Glasshour
Privacy Policy
Glasshour helps you spend less time in distracting apps. It is built so that almost everything stays on your iPhone. There is no account, and we never learn who you are.
This policy covers the Glasshour app for iPhone. Glasshour is made by Shaurya Goel, an individual developer (“we”, “us”), who is responsible for the data described here.
What stays on your iPhone
- Your blocked apps, websites and categories. You choose them in Apple’s Screen Time picker. Glasshour receives only opaque tokens from Apple. It cannot read the apps’ names, and the tokens never leave your device.
- Your Screen Time usage. It is shown to you inside Apple’s own report view. Glasshour cannot export it, and it is never sent anywhere.
- Your balance, Focus history, sound choices, reminders and onboarding answers. These are stored locally on your iPhone and excluded from backups. Deleting the app deletes them.
- Camera. Used only while you place the hourglass before a session. Images are processed on the device in real time and are never saved or sent.
- Motion. Used during a session to notice when the phone is picked up. Readings are processed on the device and are never saved or sent.
- Emergency reflections. What you type when you ask for emergency access is held in memory for that moment only. It is never saved or sent anywhere.
What we collect
To find problems and understand which parts of the app people use, the app sends:
- Crash and performance reports, through Sentry. These describe the technical state of the app when something fails, such as the device model, the iOS version and which part of the code failed.
- Anonymous usage events, through PostHog. For example: a Focus session started or finished, and its length in minutes; a permission was granted; a paywall was shown; a plan was bought. The count of apps you chose to block may be sent, but never which apps they are.
These are tied only to a random identifier created when the app is installed, which resets if you reinstall. They are not linked to your name, email address, Apple Account or any other identity. They are not used to track you across other companies’ apps or websites, and never for advertising. Screenshots and screen recordings are never captured. None of the on-device data listed above is included, and nothing you type is ever sent.
Purchases
Payments are handled by Apple. We never receive your name, Apple Account or payment details. To confirm that your membership is active, the app uses RevenueCat, which receives your purchase history from Apple (which plan you have and when it renews or ends). RevenueCat stores this under the same random identifier, not under your identity.
Who processes the data
Sentry (crash reports), PostHog (usage events) and RevenueCat (purchase status) process this data on our behalf, on servers in the United States. We use it only to run and improve Glasshour. We do not sell or share it, and we do not use it for advertising. Crash reports are kept for up to 90 days and usage events for up to one year.
Notifications
Reminders and session notices are scheduled on your iPhone itself. You can turn them off at any time in the iOS Settings app.
Children
Glasshour is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Your choices and rights
- You can delete all app data on your iPhone from Settings → Complete local-data reset in the app, or by deleting the app.
- You can turn off Camera, Motion, Notifications or Screen Time access in the iOS Settings app at any time. Features that need them will stop working until you turn them back on.
- Because usage data is not linked to you, we usually cannot find it by person. You still have the right to ask about, correct or delete it, and to object to its use, under laws such as the GDPR, the UK GDPR, India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act and the CCPA. Email us and we will reply within 30 days.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. If a change is significant, we will also mention it in the app.