Effective date: September 12, 2026
Last updated: November 1, 2026

BlockMyApps is designed to help you manage your own screen time and app usage. We believe that information about how you use your device should stay private wherever possible.

This Privacy Policy explains what information BlockMyApps processes, what may be shared with service providers, and the choices and rights available to you.

BlockMyApps is operated by Oleg Tatarciuc (“BlockMyApps”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).

For privacy questions, contact us at support@blockmyapps.com.

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to:

  • the BlockMyApps iOS and iPadOS application;
  • the BlockMyApps website at blockmyapps.com;
  • communications you send to us, such as support requests.

It does not apply to third-party apps, websites, or services that you access independently, including apps that you choose to block with BlockMyApps.

2. Screen Time and App-Blocking Data

BlockMyApps uses Apple-provided Screen Time technologies, including frameworks such as Family Controls, Managed Settings, and Device Activity, to provide features such as:

  • Quick Block;
  • app and category groups;
  • scheduled blocking;
  • usage limits;
  • temporary access;
  • screen-time related insights.

Information required for these features may include your selected apps or categories, schedules, blocking settings, usage-limit settings, and Screen Time-related activity needed to operate the features you configure.

This information is designed to be processed on your device through Apple's privacy-preserving Screen Time frameworks.

BlockMyApps does not use your Screen Time data for advertising, does not sell it, and does not use it to build an advertising profile about you.

BlockMyApps does not read the content inside apps you block. We do not access your messages, photos, passwords, contacts, or the content you view inside third-party apps simply because those apps are selected for blocking.

Unless you deliberately send information to us as part of a support request, BlockMyApps does not upload the contents of your app selections or detailed Screen Time activity to our servers.

Apple controls the operating-system permissions required for Screen Time features. You can change or revoke those permissions through iOS or iPadOS settings, although doing so may prevent BlockMyApps from functioning correctly.

3. Subscription and Purchase Information

If you purchase BlockMyApps Premium or another paid feature, payment is processed by Apple through the App Store.

We do not receive your full payment-card details.

We use RevenueCat to help manage subscription status and premium entitlements. RevenueCat may process information such as:

  • an app-specific user or installation identifier;
  • subscription product and entitlement information;
  • purchase and renewal events;
  • subscription status;
  • app and device information needed to provide subscription services;
  • technical information such as IP address as part of providing its service.

This information is used to determine whether paid features should be available to you and to support subscription functionality.

RevenueCat acts as a service provider processing data for app developers. You can review RevenueCat's privacy information at revenuecat.com/privacy.

RevenueCat may also receive Apple Search Ads attribution information provided by Apple (such as the campaign or keyword that led to an install, if any), which we use to understand which of our App Store advertising campaigns lead to subscriptions. RevenueCat also forwards subscription events (such as a trial start or purchase, including the product and price) to Google Analytics for Firebase, as described in Section 5.

Apple's handling of App Store purchases is governed by Apple's own privacy policies and terms.

4. Information You Choose to Send Us

If you contact us for support or feedback, we may receive information that you choose to provide, such as:

  • your email address;
  • your name, if you include it;
  • the contents of your message;
  • screenshots or screen recordings;
  • app version or device information you provide;
  • diagnostic details that you choose to share.

Please avoid sending sensitive personal information that is not necessary for us to answer your request.

We use support information only to respond to you, investigate problems, improve BlockMyApps, and maintain a record where reasonably necessary.

  1. Analytics, Diagnostics and Technical Information

Usage analytics. The app uses Google Analytics for Firebase, provided by Google, to understand how BlockMyApps is used in aggregate. It collects a small, fixed set of events, such as completing onboarding, granting Screen Time permission, creating a first block, and viewing the subscription screen, together with an app-instance identifier, app version, device model, operating-system version, approximate location derived from IP address (country/region), and similar technical information. If you answer the optional "Where did you hear about us?" question, your answer is recorded as well.

These events never include the names of apps or categories you block, your schedules, your Screen Time activity, or the content of any app.

