Effective: 2 November 2026
Overthink Less is a self-help app for everyday overthinking, made by Nissim Shon Baranes ("we"). It works without an account. What you write in it stays on your iPhone.
This policy describes Overthink Less 3.0. If your iPhone still has version 2.0.1, see "Version 2.0.1, until you update" below.
Everything you write in the app stays on your iPhone: your worries, small steps, parked thoughts, notes, what went okay, and the person you choose to call.
So do the personal answers you give inside an exercise: how loud a thought feels, what your loop is about, and which way you chose to untangle it.
We never receive any of it, and we cannot see it.
Deleting the app, or using Settings → Delete everything, removes it.
If you allow anonymous statistics (below), the app sends a few general facts about how it's used: for example, that a breathing exercise was finished. It never sends any of the above.
If you allow it, the app sends a few anonymous usage events to our analytics provider, PostHog Inc., which processes them on our behalf. We ask once, on your first visit, and you can change your answer at any time in Settings → Privacy.
PostHog stores them in the United States.
Nothing is sent before you say yes. Three facts from before your answer wait on your phone: that you first opened the app, that you finished your first exercise, and whether you chose a daily practice. They are sent once, only if you say yes (then or later, in Settings).
The events say:
that the app was opened on a given day, and on how many days so far (capped);
that an exercise was started, finished or left early, with its general kind (Untangle, an evening or morning practice, breathing, grounding, sleep or reflection);
for a finished exercise: whether sound was on, whether it was your first of the day, whether its start was shared too, and capped counts of finished exercises and of days with one;
for an exercise left early, the step it was left at (for example "settle breaths");
for your first finished exercise: how many tries it took, the step where an earlier try stopped, whether it was in your first visit, and roughly how long after you first opened the app (for example "1–5 minutes");
how long a visit lasted, how much of it was active (rounded to 5 seconds), and how many exercises were finished in it;
that a small step was marked done, let go or moved to tomorrow (never the step itself);
whether you chose an evening or morning daily practice, or none;
that a guide was opened, read to the end, or led into an exercise, with the guide's general topic (for example "At night");
that a link on the "Small things that help" shelf was opened: which item (for example "a sand timer") and which store.
Each event also carries:
the calendar week you first opened the app, and the week of the event;
the number of days since then;
the app version;
whether this copy is a test build or a team device, so our own use is left out;
a random ID that changes every time the app starts.
We never send:
what you write;
how loud a thought feels;
what your loop is about, or how you chose to untangle it;
your small steps, parked thoughts or what went okay;
your name or email;
advertising or device identifiers;
your location.
The events contain no identifier that connects your activity across app launches or to you.
Your IP address reaches PostHog as part of the network connection. PostHog is set to discard it without storing it, and not to work out any location from it.
We use these statistics only to understand and improve Overthink Less. We do not sell them, use them for advertising, or combine them with other data.
They are kept for up to 12 months and then deleted. Because nothing links them to you, we cannot single out the events that came from your phone.
With the same permission, if the app crashes or hits an error, a report is sent to Sentry (Functional Software, Inc.) so we can fix it. Sentry stores it in the United States.
A report contains the technical error and where in the app's code it happened, the app version, and your device type and iOS version.
It does not include what you wrote or tapped, your time zone, or any identifier.
Your IP address reaches Sentry as part of the connection. The app tells Sentry not to record it, and our Sentry project is set not to store IP addresses.
Reports are kept for 30 days and then deleted.
Statistics and crash reports are sent only if you said yes. That consent is the legal basis (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and UK GDPR).
Turning it off in Settings → Privacy stops all sending at once. Nothing is sent after that, including anything that was still waiting to be sent because your phone was offline.
PostHog and Sentry process this data in the United States on our behalf, under their data-processing terms with us.
Reminders are scheduled on your phone by iOS and are off unless you turn them on.
The text of a small step appears in a notification only if you choose that in Settings.
Overthink Less doesn't show ads, doesn't contain advertising software, doesn't track you across apps or websites, and doesn't use your advertising identifier.
The Guides section suggests a few everyday objects, with links to online stores such as Amazon. They are clearly marked as affiliate links.
If you open one, you leave the app for the store's website, which has its own privacy policy.
If you buy something, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
We never learn what you buy.
Overthink Less is not directed at children under 13.
You can see, change or delete everything the app keeps, on your phone, at any time (Settings → Delete everything).
The statistics and crash reports we receive contain no identifier, so we can't find or hand over the ones that came from your phone. To stop them, turn sharing off.
If you are in the EU or UK, you can also complain to your data protection authority.
Overthink Less is a self-help tool. It isn't medical or mental-health care, and it isn't a crisis service. If you're in crisis, contact your local emergency number or a crisis line (Settings → Need more support?).
sbs.app.supp@gmail.com
Version 2.0.1 works differently from 3.0 in two ways:
Ads. It shows ads from Google AdMob: a banner, and a video you can choose to watch. The ads are non-personalised. The app doesn't ask for your advertising identifier and doesn't show the tracking prompt. To serve and measure ads, Google processes technical information such as your device type and IP address, under Google's own privacy policy (policies.google.com/privacy).
Statistics and crash reports without asking. From the first launch, it sends usage events to PostHog and crash reports to Sentry (both in the United States). The usage events say which parts of the app were used, for example that an exercise was finished. They carry a random ID kept on your phone, so events from one phone can be grouped, and they never include what you type.
Updating to 3.0 removes the ads, and then nothing is sent unless you say yes.
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above.