Privacy Policy
Private Baby Tracker is a newborn log for the two of you. It has no server, no account and no advertising, so there is almost nothing for this page to explain.
The short version
No data is collected — by us or by anyone. The app does not have a backend, an advertising network, an analytics service or a third-party SDK. It cannot see your log, your name, your location or your contacts, and it does not use identifiers that could follow you across other apps or websites. In the App Store, this is declared as “No Data Collected”.
What the app stores, and where
- On your phone
- Feeds, diapers, sleep, medicine, notes and the baby's name are written to the app's own database in your device's storage.
- In your own iCloud
- If you are signed in to iCloud, the same log is also stored in your private CloudKit database, under your own Apple Account, so both of your phones can carry it. Apple encrypts it and we have no way to read it: the container belongs to your account, not to ours. It counts against your iCloud storage.
- On your partner's phone
- When you invite a partner, you share the log with them through iCloud. That copy exists because you chose to share it, with a person you chose. Either of you can end it in Settings → Log together → Manage.
Permissions the app can ask for
Notifications. Asked for once, after your phones have first caught up with each other, and only so that entries your partner logs can appear on this phone. These are local notifications sent by the app itself. Turning them off changes nothing else, and you are never emailed or messaged.
The baby's picture. You can pick a picture for the baby's profile. The app uses iOS's own photo picker, which runs outside the app: the app is never given access to your photo library and cannot browse it. It receives only the single picture you tap, shrinks it, and keeps it on this phone. You can switch back to the drawn baby face at any time. Because the library is never opened, iOS does not ask you for photo permission.
Notifications are the only permission the app requests. There is no camera, location, health kit or address-book access.
Taking your data with you, and deleting it
- Export: Settings → Data → Export writes every entry to a spreadsheet (CSV) file that you can send, save or print wherever you like.
- Delete one entry: deleting it removes it from both phones.
- Delete everything: delete the entries, or remove the app and then its iCloud data in Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Storage. What is left on the phone goes with the app.
Children
Private Baby Tracker is made for parents and caregivers, and is used by the adult, not the child. The record of a baby is entered and controlled entirely by the adult using the app. Because no data is transmitted to us, we do not collect information about children — or about anyone else.
Medical information
Medicine names, doses, intervals and daily maximums are entered by you, from your pediatrician's instructions. The app reports what was logged and how long ago. It does not advise on doses, does not warn about them, and is not a medical device or a substitute for medical care.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version is posted here with a new effective date, and the app's release notes will say so.
Contact
Questions, concerns, comments, suggestions? jesse@privatebabytrack.com — Jesse Krautwurst, developer of Private Baby Tracker.