Privacy Policy
Effective date: 19 July 2026
The short version: Mutely has no accounts, no analytics, no ads and no servers. Everything the app knows stays on your device. Your Screen Time data is processed entirely on-device by Apple's frameworks and never reaches us — by design, we couldn't read it even if we wanted to.
Who we are
Mutely is an iOS app that helps you limit distracting apps, developed by Antoni Rozwoda ("we", "us"). This policy explains what data the app handles and where it lives. Contact: app.mutely@gmail.com.
Data we collect
None. Mutely does not collect, transmit, sell or share any personal data. The app has no user accounts, no analytics or tracking SDKs, no advertising, and makes no network requests of its own. In the App Store privacy section Mutely is listed as “Data Not Collected”.
Screen Time and app-usage data
Mutely uses Apple's Screen Time frameworks (Family Controls, Managed Settings and Device Activity) to block the apps you choose and to show your usage insights. This works under Apple's strict privacy sandbox:
- You grant Screen Time access through Apple's own system prompt, and you can revoke it at any time in Settings.
- Usage charts are rendered by an isolated Apple-controlled extension that can display data on your screen but cannot pass it to us or to anyone else. It has no network access.
- The apps you select for blocking are represented by opaque system tokens. Mutely stores those tokens only on your device.
What stays on your device
Your block list, schedules, daily limits, unlock history and settings are stored locally in the app's private storage (including its App Group container shared with Mutely's own extensions). They are included in your device backups according to your iOS backup settings, and they are deleted when you delete the app.
Purchases
Subscriptions are processed by Apple through your Apple account. We never see your payment details. Apple's handling of that data is described in Apple's Privacy Policy.
Notifications
Mutely may show local notifications (for example, to hand you back to the app during an unlock). These are generated on-device; no push-notification service is used.
Children
Mutely is intended for users who manage their own device and screen time. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly process any data about children.
Changes
If we ever change how Mutely handles data, we will update this page and the effective date above before the change takes effect. Because the app collects nothing, we expect changes to be rare.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email app.mutely@gmail.com.