Who we are
Spoko is developed by Emma Konstantynovska, Ukraine. For any privacy question, contact us at emma.konstantynovska@gmail.com.
Information we do not collect
Spoko contains no analytics, advertising, attribution, or crash-reporting services. The app makes no network requests of its own. Specifically, we never collect:
We do not track you across apps or websites, and we do not sell or share personal information with third parties for advertising.
Information stored on your device
To work at all, Spoko has to remember your settings. This data is written only to a private storage area shared between the app and its Screen Time extensions on your device. It never leaves your iPhone and is not readable by us:
When you choose what to pause, iOS gives Spoko opaque tokens rather than app names. We store those tokens so shields can be applied. We cannot convert them back into a list of the apps you use, and the tokens are meaningless outside your device.
Names you type, days, and start/end times for your schedules and focus sessions, plus any active or temporary unblocks.
Including packs you create and name yourself.
Protected time totals per day and hour, how often you unblocked something, and your first tracked day, used to draw your in-app insights and discipline calendar.
Onboarding completion, chosen language, haptics setting, notification opt-in, and whether a rating prompt has already been shown.
A single on/off flag recording whether an active Plus subscription was found.
Deleting Spoko removes all of this. There is no cloud backup of it on our side, and no way for us to restore it.
Screen Time (Family Controls) data
Spoko uses Apple's Screen Time APIs — Family Controls, Managed Settings, and Device Activity — to pause apps and to show you a summary of your recent screen time. You are asked for permission before any of this happens, and you can withdraw it at any time in iOS Settings.
Apple's design keeps this data away from us. Your usage statistics are processed only inside a sealed system extension that has no network access and cannot pass detailed data back to the app. From your weekly summary, the only value Spoko keeps is a single yes/no flag indicating whether any usage was recorded in the last seven days, which is used to decide which onboarding screen to show you. Your actual usage figures are rendered by the system extension and are never stored or transmitted.
We do not use Screen Time data or the Family Controls entitlement for advertising, marketing, profiling, or any purpose other than the blocking and insight features you see in the app.
Notifications
If you turn on reminders, Spoko schedules local notifications on your device for things like a schedule starting or a temporary unblock expiring. These are generated entirely on your iPhone. There are no push servers involved and no notification tokens are sent anywhere. You can turn reminders off in Spoko or in iOS Settings.
Purchases
Spoko Plus is an auto-renewing subscription sold through Apple's In-App Purchase system. Payment is handled entirely by Apple; we never see your payment details. The app asks Apple whether a valid subscription exists and stores only the resulting yes/no answer on your device. Apple's handling of purchase data is governed by the Apple Privacy Policy.
If you download the app from the App Store, Apple may share aggregate, anonymized statistics with us (such as download counts or crash reports you have opted into sharing with developers through iOS). We cannot identify you from these.
Subscriptions are also covered by Apple's standard Terms of Use (EULA), which apply to your use of Spoko Plus. Billing, renewal, and cancellation are managed in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use (EULA): apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Diagnostic logs
The app writes a small number of coarse event names, such as "onboarding completed" or "Screen Time permission approved", to the standard iOS system log on your device. These entries contain no identifiers and no usage data. They stay in the system log on your iPhone and are not sent to us.
Children
Spoko is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect any information from them. Because Spoko collects no data at all, no personal information from a child of any age reaches us. If Spoko is used on a child's device under parental supervision, all settings remain local to that device.
Your rights
Privacy laws including the GDPR, UK GDPR, and the CCPA give you rights to access, correct, export, or delete personal data held about you. Because we hold no personal data about you, there is nothing for us to retrieve, correct, or erase. You have full control of the data on your device: you can clear individual settings in the app, or remove everything by deleting the app. You can also revoke Screen Time and notification permissions at any time in iOS Settings.
If you believe we hold data about you, contact emma.konstantynovska@gmail.com and we will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Data retention and security
Your data is retained on your device for as long as the app is installed. It is protected by iOS app sandboxing and your device passcode or biometric lock, and is included in any encrypted device backup you choose to make. Because nothing is transmitted, there is no server-side database that could be breached.
Changes to this policy
If we change how the app handles data, we will update this page and revise the date above. Material changes will be highlighted in the app or in the release notes. Continuing to use Spoko after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your privacy:
emma.konstantynovska@gmail.comWe read every message. No ticket numbers, no chatbot — just a person who cares about keeping Spoko quiet and honest.