Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Potty Days is published by an independent Apple platforms developer (referred to in this policy as "we", "our", or "us"). You can reach us by email at [email protected].

This Privacy Policy describes how the Potty Days: Toilet Training application for iPhone and Apple Watch, together with its widgets and Live Activity (the "App"), handles information.

Short version: we do not collect personal data about you or your child. The App is used by parents and caregivers. Everything you enter is stored on your devices and, if you use iCloud, in your own private iCloud database and with the caregivers you choose to invite. We cannot read it. The App has no accounts and contains no analytics, advertising or tracking.

Information We Collect

We do not collect, store on our servers, sell, or share personal information from the App. In particular, we do not collect:

• your child's name, birth date, photo, or potty log;
• your name, the names of caregivers, or contact details;
• voice recordings;
• your location;
• analytics or usage statistics;
• crash reports;
• cookies, advertising identifiers, or tracking data;
• account or registration data, because the App has no accounts.

Because we do not collect personal data through the App, we do not maintain a user database. The App's App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected".

What You Enter and Where It Is Stored

The App stores the following in a database inside its own container on your device, shared only with the App's widgets and Apple Watch app through an Apple App Group:

• Child profiles. Name, birth date, an optional photo, a color, the training phase and start date, and the readiness signs you checked.
• Potty log. Each event (pee, poop, sat, dry check, accident, drink) with its time, place, who started it, details such as wiped, flushed and washed hands, amounts, and notes.
• Reminders. Interval, active hours, night mode, sound and repeat settings.
• Stickers. Stickers and milestones your child has earned.
• Caregivers. The display names and colors of people who share a child's log.

None of this is sent to us.

iCloud Sync and Sharing With Caregivers

If you are signed in to iCloud, each child's log is stored in the private database of your own iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit, so it can appear on your other devices. Apple may send silent push notifications to the App so it knows when data changed on another device. The App works fully without iCloud.

When you choose "Invite with a link", the App creates an iCloud share for that child. Anyone who opens the link and joins with their own Apple Account can see and add to that child's log, including the child's name, birth date and photo, and sees the names of the other caregivers. Only share the link with people you trust. You can stop sharing or remove a caregiver at any time; a caregiver can leave a shared log at any time.

Shared data stays in iCloud under Apple's control. We, as the developer, cannot access, read, or export it. iCloud storage is governed by Apple's privacy policy and your iCloud settings.

Notifications and Live Activity

If you turn reminders on and allow notifications, the App schedules them as local notifications on your device, marked Time Sensitive so they can reach you during a Focus. They are never sent through a server. With Pro, shared reminders are scheduled on each caregiver's own device from the reminder settings synced through iCloud. A Live Activity can show the countdown to the next reminder on your Lock Screen. You can change or revoke notification permission at any time in the system Settings.

Photos and Microphone

• Photos. You can add a photo to a child's profile using Apple's system photo picker, which gives the App only the image you select and does not grant access to your photo library. The photo is stored with the child's profile and, with iCloud, shared with that child's caregivers.
• Microphone. The App asks for microphone access only when you choose to record your own voice clip, such as "Potty time!" or "Well done!". Recordings stay on your device and are not uploaded to us. You can change or revoke microphone access at any time in the system Settings.

Apple Watch, Widgets and Siri

• Apple Watch. The Watch app can log events and shows the time since the last pee and the next reminder. The iPhone and a paired watch exchange this information directly using Apple's WatchConnectivity; a watch set up with Family Setup syncs through iCloud. None of this is sent to us.
• Widgets. To show the latest events and the next reminder, the App writes a small summary to the shared App Group container on your device. Only the App, its widgets and its Watch app can read it.
• Siri and Shortcuts. Logging actions are available to widgets, Siri and Shortcuts. When you use them, your request is handled by Apple under Apple's privacy policy, and the App performs the action on your device.

