Privacy Policy

Last updated September 27, 2026

Twigs is an iPhone app that shows posts from accounts and publications you choose. This policy explains what information Twigs handles and where it goes.

No accounts, servers, or tracking

Twigs has no user accounts of its own and no server of its own. It contains no analytics, advertising, or tracking code, and it does not sell or share your information.

What stays on your device

The accounts and feeds you add, your lists, muted words, reading position, and a cache of recent posts and images are stored only on your device. Sign-in tokens are stored in the iOS Keychain on your device. Deleting the app deletes this information.

Diagnostic reports

If Twigs hangs or crashes, iOS may give Twigs a report of what happened, such as where in the app it was stuck. Twigs keeps these reports on your device and never sends them anywhere. You can share them yourself, for example with the developer, from About Twigs, or delete them there.

What Twigs sends, and to whom

To show your feed, Twigs connects directly from your device to the services you've added, such as Bluesky, your Mastodon server, YouTube, Substack, or a website's RSS feed. Those services receive the requests your device makes, including your IP address, under their own privacy policies.

• Bluesky and Mastodon: if you sign in, Twigs uses the access you grant to read your following list and your home timeline. It does not post, like, follow, or send messages.
• YouTube: Twigs uses YouTube API Services to find channels. If you sign in with Google, Twigs requests read-only access to your YouTube subscriptions, imports the channels you choose, then revokes its access. It keeps no Google token afterwards. You can also review or remove access at any time in Google's security settings. Use of YouTube features is subject to the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
• Substack: importing your reads uses the public profile for the username you enter.
• Sharing to Twigs: when you share a link to Twigs from another app, Twigs looks up that link with the service it points to, to find the account or feed to add.
• Instagram and X: Twigs does not connect to these services. Tapping one of these accounts opens it in its own app or website.

Children

Twigs is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent through this project's issue tracker.