Privacy Policy

This policy covers the Svala app, purchases of Svala Annual through the App Store, the getsvala.app website, and support email.

Summary

Svala requires no Svala account. Purchases use your Apple Account.
Your Screen Time selections, limits, schedules, and unlock state stay on your device.
Svala uses Apple Screen Time frameworks to select, monitor, and shield limited activity.
The Svala app does not display ads and does not include advertising, analytics, or tracking SDKs.
Apple handles subscriptions and payments. Svala checks your access through StoreKit.
If you contact support, we receive the information you choose to send.

Who is responsible for your information

Sebastian Kalita develops Svala and is responsible for the personal information we handle under this policy. You can reach us at support@getsvala.app.

Information you provide

Svala does not require you to create an account for its core limiting features and does not include an in-app support form that automatically submits data. If you choose to contact us using your email service, we receive your email address and any information you choose to include in your message, such as your device model, iOS version, screenshots, or a description of the issue.

Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your support request.

Information stored on your device

The app stores the settings needed to apply your rules and preferences. These include Apple-provided tokens for selected apps and websites, individual and group allowances by day, scheduled blocks, pending changes, identifiers used to monitor rules, and preferences such as appearance and language.

This information is stored locally on your device. Where needed for Screen Time extensions, it is stored in Svala's shared app group container so the main app and extensions can read the same limit configuration.

Screen Time data

Svala uses Apple's Family Controls, Managed Settings, and Device Activity frameworks to let you select apps and websites, monitor selected activity, show shields, and display limited activity information. These Apple frameworks are permission-based and controlled by iOS.

Svala uses the data exposed by those frameworks only to provide limiting, shielding, reporting, and temporary unlock features on your device. Screen Time selections, activity information, reports, and local limit settings are not transmitted by Svala to the developer, advertisers, analytics providers, or other companies.

Challenges and temporary unlocks

Math, typing, and memory challenges and the guided Eye Break run on your device. Eye Break uses a timer and cues without accessing your camera or microphone. To apply unlock rules, Svala stores the local state it needs, such as your reward settings, daily challenge and emergency unlock counts, minutes granted, temporary unlock end times, and the last Eye Break completion time for its cooldown.

Subscriptions and purchases

Apple handles billing, payment details, and purchase restoration through the App Store. Svala uses StoreKit to check whether you have access, including during an eligible trial. To share that status with its Screen Time extensions, Svala stores the subscription product identifier and relevant dates, such as expiration, revocation, and last verification, on your device. The app does not receive your payment card details or send its locally stored subscription status to a Svala server.

Separately, Apple can make transaction, refund, and subscription reports available to developers through App Store Connect, which may include an Apple-generated subscriber identifier and your country or region. Apple explains how it handles purchases and reporting in App Store & Privacy.

Website and support email

The getsvala.app website provides app information, support, and legal documents and is separate from the app's on-device data processing. The website is hosted using Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may process technical request information such as IP address, browser information, timestamps, and request logs to deliver and secure the website. See the Cloudflare Privacy Policy for information on its handling of this data.

If you use email links on the website or in the app, your email provider and our email provider process the message according to their own policies. Visiting the website or voluntarily sending a support email is not automatic data collection by the Svala app.

How information is handled

Locally stored app information is used on your device to save and apply limits, monitor selected activity, show shields, grant temporary unlocks, and remember app preferences.
Information you voluntarily send by email is used to respond to and manage your support request.
Technical website request data may be processed by the hosting provider to deliver, protect, and maintain the website.

Sharing

The Svala app does not sell personal information or send locally stored Screen Time selections, app usage, limit settings, or device identifiers to advertisers, analytics providers, data brokers, or a Svala account server.

Apple processes information for App Store purchases and operating system features. Cloudflare and email providers process information when you visit the website or contact support. Information may also be disclosed if required by law or necessary to protect rights, safety, users, or the app.

Third-party services and policies

The Svala app does not integrate third-party advertising, analytics, or tracking SDKs. It relies on Apple platform features for Screen Time functionality. Website hosting and email services are separate from the app and may process information under their own terms and privacy policies when you use them.

Apple requires developers to provide App Store privacy details describing app data practices. Those disclosures and Apple's policies may provide additional information about data processing by Apple platform features.

Children

The Svala app does not collect personal information from children through an account, registration flow, advertising, analytics, or tracking. Family Controls permissions and device-level restrictions are managed through Apple's systems. If you believe a child has voluntarily sent us personal information through support email, contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

Data retention

Svala keeps rules and preferences on your device for future use, including when subscription access ends. Temporary records may expire or be replaced as the app operates. Deleting the app generally removes locally stored app data from the device, subject to iOS or iPadOS behavior and any backups managed by Apple.

Support emails may be retained as long as needed to respond, keep records of the request, prevent abuse, or comply with legal obligations. Website logs, if collected by hosting providers, are retained according to the provider's settings and policies.

Your choices

You can change or remove limits inside the app.
You can revoke Screen Time permissions in your device settings.
You can delete the app to remove locally stored app data, subject to system behavior and backups.
You can contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you.

Where the GDPR applies, you may also have the right to restrict or object to processing, receive a portable copy of your data, and lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.

International processing

When you visit the website or voluntarily contact support, website hosting and email providers may process information in countries other than where you live. Their processing is governed by their own policies and applicable legal safeguards. The Svala app does not transmit its locally stored Screen Time or usage data for international processing.

Changes to this policy

We will post updates to this policy on this page and provide any additional notice required by applicable law.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent to support@getsvala.app.