Blog

Notes on building Inner Flare in the open: why it exists, why it never leaves your device, and why that matters to everyone, not just the person tracking.

• October 1, 2026

  Show your sources: what App Review taught us about Inner Flare's estimates

  Apple rejected Inner Flare for showing health information without citations. Fixing it meant finding out that one of our own assumptions was weaker than our code comments claimed.

  • Transparency
  • App Store
  • Evidence
  • Product Design

• September 9, 2026

  Why Inner Flare exists

  Reproductive rights are being rolled back, reproductive health data is being used against the people it describes, and reproductive health touches every human on earth. Here is why that means this app has to be private by construction, not by policy.

  • Privacy
  • Reproductive Health
  • Philosophy