Reality Check Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 31, 2026

Last Updated: June 1, 2026

Reality Check is a brand and mobile app operated by Gobitron, LLC. It helps people turn worries, guesses, and what-if thoughts into predictions they can check later. This Privacy Policy explains what information Reality Check collects, how we use it, when we share it, and what choices you have.

This Privacy Policy uses "Reality Check," "we," "us," and "our" to refer to Gobitron, LLC as the operator of the Reality Check app and service. It uses "you" to refer to the person using Reality Check.

Quick Summary

• Reality Check is for users age 13 and older. It is not directed to children under 13.
• Reality Check is a prediction and reflection tool. It is not therapy, treatment, diagnosis, crisis care, medical advice, or a guarantee that anxiety or worry will improve.
• We collect the information needed to create your account, save your predictions, show your history, send reminders or invitations you request, and operate the service.
• If you submit a landing-page alpha interest or contact form, we collect the email address, role, message, page source, and contact consent you provide.
• Prediction text, reflection text, outcomes, stakes, Tiny Steps, Improve Odds actions, and support-circle information can be sensitive. This content is not visible to other users by default unless you choose a sharing path inside the app.
• Some Reality Check features send prediction or reflection content and related context to cloud-based AI service providers, such as OpenAI when enabled, to support classification, optional suggestions, Tiny Steps, Improve Odds actions, playful stakes, or internal campaign-review tooling.
• AI suggestions are not therapy, diagnosis, crisis support, or medical advice.
• We collect first-party product analytics to understand whether the app works. Those analytics do not use raw prediction text, private worry text, or raw thread-message text.
• We do not sell your personal information. We do not use third-party advertising networks.
• You can delete your account in the app under Settings > Account > Delete account.

1. What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy covers information collected through:

• the Reality Check mobile app;
• Reality Check account, authentication, invite, reminder, and support features;
• the Reality Check API and hosted backend;
• support requests, feedback, and controlled alpha or TestFlight participation; and
• public legal, support, or landing pages we publish for Reality Check.

This policy does not cover privacy practices of companies we do not control, such as Apple, Google, email providers, device operating systems, or a third-party service you choose to use separately. Their own privacy policies apply to their services.

2. Who Can Use Reality Check

Reality Check is intended for users age 13 and older.

Reality Check is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly target, solicit, or collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we collected personal information from a child under 13 without the required parent or guardian consent, we will take steps to delete the information and deactivate the account as required by law.

If you are 13 to 17, use Reality Check only if you are allowed to do so by your parent or guardian and by the laws that apply where you live.

3. What Reality Check Is And Is Not

Reality Check helps users record predictions, worries, confidence levels, due dates, outcomes, optional stakes, support-circle interactions, and reflection loops. It is designed to help people compare what they expected with what actually happened.

Reality Check is not:

• therapy, counseling, treatment, or medical care;
• a diagnosis or screening tool;
• crisis care or emergency response;
• a substitute for a clinician, parent, guardian, teacher, or other trusted adult; or
• a guarantee that anxiety, stress, worry, or any health outcome will improve.

If you may be in danger, might hurt yourself or someone else, or need urgent help, contact emergency services, a crisis hotline, a parent or guardian, or another trusted adult. Do not rely on Reality Check for emergency support.

4. Information We Collect

Account And Authentication Information

We collect information needed to create, secure, and manage your account, such as:

• email address;
• display name or account name if provided;
• authentication provider information, such as email/password sign-in or Google sign-in if you choose it;
• account verification, password reset, and session information;
• avatar, onboarding status, app settings, timezone, and notification preferences; and
• alpha role, cohort, invite source, or age-band information if it is provided as part of controlled testing.

The app stores authentication tokens on your device so you can stay signed in. On iOS, the app uses device secure storage for this purpose.

Prediction And Reflection Information

When you use Reality Check, you may provide or generate information such as:

• prediction text;
• original worry or avoidance text;
• confidence levels;
• due dates and check-in dates;
• outcomes and outcome notes;
• confidence check-ins and reasons;
• Tiny Step or Improve Odds answers, selected actions, and action-plan status;
• prediction analysis outputs, clarified prediction options, and generated reflection prompts;
• stake titles, terms, conditions, categories, approvals, and outcomes; and
• thread messages, receipt shares, and support-circle comments.

You choose what to enter. Because this information can be personal, avoid entering sensitive details that are not needed to use the app.

Support Contacts, Circles, And Invitations

If you add people to your circle, share a prediction, create a friend invite, or invite someone to support you, we may collect:

• the person's name or label;
• relationship tag, such as family, friend, professional, or other;
• email address if you enter one or use it for an invitation;
• invite token, invite status, invite request date, invite sent date, invite response date, and approval status;
• participant role and status for shared predictions; and
• messages, proposals, approvals, or declines connected to shared predictions.

If someone uses a support or friend invite link and confirms that they want to connect, Reality Check shares that person's account name and email address with the inviter so the inviter can approve or decline the connection.

