The short version
- Your questions and answers are saved on your iPhone and in your own private iCloud. We can't see them.
- To answer, your question is sent securely to our server and is never stored there.
- No accounts, no ads, no tracking, and we never sell your information.
Effective October 26, 2026
VerseWise (“we”, “us”) is an iPhone app, offered by Jonathan Jaitly, that answers life’s questions with guidance and verses from the New Testament. This policy explains what happens to your information when you use it. We have designed VerseWise to collect as little as possible.
Your questions and answers
Where they are saved
The questions you ask and the answers you receive are saved on your iPhone. If you use iCloud, they are also synced to your private iCloud account so they appear on your other devices. That data is stored by Apple in your own iCloud account and is not accessible to us. See Apple’s Privacy Policy.
How answers are written
When you ask a question, it is sent over an encrypted connection to the VerseWise server, which runs on Cloudflare. The server asks Google’s Gemini service to write a reply and sends it back to your iPhone. Our server does not save your question or the reply. Google receives the question to generate the reply; we use Google’s paid service, under which Google does not use it to improve its products, though Google may keep it for a limited time to detect abuse, as described in the Gemini API Terms.
Before your first question, VerseWise explains this and asks for your permission. Until you agree, nothing you type leaves your iPhone.
Deleting them
You can delete any answer in the app, or use Delete All Questions. Deleting removes it from your iPhone and from your iCloud. Removing the app deletes everything stored on that iPhone.
Subscriptions
Subscriptions and free trials are purchased and managed through Apple’s App Store. We never receive your name, email address or payment details.
When you ask a question, your iPhone includes Apple’s signed record of your subscription so the server can confirm it is active. That record contains an anonymous purchase number, the plan and its renewal date. To apply daily question limits, the server keeps a count of questions per purchase number, which is deleted automatically after 48 hours.
You can cancel at any time in your iPhone’s Settings under your Apple Account, then Subscriptions.
Other information
Your Christian tradition and Bible
VerseWise may ask which Christian tradition you feel most at home in. Answering is optional. Your choice, and the Bible translation you use, are stored only on your iPhone. Your tradition is sent along with each question so the answer can respect it, and is never saved on our server.
Daily verse notifications
If you turn on the daily verse, the notifications, including greetings on Christian holidays, and your chosen time are scheduled and stored on your iPhone only.
Technical logs
Our hosting provider keeps short-lived technical records, such as the time of a request and whether an error occurred, to keep the service running. These records never contain the text of your questions or answers.
What we don’t do
- No sign-up or account is required.
- No advertising, analytics or tracking across apps and websites.
- We never sell or share your information for marketing.
If you’re going through a crisis
If a question suggests you may be thinking about suicide or self-harm, VerseWise shows crisis support resources instead of an answer. This check happens on your iPhone; nothing about it is sent to us. Calling or texting a helpline opens your iPhone’s Phone or Messages app.
Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28VerseWise offers spiritual encouragement and is not a substitute for professional counseling, medical care or emergency services.
Children
VerseWise is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Your choices and rights
Because your questions and answers are stored in your own iPhone and iCloud, you control them directly and can delete them at any time. Depending on where you live, including Canada and the European Union, you may have the right to ask what information we hold about you and to have it corrected or deleted. We hold very little, but we will answer any request promptly.
Changes and contact
If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page and, for significant changes, let you know in the app.
Questions about your privacy, or a request about your information? Contact our Security Department at privacy@versewiseapp.com.