Pausely is an iPhone app made by Karia LLC (“we”, “us”). It helps you spend less time on your phone with Pip, a little fish whose health follows your screen time, and a night lock that blocks the apps you choose. This policy explains what the app handles, where it goes, and what you can do about it.
The short version
- Your Screen Time data stays on your iPhone. We never see which apps you use, which apps you lock, or how long you spend in them.
- You don’t need an account. There are no ads, no advertising ID, and no tracking across other apps or websites. We never sell your data.
- Only two things leave your phone: your subscription status (through Apple and RevenueCat) and anonymous usage analytics (through PostHog).
What stays on your iPhone
These are stored only on your device, in Pausely’s private storage, and are never sent to us or anyone else:
- Screen Time data. With your permission, Pausely uses Apple’s Screen Time tools (Family Controls, Device Activity and Managed Settings) to measure your daily screen time, set Pip’s health, and block the apps you choose during a lock. Apple gives the app private tokens for your chosen apps, not their names.
- Your setup and progress: your daily goal, lock times and level, streak, achievements, and the decorations in Pip’s water.
- Names you type: Pip’s name, and the name of a partner if you add one to a lock.
- Step count. If you allow Motion & Fitness, Pausely reads your steps from your iPhone’s motion sensor only while a daily walking task is running, to check whether you reached the goal. The count is kept on your iPhone with that task and is never sent anywhere. Pausely does not use Apple Health.
- Notifications. Reminders such as the morning note, weekly recap and lock heads-ups are scheduled on your iPhone. We have no server that sends you messages.
What leaves your iPhone
Subscriptions (Apple and RevenueCat)
Payments are handled by Apple. We never see your card or Apple Account details. We use RevenueCat to check whether your subscription or free trial is active and to restore purchases. RevenueCat receives your purchase history and a random ID it creates for your device.
Usage analytics (PostHog)
We use PostHog to learn how people use Pausely so we can improve it. Analytics are linked to the same random ID that RevenueCat uses, never to your name, email or Apple Account. We collect:
- Which screens and onboarding steps you see, and actions such as starting a lock, spinning the daily wheel or unlocking an achievement.
- Answers you give during setup: your age range, your guess of your daily screen time, your daily goal, and your lock settings (start time, length, level, and how many apps you chose, never which ones).
- Subscription events, such as viewing the plans, starting a free trial or buying, and which plan you picked.
- Basic device details: iPhone model, iOS version, app version, and language and region settings.
We also use PostHog to show different people different versions of some screens, to learn which version works better.
PostHog is set to discard your IP address, so we don’t know where you are. We don’t record your screen or your taps, and analytics never include your measured screen time, the apps you use or lock, Pip’s name, a partner’s name, or your steps.
Who we share with
Only these service providers, each under its own privacy policy:
- Apple, for purchases and Screen Time: apple.com/legal/privacy
- RevenueCat, for subscriptions: revenuecat.com/privacy
- PostHog (servers in the United States), for analytics: posthog.com/privacy
We don’t sell or share your personal information for advertising.
Keeping and deleting your data
- On your iPhone: delete the Pausely app and everything it stored on your device is gone.
- Analytics and subscription data: we keep analytics only as long as they help us improve Pausely. Deleting the app also resets the random ID, so new data can’t be linked to old data. To ask us to delete your analytics data, email us at hello@karia.cc. Apple and RevenueCat keep purchase records as their own policies and the law require.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU and UK, or the CCPA in California), you can ask to see, correct or delete your personal information, or object to how we use it. Email us at hello@karia.cc and we’ll answer within the time the law requires.
Children
Pausely is not made for children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from them. If you think a child has used Pausely and you want their data removed, email us.
Security
Data sent to Apple, RevenueCat and PostHog is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). Data on your iPhone is protected by iOS.
Changes
If we change this policy, we’ll post the new version here and update the date at the top.
Contact
Email: hello@karia.cc