No. Ousia is built with a Local-First architecture. Your timeline, location traces, photos, and notes are processed and stored exclusively on your device. We have no external servers collecting or analyzing your life history.
By default, your data lives in your local app sandbox. If you enable iCloud Sync, it syncs directly via Apple's encrypted private iCloud container. Only you have access to it—Ousia cannot view or access your data.
No. Tracking apps monitor where you are for others. Ousia is your personal digital memory—it quietly helps you reflect on how your own daily life unfolds.
No. Ousia does not run continuous high-power GPS. It utilizes Apple's low-power Significant Location Change (SLC) and adaptive duty-cycling algorithms. The system wakes Ousia up only when meaningful movement happens, consuming minimal battery (<3% daily).
Because your life happens when the app is closed. "Always Allow" enables Ousia to automatically capture stay arrivals and movement paths in the background without requiring manual check-ins.
The Timeline automatically aggregates your daily visits, movement paths, and captured photos into an organized, effortless chronicle of your day.
Places aggregates raw location points into meaningful stay cards. It records stay durations, visit frequency, and lets you tag favorite spots such as Home, Work, or your favorite cafes.
FlashLog is a quick-capture entry point designed to attach rich context (mood, voice memos, tags, photos) to your current location within seconds.
Life Insights analyzes your routines over weeks and months to reveal your mobility patterns, stay distributions, and activity trends without sending data off-device.
No. Once initial location permissions are set, Ousia works quietly in the background. You can open it whenever you wish to reflect on your day or add notes.
Simply tap any card on your Timeline to edit place names, merge adjacent stay periods, or adjust duration limits easily.