If you choose "Add from contacts," the app asks your device for permission and lets you pick a contact. Reality Check uses the contact details needed for the selected invite, such as the selected contact's available name or email. You can also enter the information manually instead of granting contacts access.

Product Analytics And App Events

Reality Check collects first-party product events to understand whether the app works and where people get stuck. These events can include:

• screens viewed;
• sign-in and onboarding steps;
• prediction creation and closeout steps;
• whether a prediction was shared;
• whether a stake was created, accepted, or declined;
• reminder, invite, and support-contact activity;
• broad categories, modes, count fields, and bucketed values, such as confidence bucket or due-window bucket; and
• references to internal prediction, support-contact, stake, cohort, or session identifiers.

Product analytics do not use raw prediction text, raw private worry text, or raw thread-message text.

Device, Reminder, And Notification Information

If reminders or push notifications are enabled, we may collect:

• Expo push token;
• platform, such as iOS or Android;
• device identifier or build identifier when available;
• notification permission status as reflected by whether a token can be registered;
• reminder schedule, reminder type, delivery attempts, delivery status, provider message id, and provider error information; and
• app-event notification titles, bodies, routing data, and payload data needed to deliver and open the notification.

Push notifications may include a preview of prediction text or shared prediction text so the notification is understandable. If you do not want prediction text to appear in notifications, turn off reminders or notifications in your device or app settings.

Landing-Page Forms, Emails, Support Requests, And Feedback

If you submit a landing-page alpha interest or contact form, contact us, ask for support, verify your email, reset your password, invite another person, or participate in controlled alpha feedback, we may collect:

• email address;
• name or account name;
• role or relationship to Reality Check, such as teen, parent, caregiver, educator, clinician, or other;
• message content;
• page source or campaign path connected to the form submission;
• consent-to-contact status;
• invite links or verification links;
• feedback, bug reports, screenshots, or notes you choose to send; and
• related support metadata, such as date, sender, recipient, and issue type.

AI Processing Information

Some Reality Check features use cloud-based AI providers, such as OpenAI when enabled. Depending on which features are enabled and used, we may send the following information to an AI provider:

• prediction text;
• original worry or avoidance text;
• due date;
• confidence level;
• prediction mode, subject type, and selected sharing context;
• selected support-contact names, relationships, or invite counts when needed to make a suggestion relevant;
• recent stake terms or bounded history summaries when needed to avoid repetitive stake suggestions;
• Tiny Step context, such as avoided action text or anticipated outcome text; and
• campaign or message-testing content in internal admin tools.

We do not intentionally include account email addresses, phone numbers, user IDs, prediction IDs, session IDs, or similar stable account identifiers in AI provider prompts. However, the prediction, reflection, stake, support-contact, or campaign content sent to AI providers may include personal information if you or another user entered it, such as a person's name or other details in the text.

We may store AI outputs, provider name, model name, latency, status, error text, input hashes, and accepted generated results. In local or hosted-dev debugging only, a raw LLM audit log can store raw requests and responses. Raw LLM audit logging is not intended for production use unless a separate privacy-reviewed process is approved.

5. How We Use Information

We use information to:

• create, authenticate, secure, and maintain accounts;
• save, show, update, share, close out, archive, or delete predictions;
• show stats, history, receipts, confidence trends, and reflection loops;
• support optional Tiny Step, Improve Odds, stake, and receipt-sharing features;
• manage support contacts, circle invites, friend invites, and shared prediction participants;
• follow up about controlled alpha access, feedback, or product research when you submit a landing-page form and consent to contact;
• send verification emails, password reset emails, invite emails, reminders, and push notifications;
• provide customer support and respond to feedback;
• debug, secure, and improve the app and API;
• understand controlled alpha usage, activation, retention, closeout behavior, and product quality;
• prevent abuse, fraud, unauthorized access, and technical issues;
• comply with legal obligations; and
• protect the rights, privacy, safety, and security of users, Reality Check, and others.

6. AI Features And Safety Boundaries

Reality Check may use AI to help classify, summarize, or generate optional product suggestions. AI features support the prediction/reflection workflow, not clinical decisions.

AI features do not:

• diagnose a user;
• provide therapy, treatment, crisis guidance, or medical advice;
• decide whether a user needs care;
• guarantee emotional, mental-health, academic, social, or family outcomes; or
• replace a parent, guardian, clinician, counselor, teacher, or trusted adult.

AI outputs can be incomplete or wrong. Review AI-suggested text, actions, stakes, and options before using them. You are not required to use an AI suggestion to save a prediction.

7. How Information Is Shared Inside Reality Check

Reality Check is private by default unless you choose a sharing path.

Private Predictions

Predictions created for "Just For Me" are intended for your account only, unless you later choose to share a receipt or add someone.

Support And Circle Predictions

If you choose a support or circle sharing path, selected people may be able to see information connected to that prediction, such as the prediction text, confidence, due date, stake, action state, outcome, receipt, thread messages, or proposals.

