bless

Privacy Policy

Effective October 8, 2026

bless is a place to pray for the people you love. Prayer is personal, so we collect as little as we can and handle it carefully. This policy explains what information the bless app and blessme.now (together, "bless") use, why, and the choices you have. "We," "us," and "our" mean the team that operates bless.

1. Information we collect

Your account

You sign in with Apple, which gives us an identifier for your account. We do not ask for or keep your email address. To keep you signed in securely, we record your sign-in sessions.

Your profile

You choose a username and display name, and you can add a short bio and a profile photo. These are visible to other people on bless. Your profile link (blessme.now/your-username) opens a public web page with your display name, username, photo, and your current prayer request if you shared it with everyone. Anyone with that link can pray for you there without an account; you will see that someone prayed for you, but not who. We also store your time zone so your day resets at the right time.

Your phone number

We ask you to verify a phone number so people who already have you in their contacts can find you. We store it in a protected form, use it only for that purpose, and never show it to anyone.

Your contacts (only if you allow it)

If you give bless access to your contacts, the app uses the phone numbers in your address book to show you which of your contacts are on bless and to let you invite people who are not. Names, photos, and every other detail in your contacts stay on your phone. We never tell anyone which numbers you have, and we never contact your contacts ourselves: invitations are sent by you, from your own Messages app.

Prayer requests

You can share a short prayer request and choose whether it is shared with everyone on bless or only with people you follow. Requests are reviewed for safety before others see them, and each one comes with a suggested prayer for the people who pray for you.

Prayers, cards, and activity

When you pray for someone, we record who you prayed for, when, and for how long, so prayers can be counted, the people you pray for can know someone prayed for them, and you can collect scripture cards. We keep the cards you collect and a simple activity history.

Following, blocking, and reports

We store who you follow, who you block, and any reports you make, so we can show you the right people and keep bless safe.

Notifications

If you turn on notifications, we store which kinds you want and a device token so we can deliver them.

What we do not collect

We do not collect your location, your browsing activity, or your contacts' names or photos. We do not use advertising identifiers, third-party analytics, or tracking tools. This website sets no cookies.

2. How we use information

Only to run bless: to sign you in, show your profile and feeds, connect you with people you know, count prayers and award cards, keep prayer requests safe, send notifications you have turned on, respond to reports, prevent abuse, and meet our legal obligations.

3. Who we share information with

We never sell your information, and we do not share it for advertising. We share it only:

• With other people on bless, who see your profile, the prayer requests you choose to share with them, and that you prayed for them. Your phone number and your contacts are never shown to anyone.
• With service providers who help us run bless, for example to host our servers, send verification texts, deliver notifications, and keep content safe. They may use information only to provide their service to us.
• For legal reasons, if the law requires it, or when we believe in good faith it is necessary to protect someone's safety or the rights and safety of bless and its community.

4. How long we keep information

We keep your information while your account is open. You can delete your account at any time from the app's settings. When you do, we remove your profile, phone number, contacts information, follows, blocks, sign-in sessions, and the text of your prayer requests. We keep an anonymous record that prayers happened so other people's counts stay accurate. Backup copies are replaced on their normal schedule.

5. Security

Everything between the app and our servers is encrypted in transit, and we protect what we store. No system is perfectly secure; if you believe you have found a security problem, please write to support@blessme.now.

6. Children

bless is for people who are 13 or older. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 is using bless, please contact us and we will delete the account.

7. Your choices

• Edit your profile or remove a prayer request in the app at any time.
• Turn contacts and notifications access on or off in your phone's Settings.
• Block or report anyone from their profile.
• Delete your account in the app.
• Ask us for a copy of your information, or to correct or delete it, at support@blessme.now. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights, and we will honor them.

8. Where information is processed

bless is operated from the United States, and our servers are in the United States.

9. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will post the new version here with a new effective date, and if the changes are significant we will let you know in the app.

10. Contact

Questions or requests about privacy: support@blessme.now