Crash reports. The app uses Firebase Crashlytics, provided by Google, to receive crash reports. A crash report may include the device model, operating-system version, app version, an installation identifier, and technical details of the app's state at the time of the crash.

Advertising measurement. We use aggregated information about trial starts and purchases to measure the effectiveness of our own advertising campaigns (for example, on Apple Search Ads or Google Ads). BlockMyApps does not use Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA), does not ask for permission to track you across other companies' apps and websites, and does not show third-party ads.

Apple diagnostics. Apple may also provide us with crash reports and aggregated App Store analytics, depending on your device's privacy settings.

Your choice. You can turn off usage analytics and crash reporting at any time in Settings → Privacy & terms → Share anonymous usage analytics. When turned off, the app stops sending this data.

Google's privacy information is available at policies.google.com/privacy, and information on how Firebase handles data at firebase.google.com/support/privacy.

6. Website Information, Analytics and Cookies

Hosting

The website is hosted by Vercel. When you visit blockmyapps.com, Vercel automatically processes standard technical information needed to deliver and protect the website. This can include:

  • IP address;
  • browser and device type;
  • requested pages;
  • timestamps;
  • basic server or security logs.

Vercel Web Analytics (no cookies)

We use Vercel Web Analytics to count visits, see which pages are read, and see which App Store buttons are clicked. It does not set cookies or store anything else on your device, and it does not track you across other websites.

For each page view, it records the page address, the page you came from (referrer), your approximate location (such as country and city, derived from your IP address), your device type, operating system and browser, and the time. To count unique visitors, Vercel uses an anonymous value derived from your request. That value is discarded after 24 hours and is not linked to you, to your IP address, or to your visits on other days. When you click a link to the App Store, we also record which button you clicked (for example, the one in the navigation bar) and the page it was on.

We use this information on the basis of our legitimate interest in understanding how the website is used and improving it. You can object at any time by contacting us.

Google Analytics (only with your consent)

If you accept analytics in our cookie banner, we also use Google Analytics, provided by Google, to understand in more detail how people find and use the website. Google Analytics is not loaded, and no information is sent to Google, unless you accept.

If you accept, Google Analytics sets cookies on your device and collects:

  • the pages you view and their titles;
  • the page you came from;
  • approximate location (such as country and city), which Google derives from your IP address without storing the IP address;
  • device type, operating system, browser, screen size and language;
  • how long you engage with pages;
  • which App Store buttons you click and the link they lead to.

We do not use Google Analytics data from this website for advertising. The advertising-related consent signals are always sent to Google as "denied", and we do not enable Google signals.

Google's privacy information is available at policies.google.com/privacy, and information on how Google uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Cookies and similar technologies

The website stores the following on your device:

  • bma-analytics-consent (local storage, set by us): remembers whether you accepted or declined Google Analytics, and when. It is kept until you change your choice or clear your browser data, and we ask again after 24 months. It is strictly necessary to remember your choice, so it does not require consent.
  • _ga (cookie, Google Analytics, only if you accept): distinguishes visitors. Expires after 2 years.
  • _ga_<ID> (cookie, Google Analytics, only if you accept): keeps track of your session. Expires after 2 years.

Vercel Web Analytics and our hosting do not set cookies.

Your choice and withdrawing consent

You can accept or decline Google Analytics in the banner shown on your first visit; declining is as easy as accepting, and the website works the same either way.

You can change your mind at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw consent, Google Analytics stops sending data straight away and we delete its cookies from your browser. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before you withdrew it.

You can also delete cookies and site data in your browser settings, after which the banner will ask again.

We do not sell website visitor data or use BlockMyApps Screen Time data for website advertising.

7. How We Use Information

We process information only where it is reasonably necessary to:

  • provide BlockMyApps features;
  • apply your blocking schedules and usage limits;
  • manage purchases and premium access;
  • restore purchases;
  • respond to support requests;
  • maintain app security and reliability;
  • diagnose technical problems;
  • understand how the app is used and improve it;
  • measure the effectiveness of our own marketing campaigns;
  • comply with legal obligations;
  • protect our rights and users.

We do not sell your personal information.

We do not use Screen Time information for targeted advertising.