For approval-gated support or friend invite links, the invited person must sign in or sign up and confirm that their account name and email address may be shared with the inviter. The invited person cannot see the linked prediction or receipt content from that invite until the inviter approves the connection.

Friend Or Casual Share Links

If you create a friend invite or receipt share, people who receive the link may be able to see the information shown in that invite or shared receipt. Do not share invite links with people you do not want to access that content.

Notifications And Emails

Notification and email content may reveal that you use Reality Check and may include preview text, invite context, or reminder context. You control whether to create invites and can turn off reminders or notifications.

8. How We Share Information With Service Providers

We share information with service providers that help us operate Reality Check. They may process information only to provide services to us, comply with law, protect security, or perform related business functions.

Current or planned service-provider categories include:

• hosting and API delivery;
• database hosting and storage;
• authentication and session management;
• email delivery for verification, password reset, and invites;
• AI processing;
• push notification delivery;
• app distribution, TestFlight, and mobile operating-system services;
• logging, security, monitoring, or error diagnostics if enabled; and
• legal, accounting, compliance, or professional support.

Examples in the current implementation or launch plan include Vercel, Neon PostgreSQL, Better Auth, Google sign-in if used, SendGrid if email delivery is configured, OpenAI for enabled AI features, Expo Push Notifications, Apple App Store/TestFlight, and Google services where applicable.

We may also disclose information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to:

• comply with law, legal process, or a valid government request;
• enforce our terms or policies;
• detect, prevent, or address fraud, abuse, security, or technical issues;
• protect the rights, privacy, safety, or property of users, Reality Check, or others; or
• complete a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or transfer of all or part of the service, subject to appropriate privacy commitments.

9. What We Do Not Do

• we do not sell personal information;
• we do not use third-party advertising networks in the app;
• we do not use raw prediction text or raw private worry text for product analytics or campaign attribution;
• we do not target under-13 users;
• we do not offer clinician, therapist, counselor, parent-dashboard, or monitoring workflows;
• we do not offer real-money wagering, gambling, cash-value stakes, or escrow; and
• we do not publish private predictions to a public feed.

If our practices change, we will update this Privacy Policy before the changed feature is launched.

10. Account Deletion And Data Deletion

Reality Check provides self-service account deletion in the mobile app under Settings > Account > Delete account.

When a signed-in user confirms deletion by typing their account email, Reality Check immediately deletes the user's app account and sign-in account. This removes the user's active sessions, linked authentication accounts, predictions, check-ins, reminders, push devices, settings, product events, app events, support contacts owned by the user, recipient groups, action-plan records, prediction analysis records, stake suggestions, and LLM audit logs tied to that user.

Some records that belong to other users may remain when they are needed to keep those users' own prediction history understandable. In those retained records, Reality Check removes or replaces the deleted user's personal identifiers. Linked support contacts are shown as Deleted account, email and invite tokens are removed, participant access is removed, and thread messages authored by the deleted user are replaced with Message removed after account deletion.

Users can request help with account deletion by emailing support@myrealitycheck.app.

Some information may remain for a limited time in backups, security logs, email-provider logs, push-provider logs, app-store records, or other service-provider systems before it is deleted according to their retention schedules. We may also retain information where required by law, needed for security, or needed to resolve disputes.

11. Data Retention

We keep personal information for as long as needed to provide Reality Check, operate the controlled alpha, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, and support the purposes described in this policy.

In general:

• account and prediction data is kept while your account is active;
• analytics and app-event data is kept while needed to understand product quality and alpha results;
• support messages may be kept while needed to handle the support request and maintain business records;
• de-identified or aggregated information may be kept longer because it does not identify you; and
• deleted-account records are deleted or anonymized as described in the account deletion section.

12. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. These include authenticated API access, account sessions, database access controls, local secure token storage on supported devices, and limited access to production systems.

No app, website, database, network, or email system is perfectly secure. You can help protect your account by using a strong password, keeping your device locked, and not sharing invite links or account credentials with people you do not trust.

13. Your Choices

You can:

• choose what prediction, reflection, outcome, stake, or support information to enter;
• choose whether to create a private prediction, support prediction, friend/casual prediction, invite, or receipt share;
• choose whether to grant contacts permission or enter invite information manually;
• turn off push notifications in your device settings;
• change reminder settings in the app when available;
• request support by emailing support@myrealitycheck.app; and
• delete your account in the app under Settings > Account > Delete account.

14. Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, export, or object to certain uses of your personal information.

To make a privacy request, email support@myrealitycheck.app. We may need to verify that you control the account before fulfilling the request.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights that apply to you.

15. Changes To This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as Reality Check changes. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date and provide notice as required by law or through a reasonable in-app, website, or email notice.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, account deletion, or Reality Check privacy practices, contact Gobitron, LLC:

support@myrealitycheck.app