I want to work on a privacy oriented alternative to Simply Plural. I love the app, and am extremely grateful for it’s existence, and don’t get me wrong - no hate to the developer/s. They do an excellent job handling the entire app the way that they have. Their dedication is admirable.

I just personally don’t like how central it is, and 100% offline use is impossible. The backend is powered by Google, and there is no officially supported avenue for de-Googled devices. I also don’t like trusting their management of my data, there is very little transparency about how it is stored and whether any of it is encrypted in any way (which I doubt, considering their policy up to now has amounted to “just trust us” which, is not ideal). It’s not even them I don’t 100% trust - if there is a breach, everything is visible.

This isn’t designed to spread fear, I think their platform is solid and they are the right minded people to manage this kind of application. I personally would rather not have to depend on them though, and the idea for this alternative is as follows;

• Offline by design
• Designed for personal tracking use rather than sharing with others (Pk & SP exist for this purpose)
• Integratable with Pk/SP for those that want it
• Desktop app to begin with, then mobile app

Those who are fine with SP will probably not see the point of this, and that’s fine. Even if I keep it as a merely personal project, that’s probably fine too. I’m just curious to know what other plurals’ feelings are on the matter.