Smalock (“the app”, “we”) is a focus-timer and screen-lock app. We respect your privacy. Smalock has no user accounts and no app server — your focus sessions, schedules, statistics, and parent PIN are stored only on your device. This policy explains the limited data processed by third-party services the app uses.
Data we process
- On-device data: lock sessions, away events, schedules, statistics, emergency-unlock logs, and your parent PIN (stored as a one-way hash) are kept locally on your device and are not transmitted to us.
- Analytics (Google Firebase Analytics): aggregated, non-identifying usage and event data to understand how features are used and improve the app.
- Crash & error reporting (Sentry): diagnostic information when the app crashes or hits an error, used solely to fix bugs.
- Advertising (Google AdMob): if you do not purchase “Remove ads”, AdMob may use a device advertising identifier to serve ads. On iOS this only occurs with your permission via the App Tracking Transparency prompt; if you decline, advertising tracking is not used.
- In-app purchases: the “Remove ads” purchase is processed by Apple/Google. We do not receive your payment details.
How data is used
Data is used only to operate and improve Smalock — to run the app on your device, measure usage in aggregate, diagnose crashes, and (unless you remove ads) show advertising. We do not sell your personal data.
Children
Smalock includes a parent-PIN feature and may be used by families. Advertising is configured for child-directed treatment (e.g., non-personalized, age-appropriate ad content). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Third-party providers
For details on how these providers handle data, see Google (Firebase & AdMob) and Sentry privacy policies. Apple/Google handle in-app purchases under their own terms.
Your choices
- Decline ad tracking via the iOS App Tracking Transparency prompt, or reset your advertising identifier in system settings.
- Purchase “Remove ads” to stop ad serving entirely.
- Uninstalling the app removes all on-device data.
Contact
Questions about this policy: skky1839@gmail.com
Changes
We may update this policy and will revise the effective date above.