Privacy Policy

1. What stays on your iPhone

Everything you set up in Hourtone is stored in the app on your device:

• your alarms: their names, times, repeat days, sunrise offsets and limits, sounds, wake level (Gentle, Committed or Strict) and missions, including phrases you write for Morning words and the text of codes you register for Scan a code;
• your mornings: when an alarm rang, snoozes, the missions you finished, when you said “I’m up”, the morning steps you tick off, your streak and the days you repaired;
• your settings, such as where sunrise times come from, your last approximate location (see section 3), the wind-down reminder and haptics.

This data is shared only with Hourtone’s own widgets, Live Activity and Control Center button on the same iPhone. Hourtone has no cloud sync and no server that receives it. If your iPhone is backed up to iCloud or a computer, the backup may include the app’s data according to your device settings.

2. Alarms

Hourtone schedules your alarms with iOS so they ring even when the app is closed. iOS asks for permission the first time you save an alarm. The scheduled alarms, their names and sounds are kept by iOS on your iPhone. Alarm and sleep sounds are built into the app.

3. Approximate location for sunrise

By default, sunrise times come from your time zone, using a table built into the app. Location is used only if you choose Location under Sunrise in Settings. The app then asks for “While Using” access with approximate accuracy.

The app rounds the position to about 11 km (0.1°), keeps only the latest one and uses it on your iPhone to calculate sunrise and the colour of the sky. It refreshes it only when you open the app, never tracks your location in the background, keeps no location history and never sends your location anywhere. If you switch back to Time zone, the app stops updating the location. You can also turn location off for Hourtone in iOS Settings at any time.

4. Camera

Two optional missions use the camera: Scan a code and Find the light. The app asks for camera access when you pick one of them, never while an alarm is ringing.

• Scan a code uses Apple’s on-device scanner to read a barcode or QR code. Only the text of the codes you register is saved, with your alarm.
• Find the light reads only the brightness the camera reports for each frame.

Camera images are processed on your iPhone while the mission is open. They are not saved or sent anywhere.

5. Motion and steps

The Walk mission counts your steps with your iPhone’s motion sensors, from the moment the mission starts, after you allow Motion & Fitness access. The step count is used only to finish the mission and stays on your iPhone. The Shake mission reads the motion sensors to count shakes; tapping is always offered instead. Hourtone does not read or write Apple Health data.

6. Calendar

“Your next event” on the Mornings tab (part of Hourtone Pro) shows what’s next once you’re up. iOS asks for calendar access only if you tap Connect there. iOS grants full access to read events, but the app reads only today’s remaining events, to show the next event’s title and start time and how many more follow.

Events are read on your iPhone when this screen is shown. The app does not save them or send them anywhere, and it never creates, changes or deletes events. You can remove calendar access in iOS Settings at any time.

7. Notifications

If you turn on the wind-down reminder (Settings → Evening), the app schedules local notifications on your iPhone: a reminder before bedtime on nights before an alarm, and a note when a sunrise alarm needs you to open the app to schedule more mornings. These notifications are created on your device and do not pass through any server or push service. You can turn them off in the app or in iOS Settings.

8. Hourtone Pro purchases

Hourtone Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription sold through the App Store. Apple processes the payment; we do not receive your payment-card details or Apple Account information. The app checks Apple-signed transactions on your iPhone to unlock Pro. Apple provides us with sales and subscription reports that do not identify you. You manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings. Apple handles purchases under the Apple Privacy Policy.

9. No network, analytics or crash reporting of our own

Hourtone makes no network connections of its own and includes no third-party SDKs: no advertising, analytics or crash-reporting libraries. The only online part is the App Store, which Apple runs, for prices and purchases. If you choose to share analytics with app developers in your iPhone’s settings, Apple may provide us with crash reports and aggregated usage information under the Apple Privacy Policy.

10. Deleting your data

You can delete alarms in the app at any time. Deleting Hourtone deletes its data from your iPhone, including your alarms, mornings, settings and the last approximate location. Data already in your device backups is not affected. Deleting the app does not cancel a Pro subscription; manage that in your Apple Account settings.

11. Support and this website

If you email us, we receive your email address, your message and anything you attach, and use them to answer and fix the issue. Please do not send passwords or payment details. These pages are hosted through Cloudflare, which processes request information such as IP address and browser details to deliver and protect the website. The Hourtone pages do not include advertising or analytics scripts. See Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.

Support emails are kept as long as needed to resolve the request and meet legal obligations.

12. Children

Hourtone is a general-audience app and is not directed at children under 13. The app does not collect personal information from anyone, including children. Parents can manage purchases (for example with Ask to Buy) with Apple’s family controls.

13. Your choices and requests

Because your data stays on your iPhone, you can view, change or delete it in the app, turn off any permission in iOS Settings, or delete the app. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal information; for anything you sent us by email, contact bananateamios@gmail.com. You can also contact your local data protection authority.

14. Changes and contact

If the app ever starts handling data differently, for example a feature that needs a network connection such as weather, we will update this policy before that feature ships. The current version and its effective date are on this page. For privacy or support questions, contact Hien Nguyen at bananateamios@gmail.com.