Dozewell Privacy Policy
The short version: Dozewell doesn't collect your data. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. What you log stays on your devices and in your own iCloud, and it reaches only the people you invite.
What Dozewell stores, and where
- What you enter. Your child's name, birth date and due date; feeds, sleep, diaper changes, baths and tummy time; journal entries and notes; and any photos you choose to add. Dozewell keeps this in its private storage on your device.
- Widgets and Live Activities. Dozewell shares a small summary, such as a running timer, with its own widgets and Live Activities on the same device. It doesn't leave the device. When your phone is connected to CarPlay, your phone draws them on the car's screen too.
- Imports. When you import a file, such as an export from another app or a Dozewell backup, Dozewell reads only the file you choose, on your device, and adds its entries to your log like any other. The file itself isn't kept or sent anywhere.
- Backups. When you turn on daily backups, Dozewell saves a copy of your log once a day as a file in its own folder on that device (in Files under On My iPhone › Dozewell › Backups, or Show in Finder on a Mac), keeping the newest 7. Photos aren't included. The files stay on the device unless you move or share them, though your device's own backup, such as iCloud Backup, may include them like the rest of Dozewell's data.
- Photos. Dozewell uses the system photo picker, so it only receives the photos you pick. It can't see the rest of your library.
- iCloud. When you're signed in to iCloud, Dozewell syncs your household between your devices through your own private iCloud database, using Apple's CloudKit. Your logs are end-to-end encrypted, your photos are encrypted too, and the developer can see neither. They count toward your iCloud storage. Without iCloud, everything stays on the device it was logged on.
Sharing with a co-parent
- Invitations. When you invite someone from the Family tab, Apple's CloudKit shares your household with the Apple Account you choose. Only people you invite can join. The invitation goes out the way you pick, such as Messages or Mail.
- What they see. People who join see and add to the household's children, logs, running timers, journal with its photos, and playbook. Apple shows the people in a household each other's names, or the email address or phone number an invitation went to. Reminders and notification choices stay on each person's own device.
- Where it lives. The shared household stays in the inviting person's iCloud and counts toward their storage.
- Leaving and stopping. Someone who joined can leave at any time, and the person who invited them can stop sharing. Either way, each device keeps a copy of what it already has, and new records stop reaching the other person.
What Dozewell doesn't do
- No Dozewell account or sign-in. Sync uses the Apple Account you're already signed in to.
- No analytics, crash-reporting or advertising software from anyone.
- No tracking across apps or websites, and no advertising identifier.
- No selling of data, and no sharing with anyone you didn't invite. The developer runs no servers and receives nothing you log.
Reminders
Reminders, including the optional note the day before a free week ends, are scheduled on your device. Nothing is sent from a server.
Siri and Shortcuts
When you use Siri or the Shortcuts app with Dozewell, Apple processes your request under Apple's Privacy Policy. Dozewell receives only the action, such as "log a wet diaper", and stores it like any other log.
- Questions. When you ask Dozewell a question, such as "How are things in Dozewell?", it works out the answer on your device from your log and hands it to Siri, which says or shows it under Apple's Privacy Policy. A question never changes your log, and nothing is sent to the developer.
- Suggestions. So that Siri and Spotlight can suggest what you usually do, such as starting a nap around nap time, Dozewell tells the system about each action you take in the app: the action, your child's name and age, and the time. The system keeps these notes under Apple's Privacy Policy, and "Delete all data" and deleting a child take them back.
Personal estimates and Apple Intelligence
- Personal estimates. When you turn on "Learn from your child's log", Dozewell works out your child's usual times from what you logged, on your device. The switch and any days you leave out sync with your household like your logs.
- Apple Intelligence. On devices with Apple Intelligence turned on, Dozewell can ask the model on your device to word Trends' summary from the numbers Trends shows, and to find trips, visitors and the like in your notes. This happens entirely on your device. Nothing is sent to Apple, to the developer or to anyone else. What it writes stays on that device and isn't synced, and "Delete all data" removes it. You can turn it off in Settings.
Subscriptions
Dozewell Plus is sold through the App Store. Apple handles the purchase, and the developer never sees your name, email address or payment details. The app checks with Apple's StoreKit, on your device, whether your household has an active subscription. When you share a household, the date your subscription ends travels with your name to the people in it, so they're covered too; it's end-to-end encrypted like your logs, and the developer can't see it. You can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings.
Your choices
- View and export. Everything you've logged stays viewable, and you can export it from Settings, with or without a subscription.
- Delete. "Delete all data" in Settings removes everything Dozewell has stored on the device, including its backups, and the household in your iCloud. If you joined someone else's household, you leave it first, and it stays with the person who invited you. Deleting the app removes what is on that device; your iCloud copy stays until you delete it in Settings or in your iCloud storage settings.
Children
Parents and caregivers use Dozewell to keep track of their own child's day. The app isn't directed to children, and the developer doesn't collect information from or about anyone.
Changes
If this policy changes, this page will show the new version and its effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy: JfDevIos@gmail.com