Your data stays
on your phone.
Bold Choice has no backend, no account, and no idea who you are. This page explains exactly what that means.
Last updated: June 2025
Bold Choice does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data. Everything the app knows about your usage lives on your device and nowhere else.
No data is ever sent to any server. There is no server.
What Bold Choice accesses
Bold Choice uses Apple's DeviceActivity framework — part of Screen Time — to read usage data for the apps and categories you explicitly select. This data is read on-device only.
The app accesses:
- Screen time data for apps and categories you have chosen to monitor
- Notification delivery (local only — no push tokens, no server)
- App group shared storage for communication between the app and its extensions
What Bold Choice does not do
To be direct about it:
- Does not collect your name, email, or any identifying information
- Does not have a backend or cloud service of any kind
- Does not transmit data off your device — ever
- Does not track you across apps or websites
- Does not run ads or share data with ad networks
- Does not require an account or sign-in
- Does not use analytics SDKs or crash reporting services
Apple's Screen Time framework
Usage data is accessed through Apple's DeviceActivity framework. This framework is designed by Apple to keep screen time data private by default. Apps using it cannot read raw usage data — they can only set monitors and receive callbacks when thresholds are crossed.
Bold Choice stores a summary of your usage (roast count, daily totals, last roast time) in a local App Group container shared between the app and its notification extension. This data never leaves your device.
Notifications
Bold Choice delivers notifications locally — they are scheduled on your device and triggered by the Screen Time framework. There are no push notifications. There is no notification server. No device token is registered anywhere.
Children's privacy
Bold Choice does not collect any data from any user, including users under 13. There is nothing to collect.
Changes to this policy
If Bold Choice ever changes in a way that affects privacy, this page will be updated. The app will never collect personal data without explicit, meaningful consent.
Contact
If you have questions about privacy in Bold Choice, you can reach out via the App Store support link on the app's product page.