Privacy Policy

Summary

ScreenSafe is a manual phone-usage log. You enter or time your own sessions; the app does not read Screen Time or any system usage data. Your records stay on your device. The free version shows banner ads provided by Google AdMob, which are described below.

Data the app handles and where it is stored

• Usage sessions you record (start/stop timer or manual entries), categories, and optional notes.
• Journal entries you write about why you used your phone.
• Settings: daily and category goals, theme, schedules and alert preferences.
• This data is stored on your device only (app storage and UserDefaults).
• The app has no account, no sync service and no ScreenSafe server. It does not use iCloud, CloudKit or Apple Health. Your data is included in your own iCloud or computer device backups if you have those turned on in iOS.
• If you use Export (CSV or JSON backup), the file is saved or shared where you choose; it is not sent to us.

What we do not collect

• ScreenSafe itself does not collect your name, email address, phone number, location, contacts, photos or health data. The bundled Google advertising SDKs are separate: they declare that they may process approximate location, as described under Advertising below.
• ScreenSafe has no analytics or crash-reporting of its own, and we do not receive any of your usage logs or journal text. The free version bundles the Google Mobile Ads SDK, which declares collection of crash data, performance and analytics data, and device identifiers (some used for tracking purposes) as described under Advertising below.

Notifications

If you turn on a scheduled reminder, or start the timer while the continuous-use alert is enabled, the app asks for permission to show local notifications. They are created on your device; no notification data is sent to us.

Advertising (Google AdMob)

The free version displays banner ads using the Google Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob). When an ad is requested, Google and its ad partners may collect and process device and advertising information, such as device identifiers, IP address, approximate location, ad interactions, crash and diagnostic data, as described in Google’s advertising policies. We do not receive your usage logs or journal text through advertising.

• Where required (for example the EEA and UK), the app asks Google’s User Messaging Platform to show a consent message, and you can review your choice later from the app’s privacy options when available. If that consent check fails (for example with no network), the app does not show the ad banner. However, if Google stored a consent status from an earlier session that allows ads, the ad SDK may still be initialized, and Google states that the SDK may preload ads when it is initialized (Google Mobile Ads SDK documentation). In that case Google may process the information described above even though no banner is shown.
• In the free version, after the consent check above, iOS asks once whether to allow ScreenSafe to track you (App Tracking Transparency). If you choose not to allow it, ads still load, but the advertising identifier (IDFA) is not available to the ad SDK. You can change this later in iOS Settings.
• Ads are limited to a general (G) content rating.
• Full Access removes ads, so the ad SDK is not asked to load ads for those users.

Purchases

ScreenSafe offers a one-time in-app purchase, Full Access, that unlocks every feature and removes ads. There are no subscriptions. Purchases and restores are processed by Apple through StoreKit; we never see or store your payment information. People who bought the earlier paid version keep full access, which the app recognizes from Apple’s purchase record and a flag stored in your device Keychain.

Deleting your data

• Swipe left on an entry in Today’s records (Record tab) or in Journal to delete it. In History, tap the trash button on an entry and confirm to delete it (History is part of Full Access).
• Deleting the app removes the records, journal and settings stored in its app storage. It does not remove files you exported, copies in your device or iCloud backups, or the Keychain flag used to recognize earlier purchasers, which iOS may keep. Because we hold no copy, we cannot recover or delete data for you.

Children

ScreenSafe itself does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. In the free version, the bundled Google advertising SDKs may process device identifiers and approximate location as described under Advertising above; the app does not set any child-directed or under-age-of-consent tag for ad requests. Ads are limited to a general content rating.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a new effective date.

Contact

Email: support@smallappworks.com

日本語の概要

ScreenSafe は手動で記録するスマホ利用ログです。記録・日記・設定は端末内に保存され、運営者のサーバーには送信されません。 無料版では Google AdMob のバナー広告が表示され、広告配信のために Google が端末情報等を処理することがあります（必要な地域では同意メッセージを表示します）。無料版では、そのあとに iOS の「トラッキングの許可」（App Tracking Transparency）を1回尋ねます。許可しなくても広告は表示されますが、広告 SDK は広告識別子（IDFA）を受け取りません。 買い切りの「フルアクセス」で広告を非表示にできます（課金は Apple が処理します）。削除は「今日の記録」と日記でのスワイプ削除、またはアプリの削除で行えます（フルアクセスの履歴画面では、各記録のゴミ箱ボタンから確認のうえ削除できます。書き出したファイルやバックアップは残ります）。 お問い合わせ: support@smallappworks.com