BreathGate Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 October 2026

BreathGate ("the app", "we", "us") helps you put one calm breath between you and the apps you open on autopilot. This policy explains what information the app handles, why, and the choices you have. We built BreathGate to work with as little personal data as possible: most of what you do in the app never leaves your iPhone.

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1. The short version

The apps, categories and websites you choose to put behind a breath are handled by Apple's Screen Time framework. We cannot see which apps they are, and that selection never leaves your device.
Your name, quiz answers, routines, intentions and breathing statistics are stored only on your device.
We use a random, anonymous identifier (no email, no phone number, no account) to run the app, measure how it is used and manage your subscription.
We do not sell your data, we do not show ads, and we do not build advertising profiles.

2. Information that stays on your device

The following is stored locally on your iPhone (inside the app and its Screen Time extensions) and is not sent to us:

Data	Why
Apps, categories and websites you select to gate	To show the breathing screen before they open. Apple provides these as opaque tokens; we cannot read app names from them.
The first name you optionally enter	To personalise greetings.
Onboarding quiz answers (e.g. daily phone time, goals)	To calculate your personal "time lost" estimate and tailor the setup.
Routines, focus blocks and schedules	To block apps at the times you choose.
Breathing sessions, opens avoided, check-ins and intentions you type	To show your progress and statistics.
Notification preferences	Reminders and check-ins are scheduled locally by iOS.

Deleting the app deletes all of this data.

Screen Time data. BreathGate uses Apple's Family Controls, Managed Settings and Device Activity frameworks. Under Apple's rules, information obtained through these frameworks is used only to provide the app's blocking features, is never shared with third parties, and is never used for advertising or analytics.

3. Information processed by service providers

To run the app we use a small number of trusted providers. They process data on our behalf and under their own privacy and security terms.

Google Firebase (Google LLC)

Anonymous Authentication: creates a random user ID when you first open the app. It is not linked to your name, email or phone number.
Remote Config: downloads app settings (for example, update notices). This involves standard technical data such as app version, device model, OS version, language and an app instance ID.
Analytics: records app usage events, such as completing an onboarding step, viewing the paywall, completing a breath, starting a focus block or choosing how many apps to protect. These events contain counts and steps, never the names of the apps you block or text you type. Firebase also collects standard technical data (app instance ID, device model, OS version, country derived from IP, session information).