Swipoff

Privacy

Last updated 16 October 2026

The short version: Swipoff runs on your phone. We never see which apps you use, how long you use them, your health data, your contacts or where you are. We don't show ads, track you or sell your data.

Who we are

Swipoff is made by Julia Saiz Subietas, Barcelona, Spain. We're responsible for your data under the GDPR. Questions or requests: [email protected].

What stays on your phone

All of this is saved only on your iPhone, inside Swipoff. We can't see it.

The apps you pick. Apple gives Swipoff a sealed code for each one, not its name. Apple draws the name and icon for you. The codes never leave your phone.
Screen Time. Swipoff uses it to switch apps off and on, and to show your own numbers (like your real daily time). The numbers are shown by Apple inside the app. Swipoff can't read them or send them anywhere.
Minutes from other apps. If you earn minutes by using an app like Books ("Read in Books 20 min"), Screen Time tells Swipoff when the time has passed. We don't see what you read or do inside it.
Steps and workouts from Apple Health, if you allow it. Swipoff only reads them. We use them to give you minutes and only save the minutes you earned, not your health data. We never write to Health, and Health data is never used for ads.
Your keyholder's name and number, which you pick from your contacts. Swipoff only gets the one person you pick, not your contacts, and only uses the number so you can send them your key.
Your sign-up answers (name, age, goals, your guess of your screen time), your pact, your rules, your asks, your pet and your history.

Like any app data, this is part of your own iPhone backup if you have backups on. Deleting Swipoff deletes it from your phone.

Notifications, widgets and the Lock Screen

Notifications (reminders, "tap to earn your minutes back") are made on your phone. No server sends them today.
Widgets and the countdown on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show your minutes and a timer. They never show which apps you use, but anyone who can see your Lock Screen can see them. You can turn them off in iOS Settings.

Location rules (if we add them)

We're thinking about rules like "switch apps off at the office". If you turn one on, you save a place, and iOS tells Swipoff when you arrive or leave so it can switch apps off. The place and those arrivals stay on your phone. We never track where you are, never send your location anywhere, and your keyholder never sees it. It's off unless you turn it on, and you can delete your places any time. iOS will ask you first.

Sending your key

When you send your keyholder their link on WhatsApp, Messages or another app, that message goes through that app, under its own privacy rules. We don't see it.

What goes to our server

Right now, nothing. Swipoff has no account and no login.

When the keyholder link goes live, we'll keep only what it needs to work:

Your first name and your keyholder's first name.
Your asks: how many minutes, the reason you write, and the answer.
Your pact dates and rules, and how many days you've kept it, so your keyholder sees what you promised.
A scrambled copy (a hash) of your keyholder's 4-digit code. Nobody can read the code from it, not even us.
A random ID for your phone and, if you allow notifications, a code from Apple so we can tell you when your keyholder answers.

We'll never send your apps, your screen time, your health data, your contacts or your location.

We use this data only to run Swipoff, because you asked us to (in GDPR terms: to carry out our agreement with you). It's stored in the EU, in Frankfurt, by Supabase, who process it for us under a data processing agreement. We delete it 30 days after your last pact ends, or sooner if you ask.

Your keyholder

Your keyholder opens a web page, with no app and no account. They see your first name, your asks, your pact and how many days you've kept it. They can switch your apps on early, and nothing else. They never see your apps, your screen time, your health data or where you are.

The page is hosted by Cloudflare, which sees the visitor's IP address to show the page, like any website. We don't use cookies for tracking. The page uses no outside fonts or scripts, so nothing about your keyholder goes to Google or anyone else.

Paying

Subscriptions go through Apple. We never see your card or payment details. Apple only tells us whether your subscription is active.

Things we never do

Read your screen, messages, photos or what you look at.
Show ads, track you across apps or websites, or sell or share your data.
Let anyone, keyholder included, watch what you do on your phone.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you can ask to see, correct, export or delete your data, or object to how we use it. Email [email protected] and we'll answer within a month. Most of your data is only on your phone, so deleting the app deletes it. You can also complain to the Spanish data protection authority, the AEPD (aepd.es).

Changes

If this page changes in a way that matters, we'll tell you in the app before it happens. The date at the top always shows the latest version.