries), derived chart placements and MBTI (for cards and portrait) |
| Expo | Delivers push notifications | Your push token and the notification text |
| Apple | Sign-in | Your Apple ID sign-in request; we receive an identity token, your email (or relay address), and your name on first sign-in |
| Sign-in; birthplace search | Your Google account (sign-in); the birthplace text you type (Places) |
International transfer. These providers operate servers in the United States, so your information is transferred to and processed there regardless of where you use the app; by using Cove you consent to that transfer.
Two details worth knowing:
Your profile, cards, and summaries are kept while your account exists and deleted when you delete your account. Data stored on your device (session token, notification preference, local display history) remains until you sign out or uninstall the app.
You can delete your account in the app under Settings. Deletion removes your authentication account, profile (including birth details, MBTI, summaries, and portrait), and daily card history from our database. This is permanent. You can also request deletion by contacting us at the address above.
Data is transmitted over TLS and stored with row-level access control, so your records are readable only by your own authenticated session. Server credentials are stored in managed secret storage, not in code.
Cove is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the effective date. Material changes will be announced in the app.
Questions or requests: support.cove@gmail.com.