App created in Toronto might have people raising eyebrows but we can explain

For those of us who are, well, busy when it comes to getting busy, we might need some help organizing our most intimate encounters.

Now, it might sound wild to want to keep track of everyone you've hooked up with. But if you think about it, we already log everything online anyway: movies on Letterboxd, restaurants on Yelp, workout classes on ClassPass, the list goes on.

When it comes to keeping track of dates, some of us, depending on our age, stick to classics. If you're Gen X, you probably scribble away in a Moleskine notebook a.k.a the "black book," or, if you're Millennial or Gen Z, you tap away on your iPhone Notes app.

But one Toronto developer has come up with a modern tool that's way more secure and discreet.

Toronto resident Travis Weninger launched Bagel Count, a private online journal where you can track your dates without worrying about a nosy friend snooping through your phone or a roommate rummaging through your notepad.

Weninger tells blogTO he takes pride in the app's security.

"Nothing in this app touches the internet, so the app downloads on your phone like a containerized piece of software, so no other apps or your system settings can read into it," he says.

You don't even need an account to use the app, Weninger says, because everything is stored offline on your phone. Nothing you log is sent to a server or saved in a database or the cloud, ensuring your private information remains completely secure.

There's more to Bagel Count — a name Weninger admits he came up with simply because it "sounds funny" — than jotting down names and dates and calling it a day. You can also record details about the people you meet, such as eye colour, height, age, race, location, and other personal traits.

Weninger emphasizes that the app was built responsibly and not at all to push anyone to competitively seek out more romantic partners. He just wanted to offer a "reflective tool" so people can spot patterns in their hookups and determine if they have a particular "type."

Another eye-catching feature is Weninger's quirky bagel rating system. When you log someone, you can mark them as plain, sesame or everything.

The beauty is that the meaning is up to you to decide. Plain might signal bad vibes, everything could mean great vibes, or the ratings could correspond to first, second, or third base.

"I've kind of left this up to the interpretation of the user," he says. “I didn't really want to dictate what it meant to people."

The app also lets you maintain a "wishlist" of potential suitors, too.

If you're at a party or chatting with multiple matches on several dating apps, Weninger says it's easy to forget those you'd actually like to pursue. So, the wish list is designed to help you remember who exactly you want to follow up with. If you think about it, it's kind of a lifesaver for the ADHD generation. Aren't we all constantly forgetting everything these days?

Weninger, no stranger to creating unique apps for all kinds of users, knows how quickly subscription fees can pile up. He priced the app as a one-time purchase of $2.99 — about the same cost as grabbing a bagel at your local cafe.