8. Legal Bases for Users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland

Where the GDPR, UK GDPR, or similar law applies, we process personal data under one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Performance of a contract: where processing is needed to provide BlockMyApps or paid features you request.
  • Legitimate interests: where necessary to maintain, secure, support, and improve the app and website, including crash reporting, aggregated usage analytics in the app, and cookie-free website analytics (Vercel Web Analytics), and to measure the effectiveness of our own marketing, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights. You can object at any time by turning off analytics in the app, or by contacting us about website analytics.
  • Consent: where applicable law requires your consent, including Google Analytics on our website (see Section 6), and for certain optional technologies or information you choose to provide, such as answering the optional "Where did you hear about us?" question.
  • Legal obligation: where processing is required to comply with applicable law.

9. When We Share Information

We may share limited information with service providers only when reasonably necessary to operate BlockMyApps.

These may include:

  • Apple, for App Store distribution, purchases, subscriptions, and Apple platform services;
  • RevenueCat, for subscription and entitlement management;
  • Google (Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics), for app analytics, crash reporting, and measuring our own advertising campaigns;
  • Google (Google Analytics), for website analytics, only if you consent;
  • Vercel, for website hosting and cookie-free website analytics;
  • other infrastructure or security providers;
  • professional advisers or authorities where required by law.

Service providers may process information only according to their own legal obligations and, where applicable, our instructions and agreements with them.

We may also disclose information if reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, prevent fraud or abuse, or protect the rights and safety of BlockMyApps, our users, or others.

10. International Data Transfers

Some service providers, including Apple, RevenueCat, Google, and Vercel, may process information in countries other than the country where you live, including the United States.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, we rely on lawful transfer mechanisms provided by the relevant service provider or otherwise required by law.

11. Data Retention

On-device BlockMyApps settings and related information remain on your device until you change them, delete them, or remove the app, subject to normal iOS behavior and backups.

Support communications may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to resolve the request, maintain business records, prevent abuse, or comply with legal requirements.

Subscription information may be retained by Apple, RevenueCat, or us as necessary to manage purchases, accounting, fraud prevention, and legal obligations.

We do not retain personal information longer than reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was processed.

App analytics data (Google Analytics for Firebase) and website analytics data (Google Analytics, if you consent) are retained for up to 14 months, and crash reports in Firebase Crashlytics for up to 90 days, after which they are deleted or aggregated. Vercel Web Analytics discards the anonymous visitor value after 24 hours, and the page-view records it keeps do not identify you.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights including the right to:

  • request access to personal information about you;
  • request correction of inaccurate information;
  • request deletion;
  • object to or restrict certain processing;
  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent (for Google Analytics on the website, use Cookie settings at the bottom of any page);
  • request portability of certain information;
  • lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Because much of BlockMyApps' Screen Time information is processed locally on your device, we may not possess that information and therefore may not be able to access, export, or delete it on your behalf.

You can contact us at support@blockmyapps.com to exercise a privacy right relating to information we hold.

13. California and Other U.S. State Privacy Rights

Where applicable state privacy laws give you additional rights, you may request access, correction, or deletion of personal information and exercise other rights provided by law.

BlockMyApps does not sell personal information and does not share Screen Time information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising applicable privacy rights.

14. Children

BlockMyApps is intended as a personal productivity and screen-time management tool and is not specifically directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us improperly, contact us at support@blockmyapps.com.

If a minor uses BlockMyApps, a parent or guardian should review whether the app and any paid subscription are appropriate for them.

15. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information we process.

However, no software, device, network, or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

One of the main privacy protections in BlockMyApps is data minimization: Screen Time and blocking information is kept on-device wherever the app can function without sending it elsewhere.

16. Third-Party Services and Links

The app and website may contain links to third-party services. Those services are governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

BlockMyApps is not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties that we do not control.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as BlockMyApps changes or as legal requirements evolve.

When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date above and provide additional notice where required by law.

18. Contact

For questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, contact:

BlockMyApps
Operated by: Oleg Tatarciuc
Email: support@blockmyapps.com
Address: Spain