Better Sleep Diary privacy policy

Who we are

Better Sleep Diary is made by SGWNI, an independent app studio. If you have any questions about this policy or your data, email hello@bettersleepdiary.app.

Your sleep diary

Everything you record in Better Sleep Diary stays on your device: bed and wake times, how long you slept, sleep quality, tiredness, night-time awakenings, caffeine, alcohol, meals, exercise, daytime symptoms and any notes you write.

If iCloud is turned on for the app, your diary is also stored in your private iCloud database using Apple's CloudKit, so it syncs across your devices. Apple stores and protects this data under your Apple Account. We don't run any servers for your diary and can't access it.

Anonymous usage information

We use TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service, to understand how the app is used. It receives simple events such as:

• the app being opened and a night being logged
• progress through the welcome screens (only which screen you reached, never the answers you give)
• the Better Sleep Diary Plus screen being shown, whether the App Store could load its prices, which plan was chosen, and whether a purchase went through, was cancelled or failed
• for a purchase, the plan, its price and currency, and the App Store country
• whether a free trial was cancelled, ended or became a paid subscription
• a suggestion to look at Insights being shown, tapped or dismissed
• taps on the other apps recommended in Settings

Alongside these events it receives whether you use the free version, a free trial or Plus, and general technical details, such as device model, iOS version, app version, language, region, time zone and display settings.

These events never include your diary entries, your answers to the welcome questions, your name or your email address. TelemetryDeck replaces your device identifier with an anonymised one before storing anything and doesn't store IP addresses, so we can't identify you or link this information to you.

Purchases

Apple handles all Better Sleep Diary Plus purchases and subscriptions. We never receive your payment details. The app asks Apple whether you have Plus so it can unlock those features. Apple's handling of purchases is covered by Apple's Privacy Policy.

Reminders

Daily reminders are scheduled on your device, and no reminder information is sent to us.

Exports and reports

PDF reports and CSV exports are created on your device. They only go where you choose to send them, for example to your doctor by email or into the Files app.

Emails to us

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message. We use it only to reply to you and delete it when it's no longer needed.

What we don't do

• We don't show ads or use advertising identifiers.
• We don't track you across other apps or websites.
• We don't sell or share your personal information.
• We don't access Apple Health, your location, contacts or photos.

Your choices

• To delete individual nights, swipe them away in History.
• Deleting the app removes the diary stored on your device.
• To stop syncing, turn off iCloud for Better Sleep Diary in the iOS Settings app. To delete your iCloud copy, use iCloud storage settings (Settings → your name → iCloud → Manage Storage).
• If you live in the UK or EU, you have rights under data protection law, including the right to access and delete personal data and to complain to a data protection authority, such as the ICO in the UK. We don't hold your diary, and the analytics can't be linked to you, so in practice we hold no personal data about you unless you've emailed us. Contact us if you'd like any emails deleted.

This website

This website, bettersleepdiary.app, is a set of static pages. It uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page views. That doesn't use cookies, doesn't store your IP address and doesn't identify you. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.

The sleep efficiency calculator runs in your browser and sends nothing anywhere. The online sleep diary keeps your nights only in this browser's storage on your device; we can't see them, and clearing your browser's site data or choosing Clear this diary deletes them. Printouts, PDFs and CSV files are made on your device.

There are no accounts, advertising or other third-party services on this website.

Children

Better Sleep Diary isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

If the way the app handles data changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

hello@bettersleepdiary.app