01 / The short version
Cusp does not require an account. Your birthday, the people you add, your Ask chat, party rooms, and settings are stored on your device. Cusp does not sell personal information or use it for targeted advertising.
To write readings, answers, and party cards, Cusp sends the minimum needed to our server: your zodiac sign, and when you use Ask or party mode, the text and names described below. Our server uses a third-party AI provider, OpenAI, to write the text. The app asks for your permission before it sends your Ask questions or any names for the first time. Do not enter sensitive information.
02 / Information you enter
- Your birthday: stored on your device and used to work out your sign. Only the sign is sent to our server, never the date.
- Daily readings: the app sends your sign, the date, your chosen tone, and scores it calculated itself. Readings are cached on our server per sign and day, not per person.
- Ask questions: the question you type, your sign, your tone, and up to eight recent messages from the same conversation are sent so the answer fits the chat.
- People you ask about: when you add someone in Ask, their name, their sign (if you give one), and what they are to you (for example crush or friend) are stored on your device and sent with questions about them. If you enter their birthday, only the sign it produces is kept.
- Party rooms: the names in the room and derived fields such as sign, decan, Chinese zodiac, life path, and pair relationships are sent to generate a deck. Raw birth dates are not sent.
- Notifications and widgets: the morning notification is scheduled on your device, and widgets read your sign and tone from the device.
03 / AI generation
When the app needs text, the request goes to our Cusp server, which forwards it to a third-party AI provider, OpenAI. The provider may process the request under its own terms and privacy policy. We do not control the provider's systems, retention, or availability.
Our server may also receive normal technical information such as IP address, request time, device/network information, and error or rate-limit data. This is used for security, abuse prevention, troubleshooting, and operating the service.
Cusp may use local fallback text when remote generation fails. Generated text is not guaranteed to be unique, accurate, appropriate, or available.
04 / Apple purchases
Subscriptions and lifetime access are processed by Apple through the App Store. Cusp does not receive or store your payment card number. Apple may provide us with transaction and entitlement information needed to unlock or restore access.
05 / Retention and deletion
Rooms, people, and your Ask chat remain on your device until you delete them or remove the app. You can delete a room or a person by long-pressing it. Uninstalling the app removes its local storage, subject to normal device backups.
We do not keep a copy of your Ask questions or party decks on our server beyond normal logs. Server, hosting, security, and third-party provider logs may exist for limited periods under the policies of those services.
06 / Your responsibility
Only add people to party mode who are present and comfortable being included, and only add a person to Ask if you are comfortable sharing their first name and sign. You are responsible for having permission to enter another person's information and for how you read, share, or act on anything Cusp writes.
Cusp is entertainment. Astrology calculations and AI-generated statements can be wrong, incomplete, biased, awkward, or offensive. They are not facts and are not medical, mental-health, legal, financial, relationship, employment, safety, or other professional advice. Do not use Cusp to make important decisions.
07 / Disclaimer
To the maximum extent allowed by applicable law, Cusp is provided “as is” and “as available,” without a promise that the app, server, astrology, AI output, or purchases will be uninterrupted or error-free. To the maximum extent allowed by law, you accept responsibility for your use of the app and any output, and you agree not to rely on a card as a statement of truth.
Nothing in this policy excludes rights or responsibilities that cannot legally be excluded or limited in your jurisdiction.
08 / Children and links
Cusp is intended for people aged 17 and over and is not knowingly directed to children under 17. Cusp contains links to Apple and other websites. Their content and privacy practices are controlled by those third parties.
09 / Contact and changes
Questions, requests, or concerns can be sent through Aipple. We may update this policy when the app or its data practices change. The effective date at the top shows the latest version.