Focus Grove: Focus Timer – Privacy Policy

1. Summary

Your focus sessions, tags, XP, desk items, streaks, statistics, settings and Pro status are stored only on your device. There is no account and the App has no servers of its own, so we don't collect or see your personal information. The free version shows ads from Google AdMob; Focus Grove Pro removes them. We do not sell your personal information.

2. Information Stored on Your Device

The App keeps the following on your device only. It is never sent to us:

• Your focus sessions and the tags you give them
• XP, unlocked desk items and desk themes
• Streaks, statistics and your yearly heatmap
• Timer, sound, notification and other settings
• Your Pro trial status and whether you have bought Pro

The App works without an internet connection. You can erase this data at any time in Settings → Reset All Data, and deleting the App removes it.

3. Features That Use Your Device

• Notifications: session-complete, break-ended and daily reminder notifications are scheduled on your device. You can turn them off in the App's Settings or in your device settings.
• Widgets and Live Activities (iPhone and iPad): your streak, today's focus time, next desk unlock and the running timer are shared between the App and its widgets on your device, so they can be shown on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. They are not sent anywhere.
• Voice prompts: spoken prompts use your device's built-in text-to-speech voice, provided by Apple or by the speech engine installed on your Android device.
• Share card: the image of your streak and desk is created on your device and shared only when you choose to, through your device's share sheet.
• Backup and restore: Export backup creates a file with your progress and settings. It is saved only where you choose (for example Files, iCloud Drive or Google Drive) and is then handled by that service under its own privacy policy. Restore reads a backup file you pick.

4. Advertising (Free Version)

The free version shows interstitial ads between focus sessions and, if you choose, a rewarded ad to unlock a desk item early. Ads are served by Google AdMob (Google LLC). To serve and measure ads, Google may collect:

• Device identifiers, such as the advertising identifier (IDFA on iOS, Advertising ID on Android), if you allow it
• Approximate location based on your IP address
• Device information, such as model, operating system and language
• Ad interactions and diagnostic data

Where required by law (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), the App first shows Google's consent form so you can choose how your data is used for ads; ads are only loaded if your choices allow it. On iPhone and iPad, the App then asks for permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you choose "Ask App Not to Track", your advertising identifier isn't used, ads are not personalized, and you can still use the App. Where the consent form applies, you can change your choice later in the App under Settings → Privacy choices.

Learn more in Google's Privacy Policy and in how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. Pro users and users on the free Pro trial don't see ads.

5. In-App Purchase

Focus Grove Pro is a one-time purchase handled by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play). We never receive your payment details. The App checks your purchase with the store to unlock Pro, and you can restore it on a new device from Settings → Restore Purchase.

6. Ratings

The App may occasionally show Apple's or Google's own rating prompt. Any rating or review you leave is handled by the store, not by us.

7. Analytics and Crash Reporting

The App has no analytics or crash-reporting tools.

8. Data We Collect Ourselves

None. If you email us, we use your email address only to reply.

9. Children

The App is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

10. Your Choices

• Tracking (iPhone and iPad): iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
• Advertising ID (Android): reset or delete it in your device settings (Settings → Google → Ads, or Settings → Privacy → Ads on some devices).
• Ad consent: in the App, Settings → Privacy choices (shown where required by law).
• Ads: buy Focus Grove Pro to remove ads completely.
• Notifications: turn them off in the App's Settings or in your device settings.
• Your data: export it with Settings → Export backup, erase it with Settings → Reset All Data, or delete the App to remove it from your device.

11. Changes to This Policy

If we change this policy, we'll update this page and its "Last updated" date.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy for Focus Grove: Focus Timer, please contact Smile Apps Studio at:

Email: hello@smileappsstudio.com