Reports and Exports

The daycare report, printable sticker charts and backup export (Pro) are created on your device and handed to the system share sheet. Where they go next is chosen by you. A daycare report contains your child's name and log, so share it only with people you trust.

Network Requests

The App may download a small static configuration file from our website. It contains non-personal settings such as which celebration styles are free and whether a launch price is active. The request carries no personal data and no identifiers. As with any web request, the server that hosts the file receives your IP address as part of the connection; we do not use it to identify you. If the request fails, the App uses built-in defaults.

Other network traffic is handled by Apple: App Store purchases through StoreKit and iCloud sync and sharing through CloudKit. Links to NHS and American Academy of Pediatrics pages in the Guide open in your browser only when you tap them.

Children

Potty Days is a tool for parents and caregivers, not a children's app, and it is not enrolled in the App Store Kids category. The parent sets it up, enters the information and reads the log. Three screens are designed to be shown to a child: the sit timer, the celebration and the sticker board. They contain no ads, no external links, no purchases and no review prompts, and leaving them requires a parental gate.

Information about a child is entered by a parent or caregiver, stays on their devices and in their iCloud, and is never collected by us. If you have questions about your child's information, please contact us.

Third Parties

Apple (App Store, StoreKit, iCloud and system services)

Pro is sold and managed by Apple through the App Store. Apple is the merchant of record. We do not see your payment details, Apple Account, billing address, or full name. The App receives from Apple only a confirmation of which purchase, if any, is active. Apple's own privacy policy applies to App Store purchases, iCloud, CloudKit sharing, notifications, Live Activities, Siri and Shortcuts, widgets, Apple Watch, the photo picker, the microphone, the share sheet, and other system services.

No analytics or advertising SDKs

The App does not include any third-party code. There are no analytics, crash reporting, advertising, attribution, or tracking SDKs.

Purchases and Pro

• Free includes logging for unlimited children, sharing the log, repeating reminders with active hours, the week chart, a celebration and the sticker board, Apple Watch logging and the small widget.
• Pro adds shared reminders, pattern insights and interval suggestions, all celebration styles and your own voice clip, the daycare PDF report and printable charts, the night-training phase, medium and Lock Screen widgets, and backup export.
• Pro is offered as a one-time purchase (with Family Sharing) or a yearly subscription. There is no free trial.
• Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Purchases are billed and managed by Apple through the App Store. You can restore purchases in the App and manage or cancel subscriptions through your Apple Account settings.
• We do not store, see, or process your payment information.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have privacy rights under laws such as the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and similar laws. Because we do not collect or hold personal data from the App, we have no personal data to provide, correct, delete, or transfer in response to such a request. You still control the App's data:

• edit or delete any child, event, reminder or sticker inside the App;
• stop sharing a child's log or remove a caregiver at any time;
• manage or delete iCloud data in your device settings;
• delete all local App data by uninstalling the App;
• change or revoke notification and microphone permissions in the system Settings;
• cancel subscriptions through Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions;
• contact us with privacy questions at [email protected].

California residents: we do not "sell" or "share" personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA.

Security

The App relies on security features built into iOS and watchOS, including app sandboxing, data protection for files on your device, an App Group container shared only with the App's own widgets and Watch app, Apple's protection of iCloud data and shares, and Apple's StoreKit transaction verification. No method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure. However, the App does not transmit your family's data to us, because we have no servers that receive it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example to reflect new App functionality or legal requirements. When we do, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top. The basic commitment that the App does not collect your personal data will not change without clear notice.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way the App handles data, please write to [email protected].

Summary

• We do not collect personal data about you or your child.
• Your child's log is stored on your devices and in your own iCloud.
• It is shared only with caregivers you invite through an iCloud link.
• Reminders are local notifications, never sent through a server.
• Voice recordings stay on your device.
• Child-facing screens have no ads, links or purchases, behind a parental gate.
• No analytics, advertising, tracking, or account system.