Effective date: October 6, 2026
CarePill Privacy Policy
CarePill is free to download, with an optional one-time CarePill Pro in-app purchase (shown in Settings as “Upgrade to Pro”). There is no subscription available for new purchases.
Data Collection
CarePill does not collect or receive personal data on servers operated by the developer. CarePill has no account system and does not send your patient, medication, schedule, dose, health log, or photo data to any server. CarePill itself connects to the network for two purposes: the advertising described under “Advertising” below (free version), and Apple's App Store services, used to load the CarePill Pro product and to process or restore a purchase (see “Purchases”). CarePill itself sends your data out of the app only when you choose to export or share it (see “Backup and Sharing”); separately, app data on your device may be included in device backups made by Apple, as described below.
All data you enter is stored locally on your device using Apple's
CoreData framework: patient profiles, medications (including stock
count, refill threshold, expiry date, and notes), medication photos
you add, schedules, dose history, and Health Log entries (weight,
blood pressure, blood glucose, temperature, symptoms, injection sites,
and appointments). App preferences are stored locally using
UserDefaults. If you delete CarePill, the data stored in
the app is removed from your device; files you exported earlier are
not (see “Backup and Sharing”). CarePill has
no iCloud sync feature and no server-side backup of its own; however,
app data on your device may be included in your device backups made by
Apple (for example iCloud Backup or a computer backup), which are
governed by your Apple settings and are not removed when you delete
the app.
CarePill includes a Home Screen widget. The widget reads the same CoreData store through an Apple App Group container so it can display upcoming doses; this sharing happens entirely on your device and nothing is transmitted externally.
Backup and Sharing
CarePill sends data out of the app only when you choose to:
- Export Backup (Settings tab > Backup) creates a JSON file containing all patients, medications, medication photos, schedules, dose history, and Health Log entries, and opens the iOS share sheet. Where the file goes (for example iCloud Drive, Files, Mail, Messages, or AirDrop) is your choice, and it is then handled by that service or recipient.
- Share Report for Doctor (Medications tab > Tools menu) creates a PDF with the selected patient's medication list, recent dose history, and recent Health Log entries, and opens the iOS share sheet in the same way.
- Restore from Backup reads only the backup file you pick.
Exported backup files and shared reports are not removed when you delete CarePill. Delete them from wherever you saved or sent them.
Data We Do Not Collect
- No account or sign-in, so no name, email address, or other contact identifiers are collected by CarePill.
- No Apple Health or HealthKit access.
- CarePill does not request location, contacts, camera, microphone, or photo library permission, and does not use location, contacts, the camera, or the microphone. To add a medication photo, you pick an image with the system photo picker; CarePill receives only the image you pick, not your photo library, and stores it on the device with that medication. The Google advertising SDK may infer approximate location from your IP address (see “Advertising”).
- CarePill has no analytics or crash-reporting SDK of its own; the only third-party SDKs are Google's advertising and consent SDKs, which may collect diagnostic and usage data as described under “Advertising”.
Advertising
The free version of CarePill shows a single banner ad slot at the bottom of the Today tab, using Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK). The Google Mobile Ads SDK may process IP address (from which approximate location may be inferred), device identifiers, advertising data, product interactions, and performance, crash, and other diagnostic data for advertising, analytics, measurement, and fraud prevention. Consent choices are requested where required, through Google's User Messaging Platform; ads are requested only when that platform reports that ads may be requested (which can rely on a choice you made earlier). Where Google's User Messaging Platform requires it, an “Ad Privacy Options” button appears in the app's Settings tab > Privacy, where you can review or change your consent choices. The ad appears on the Today tab, the same screen where you mark doses taken or skipped. Ads are never shown on the Medications, Statistics, edit, settings, or purchase screens, or in notifications. Purchasing CarePill Pro removes ads entirely.
In the free version, after any consent message from Google's User Messaging Platform, CarePill shows Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt once, asking whether the device's advertising identifier (IDFA) may be used to show ads that are more relevant to you. If you choose “Ask App Not to Track”, ads are still shown but the Google Mobile Ads SDK does not receive the IDFA. You can change this choice at any time in Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking. The prompt is not shown after purchasing CarePill Pro.
Learn more about how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
Purchases
CarePill offers an optional, one-time CarePill Pro purchase that removes the free-tier patient limit and ads and unlocks detailed statistics and record streaks. CarePill contacts Apple's App Store to load the product and to complete or restore a purchase. All billing and payment processing is handled by Apple through StoreKit 2; CarePill never sees or stores your payment information. If you previously purchased the legacy monthly or annual subscription, that entitlement continues to unlock CarePill Pro for as long as it remains active, at no additional charge.
Notifications
CarePill uses local notifications, scheduled and delivered entirely
on your device through Apple's UNUserNotificationCenter,
to remind you about doses. No remote push server is involved. You
can disable notifications at any time in Settings > Notifications
> CarePill.
Deleting Your Data
CarePill keeps its data on your device, so deleting the CarePill app removes the patient profiles, medications, photos, schedules, dose logs, and Health Log entries stored in the app from the device. Copies in device backups made by Apple, backup files you exported, and doctor reports you shared are not removed by deleting the app; delete them where you saved or sent them. Within the app you can remove patients (in the app's Settings tab > Family Members), medications, and Health Log entries; the last remaining patient, and the patient currently selected, cannot be removed until you select another patient. If you updated from an earlier version of CarePill, a copy of the data as it was at the time of the update may remain in the app's original storage location on the device; it is removed when you delete the app.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here.
Contact
Email: support@smallappworks.com