Privacy Policy
- Your tasks, thoughts, moods and settings stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud.
- I don't run servers that store your data, and I can't see it.
- No ads, no analytics, no tracking, and nothing is sold.
- Delete Account removes everything DayPilot saved, on every device.
Who I am
DayPilot is made by Veetharag, an independent developer in San Francisco, California. "I", "me" and "DayPilot" in this policy mean the developer. Questions about privacy go to hello@getdaypilot.com.
Where your data lives
Everything you create in DayPilot is stored on your device. If you use iCloud, it's also kept in your own private iCloud (Apple's CloudKit private database and iCloud key-value storage), so it can appear on your other devices signed in to the same Apple ID. Apple holds that data for you under Apple's privacy policy; I have no access to it.
This includes: thoughts (text, links and photos), your profile (name, photo, bio), task lengths, places, symbols, alarms, mood check-ins, breaks, sleep entries, routine history and settings.
What DayPilot uses, and why
DayPilot asks for each permission separately, and you can turn any of them off in the iPhone's Settings.
| Permission | What DayPilot does with it |
|---|---|
| Calendar | Reads your events to build your day, and creates or edits events you add or change in DayPilot. Events stay in Apple's Calendar. |
| Reminders | Reads, creates and updates reminders for your tasks, and keeps an "Inbox" and an "Agenda" list. Reminders stay in Apple's Reminders. |
| Health | Reads your sleep, Activity rings, mindful minutes and State of Mind to show them on Balance. Saves your breaks as mindful minutes, mood check-ins as State of Mind, and nights you enter as sleep. Health data is never used for ads and never leaves Apple Health through DayPilot. |
| Location | Only while you use the app, to estimate travel time to events with a place. Directions come from Apple Maps. Your location isn't stored by DayPilot. |
| Notifications | Reminders, the wind down note and Live Activities, all scheduled on your device. |
| Alarms | Your wake-up alarm, through Apple's AlarmKit, on your device. |
| Photos | Only to save a photo from a thought to your library when you ask. DayPilot can't read your library. |
| Siri | Handles requests like saving a thought or adding a task. Apple processes your voice; DayPilot receives only the words. |
Signing in
Sign in with Apple
Apple shares a private identifier with DayPilot and, the first time, the name and email you choose to share (you can hide your email). These are kept on your device.
Sign in with Google
If you choose Google, Google's sign-in service shares your name, email and profile picture with DayPilot, which keeps them on your device. Google handles the sign-in under Google's privacy policy.
Without an account
You can use DayPilot without signing in. Nothing about you is shared.
When DayPilot connects to the internet
- iCloud, to sync your data between your devices (see above).
- Link previews. When you save a link as a thought, DayPilot fetches that page's title and image directly from the website, like opening it in a browser would. That website sees a request from your device.
- Apple Maps, for travel times.
- Deleting your account. If you signed in with Apple, DayPilot asks Apple for a one-time code and sends it to a small DayPilot server (getdaypilot.com) that tells Apple to remove DayPilot from your Apple ID. The server keeps nothing: no code, no token, no logs of who you are.
DayPilot contains no advertising, analytics or tracking software, and doesn't track you across other apps or websites.
Deleting your data
In DayPilot, go to Profile › Settings › Delete Account. This deletes your thoughts, profile, settings and history from your device and from your iCloud, removes the entries DayPilot saved to Apple Health, signs you out on your other devices, and removes DayPilot from your Apple ID if you signed in with Apple. Your events and reminders stay in Apple's Calendar and Reminders, because they belong to those apps.
Deleting the app removes the data on that device; data in your iCloud stays until you use Delete Account or remove it in the iPhone's Settings › [your name] › iCloud.
Sharing and selling
I don't sell, rent or share your personal information with anyone. I don't receive it in the first place.
Children
DayPilot isn't directed at children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect information from them.
Your rights
Wherever you live, including under the GDPR and California law, you can see, change or delete your data at any time, because it's all in your hands: in the app, in Apple's apps, and in your iCloud. If you have a question or a request, email me and I'll answer.
This website
This site, getdaypilot.com, has no cookies, analytics or trackers. It's hosted by Cloudflare, which processes basic request data (like IP addresses) to deliver and protect the site.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version goes on this page with a new effective date. Big changes will also be mentioned in the app's What's New.
Contact
Veetharag
San Francisco, California
hello@getdaypilot.com