Cookies and storage
Dogood sets no cookies, and no advertising or tracking tools. It keeps a few things in your browser so it works, all listed here. None of them follows you to other sites.
Last updated October 24, 2026
Why there is no cookie banner
A banner asks for consent to trackers that are not needed for the service you asked for. Everything Dogood keeps is needed for it to work or remembers a choice you made, except the partner code, which is kept only if you say yes when you arrive from a partner’s link, holds nothing about you and goes nowhere but our own checkout. The one thing that counts how Dogood is used, Usage sharing, is off until you turn it on in the app, and asks first.
On this site
| Name | Kind | What for | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
hero-has-journal | Local storage | Yes or no: whether this browser keeps a Dogood journal, so the home page can open it for you. | Until you clear the site's data |
hero-lang | Local storage | Only if you choose a language at the bottom of a page: that language, for the site and the app. | Until you clear the site's data |
hero-affiliate | Local storage | Only if you agree, when you arrive from a partner's link: that partner's code, so a purchase credits them. Nothing about you. | 30 days |
hero-gift-words:… | Local storage | Only on the page of a gift you bought: the few words you wrote for each card, so you can print them later. | Until you clear the site's data |
hero-promo | Session storage | Only when you open a link with a promo code: the code, so the payment page applies it. | Until the tab closes |
hero-admin-session | Local storage | The owner's sign-in to the admin page. Nobody else ever has it. | A week |
In the app
| Name | Kind | What for | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
hero-journal | IndexedDB | Your journal: entries, photos, chapters, goals, habits, settings, your Plus licence, the folder you chose for daily backups, if you chose one, and, with sync on, what Dogood last saw on your Drive. | Until you delete it |
hero-app | Cache | The app's own files, so Dogood opens and works offline. | Until the next version replaces them |
hero-dictation-consent, hero-habits-intro, hero:install-banner-dismissed, hero:recap-nudge-dismissed | Local storage | Choices you made once: dictation allowed, an introduction seen, a suggestion dismissed. | Until you clear the site's data |
hero-together, hero-together-ended | Local storage | Only if you have writing buddies: the token that lets your journal send its streak and days written, their first name and numbers as last seen, and, once, the name of someone who stopped. | Until either of you stops, or you clear the site's data |
hero-sync | Local storage | Only if you turn on sync: the address of the Google account your journal syncs with, and when it last synced. Google's sign-in itself stays in memory and is gone when the tab closes. | Until you stop syncing, or clear the site's data |
hero-backup | Local storage | The day this device last made a backup and the day Dogood last reminded you, so it asks again only when one is due. | Until you clear the site's data |
hero-installation-id, hero-session-id | Local and session storage | Only if you turn on Usage sharing: random numbers that group anonymous counts. | Until you turn it off and clear the site's data; the session one, until the tab closes |
hero-journal-demo, hero-demo, hero-demo-welcomed | IndexedDB and session storage | Only in the demo journal: Franklin's journal, kept apart from yours, for that tab. | Until the tab closes or the demo is opened again |
Others
When you pay, the payment page belongs to Creem, our merchant of record, which may set its own cookies there under its own policy. Cloudflare, which serves Dogood, may set a strictly necessary cookie to keep the site safe when it needs to check traffic. The fonts are served from Dogood itself.
Clearing it
Your browser’s settings for this site delete all of it at once. That includes your journal: export a backup from the app first. More about what Dogood does with your data: how your data is handled.