A quiet place for the things you carry.
Last updated 2 July 2026
becoming is small and personal. The data it holds is yours: the names of the people you love, the prayers you carry, the reflections you write. This page describes what it collects, why, and how it's cared for. It's written in plain language because the things it covers matter.
becoming is operated by Becoming Labs LLC, a single-member company based in Oklahoma. Where this page says we, that's who it means. This page covers both the becoming app and the website at hellobecoming.app.
Only what the app needs to do its work for you.
- Account. Your name and email, provided through Sign in with Apple, Google, or email and password.
- Your people. The relationships you add or import: names, optional photos, optional phone or email, optional birthdays, the tier you place them in, and the notes you keep on each one.
- Your reflections. The things you write: daily formation entries, weekly Pulse and monthly Season responses, prayers logged.
- Contacts (with permission). If you choose to import, the app reads your iOS contacts on your device. Only the people you add become part of becoming.
- Calendar (with permission). If you enable it, the app reads your calendar on your device to surface the day. It only reads, never writes. When a meeting matches someone you walk with, that meeting's title and time are saved to your account so becoming can recognize it across your devices. Nothing else from your calendar is uploaded.
- Notifications token. If you enable reminders, an APNs token is added so the app can reach you.
- Basic diagnostics. Content-free sign-in events and usage counts that help us keep the app working (through TelemetryDeck), and crash reports when something breaks (through Sentry). These carry no reflection, contact, or calendar content, no advertising identifiers, and no cross-app tracking.
- Your email, if you ask us to stay in touch. If you leave your email on the website or sign up for the app, we hold it through Kit to send onboarding notes and, if you have opted in, send occasional emails about becoming. You can opt out at any time, and we will honor it.
Reflections are treated as sensitive.
Your reflections, prayers, and formation entries can reveal religious belief and personal life. They are encrypted in transit, and stored under row-level security so only your account can read them, and are never used for advertising, training, or analytics.
A short list of places.
- Supabase (Postgres, hosted in the United States) is the system of record for your account, your people, and your reflections. Every user-data table is row-level scoped to your account; the app cannot see another user's data.
- Vercel hosts a small server-side layer: the daily formation request, account deletion, and a server-mediated note feed.
- Your iPhone is the local-first home for everything. The app reads and writes its own on-device store and syncs in the background.
Generated by Claude. Paused on the Sabbath.
becoming uses Anthropic's Claude API to generate your formation: a short daily card, and, when you ask for them, a relationship summary, a suggested reminder note, or a weekly Pulse and monthly Season reflection. To do this, becoming sends Claude the content it needs, for example: your morning word, a person's name and the notes you keep on them, or your reflections for the month. Prompts are fixed and curated. Anthropic processes this content under zero data retention: it is not stored after your request, not used to train Anthropic's models, and never sold or used for advertising, protection equivalent to becoming's own. You consent to this sharing in the app before any content is sent, and daily formation generation pauses on the Sabbath.
Scripture is delivered through the YouVersion Platform API. When you read a passage, the reference, not your reflections, is requested. Attribution is shown alongside the text.
The third parties that make becoming work.
- Apple and Google: sign-in, push notifications, the App Store.
- Supabase: database and authentication.
- Vercel: server-side hosting.
- Anthropic: daily formation generation.
- YouVersion: scripture delivery.
- Kit: holds your email to send onboarding notes and, if you have opted in, occasional emails about becoming. You can opt out at any time.
- Stripe: handles payment if you choose to support the work. Support happens on the website, not inside the app, and becoming never sees your card details.
- Sentry: crash and error reports, so we can find what breaks and fix it.
- TelemetryDeck: content-free usage signals (which screens are used, whether a sync succeeded), never your reflections, people, or calendar.
becoming does not sell or share your data with anyone else. There are no advertising SDKs and no cross-app tracking.
We may also share information if the law requires it, or to protect the safety and rights of people using becoming.
As long as your account does.
Your data lives in becoming for as long as your account does. When you delete your account, it goes with you.
From inside the app, in two steps.
Profile → Delete Account. This cascades through every user-data table and removes everything tied to your account. If you signed in with Apple, the app also revokes the Apple token so future sign-ins start clean.
If you'd rather have a person do it for you, write to support@hellobecoming.app from the address on your account.
See it, correct it, delete it.
You can ask to see what we hold, correct anything that is wrong, or have it all deleted. Write to support@hellobecoming.app.
Not for children under 13.
becoming is not directed at children under 13 and is not intended for their use. If you believe a child has given us information, write to support@hellobecoming.app and we will delete the account.
becoming is operated from the United States.
If you use becoming from another country, your information is processed in the United States, and in the places our providers operate. We care for it the same way wherever you are.
If this page changes, we'll say so.
If this page changes in a way that affects you, we'll update the date at the top and, where it matters, surface a note in the app.