Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 22, 2026

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how the Doomcut application ("App", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our screen-time blocking and focus features on iPhone, iPad, and Android. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about our data practices.

Doomcut does not require you to create an account with email, Apple Sign In, or Google Sign In. An anonymous identifier may be created in the background to support subscriptions and device records. You never see a sign-in screen.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

Protection and app preferences:

  • Apps or categories you choose to block or shield
  • Daily or weekly schedule windows you configure
  • Onboarding choices such as goals, language, and notification preferences
  • Theme and other in-app settings
  • Feedback or support messages you send to us by email

Note: Blocked app lists, schedules, shields, and preferences are stored primarily on your device. We do not require a sign-in screen.

2.2 Information from Device and Platform Services

When you use certain features, the App may access:

  • Apple Screen Time (Family Controls / Managed Settings) — on iOS, to apply shields and schedules after you grant Screen Time permission
  • Android Accessibility — to detect when a shielded app opens and return you to Home; the service does not read content inside other apps
  • Installed / launchable app list (Android) — read on-device so you can choose which apps to block; selected package names stay on the device for shields
  • Notifications — to deliver optional reminders or status alerts when you opt in
  • Device identifiers — for anonymous authentication, analytics, crash reporting, and subscription validation
  • App Store / Google Play billing records — processed by Apple or Google and validated through Adapty

Screen Time and Accessibility permissions are used only to deliver blocking and scheduling features you configure. The App does not sell this access data or use it to read messages, photos, or content inside other apps.

2.3 Information Collected Automatically

Device and app information:

  • Device model, operating system version, and app version
  • A device or installation identifier for analytics, crash reporting, or subscription validation
  • Anonymous Firebase user identifier when background authentication is used
  • Language and theme preferences

Usage analytics:

  • App launch events and session duration
  • Feature usage (for example onboarding steps, block list changes, schedule arming, paywall views)
  • Crash reports and error logs
  • Performance metrics

2.4 App Tracking Transparency (iOS)

On iOS, if we use analytics that may be considered tracking under Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework, the App will ask for your permission before accessing the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA). You can decline; the App remains usable. Firebase Analytics collection stays off on iOS until ATT resolves. If you allow tracking, analytics partners may receive a device identifier as permitted by your choice.

2.5 Information We Do Not Collect

Unless you provide it or a feature requires it, we do not aim to collect:

  • Your name, email address, or phone number through in-app sign-up (there is no sign-in UI)
  • Precise GPS location
  • Your contacts or address book
  • Photos, microphone recordings, or content from inside other apps
  • Browsing history from Safari or other browsers beyond the apps you explicitly choose to shield
  • Messages sent through SMS, iMessage, email, or social apps on your behalf

3. How We Use Your Information

3.1 Primary purposes

  • Block or shield distracting apps during schedules you set
  • Store block lists, schedules, and protection preferences on your device
  • Deliver optional notification reminders when you enable them
  • Validate and restore Doomcut Pro subscriptions
  • Maintain anonymous account and device records in Firebase where needed
  • Load remote configuration for feature flags and app behavior
  • Provide customer support when you contact us

3.2 Analytics and improvement

  • Understand aggregate App usage and stability
  • Diagnose crashes and fix bugs
  • Improve onboarding, shielding reliability, and focus schedules

4. Data Storage and Security

4.1 Local storage

  • Blocked app selections, schedules, shields, and preferences are stored on your device
  • On Android, selected package names used for Accessibility shields remain on-device
  • Data persists until you clear it in Settings where available, uninstall the App, or reset your device

4.2 Cloud storage

  • Anonymous Firebase account, device, user, and subscription-related records may be stored in Firebase Cloud Firestore when needed for Pro features and app operations
  • We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information we process
  • Network communications use HTTPS where supported

5. Third-Party Services

5.1 Firebase (Google)

  • Firebase Analytics
  • Firebase Authentication (anonymous)
  • Firebase Remote Config
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging, if push notifications beyond local reminders are enabled
  • Cloud Firestore for user, device, and subscription records

5.2 Adapty

  • App Store and Google Play subscription and in-app purchase management
  • Purchase history and entitlement validation tied to your store transaction records

5.3 Sentry

  • Crash reporting and error monitoring

5.4 Apple and Google

  • App Store and Google Play process payments; Apple and Google receive transaction data according to their privacy policies
  • On iOS, Screen Time APIs process shielding under your Apple ID and device permissions
  • On Android, the Accessibility framework is used only for the shielding behavior described in the App

6. App Privacy Details

Our store privacy labels reflect categories that may be collected for analytics, app functionality, or purchase validation and are not used for cross-app tracking unless you consent via ATT on iOS:

  • User ID — anonymous identifier for app functionality and analytics
  • Device ID — collected for analytics and app functionality
  • Product interaction — collected for analytics and app functionality
  • Crash data, performance data, and other diagnostic data — collected via analytics and Sentry
  • Purchases — collected via Adapty for subscription management when you subscribe

We do not collect contact info, precise location, health, or photos for store disclosure purposes.

7. Your Rights and Choices

  • Manage Screen Time, Accessibility, and notification permissions in iOS or Android Settings
  • Decline App Tracking Transparency on iOS while continuing to use core features
  • Remove blocked apps or disarm schedules inside the App
  • Uninstall the App to remove local protection data from your device
  • Request deletion of server-side data — see our Support & Data Deletion page
  • Depending on your location, you may have additional rights to access, delete, or object to certain processing

8. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent as required by law.

9. Contact Information

10. Effective Date

This Privacy Policy is effective as of September 22, 2026, except with respect to changes that we describe when we post updates.

By using the Doomcut app, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described herein.