Privacy policy

This policy covers the Android app Sober with Sam by Harris Apps Studio LLC and the website soberwithsam.com. We keep it short and plain.

What stays on your phone

Your plan (goal, usual drinking, hard days and times, triggers, your reason, the person you chose), your day log, your chats, what your companion remembers, and any photos you add (then and now photos, a photo of your reason) are saved only on your phone. Photos are never uploaded. You need no account. Erase everything any time in the app under You, then Erase everything on this phone. Uninstalling the app also deletes it.

When you send a message

Talking with your companion works through our server and an AI service (Google Gemini). Each time you send a message, the app sends that message, your recent messages, your plan and what your companion remembers, so the reply can be personal. They are used only to write that reply. Our server does not save them, and we do not use them for ads or anything else. Plus check-in texts work the same way.

What our server keeps

A random install number, counted so free chats can be limited each month, and, if you subscribe, a scrambled copy of your Google Play purchase code and the date Plus ends. Nothing that names you.

If you tell the app what else you are working on (like vaping or gambling), we add one to a count for that topic, with no name and no install number, so we know what to build next.

Purchases

Plus is sold through Google Play. Google handles the payment, and we never see your card details. The app asks Google whether Plus is active.

Share and install counts

When you share the app, your share link carries a short random referral code. We count shares, installs that came from a share (through Google Play's install referrer) and whether a Google Play review prompt was shown. These counts are not linked to your name, chats or plan.

Notifications and texts

Photos come from your phone's own photo picker or camera, one at a time, only when you tap. The app asks for no photo, storage or camera permission. The home screen widget shows your day count from what is saved on your phone; nothing is sent to show it.

Check-ins are notifications scheduled on your phone. "Text my person" opens your own messaging app with a message ready; we never see it or send it.

Children

Sober with Sam is for adults 18 and older. The app asks for your birth year and stops if you are under 18.

Not medical care

Sober with Sam is an AI companion, not a doctor, therapist or emergency service. In crisis, call or text 988, or call 911.

Contact

Questions about privacy: hello@soberwithsam.com.

Last updated 2026-11-11.