Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This Privacy Policy explains how Roosta (“Roosta”, “we”, “us”) handles information in connection with the Roosta mobile application (the “App”) and the website at roosta.app (the “Site”).

For any privacy question, contact privacy@roosta.app.

2. Information we do not collect

Roosta does not require an account. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, or date of birth, and we do not have a login. We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers.

3. Information stored on your device

The App stores the following locally on your device so it can work. This information is not transmitted to us:

• Alarms and schedules — times, repeat days, labels, sound and volume settings, and the wake-up mission you chose for each alarm.
• Mission settings — difficulty, target counts, and any text you enter yourself (for example, a custom phrase for a speaking mission).
• Wake history and progress — whether an alarm was completed, snoozed or missed, and the timestamps used to calculate your streak, statistics and achievements.
• App preferences — such as theme, sound and notification choices.

You can erase all of it at any time by clearing the App’s storage in your device settings, or by uninstalling the App.

4. Device permissions and how each is used

The App requests permissions only for features you use. Denying a permission disables the related mission, not the alarm itself.

Alarms, notifications and full-screen display

Used to schedule alarms with the operating system, to show the ringing screen over the lock screen, and to keep alarms working after a restart. On Android this may include the exact-alarm, full-screen notification, and battery-optimisation exemptions, without which an alarm cannot be relied upon to fire on time.

Camera

Used only by scan missions (for example, finding an object or photographing the sky). Camera frames are analysed on your device, in real time, to decide whether the mission is complete. Frames are never written to storage, never added to your photo library, and never transmitted off the device. We never see them.

Microphone and speech recognition

Used only by speaking missions, and only while such a mission is running. Audio is used to check whether you said the required phrase and is not recorded or stored by the App. Speech recognition is performed by your device’s built-in speech service; where your device supports on-device recognition, the App requests it. If your device falls back to its own network-based recognition service, that processing is governed by your device manufacturer’s or operating system provider’s privacy policy.

Physical activity and motion sensors

Used by movement missions (shaking, walking, squats, push-ups) to count motion while the mission runs. Sensor readings are processed on the device, used to score the mission, and then discarded. Only the outcome — completed or not — is kept.

5. Analytics, advertising and tracking

The App contains no advertising SDKs and no third-party tracking. It does not build an advertising profile and does not use your data for targeted advertising. If we later introduce privacy-preserving product analytics, this policy will be updated before that happens and, where the law requires it, we will ask for your consent first.

6. The website

The Site is a static marketing page. It does not set advertising cookies and does not run third-party tracking scripts. Our hosting provider may keep short-lived server logs (such as IP address and user-agent) for security and reliability, as is standard for any web host.

7. Purchases

If the App offers paid features, payments are processed by Google Play or the applicable app store. We never receive or store your payment card details. Your purchase is governed by the store’s own terms and privacy policy.

8. Children

Roosta is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age of digital consent in your country, where that is higher). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Because the App does not collect personal information at all, there is nothing for us to delete on request — clearing the App’s storage removes everything.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or port your personal data, and to object to its processing (for example under the GDPR or the CCPA). Because Roosta keeps your data on your own device and holds no copy, you exercise those rights directly: view your data in the App, and delete it by clearing the App’s storage or uninstalling. If you believe we hold information about you, contact privacy@roosta.app and we will respond within the time the law allows.

10. Data retention and security

Data lives on your device for as long as the App is installed and is protected by your device’s own security (screen lock, disk encryption, and app sandboxing). Because we do not operate a backend for the App, there is no server-side copy to be breached. Keeping your device updated and locked is the most effective protection.

11. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes materially, we will update the date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you in the App. Continuing to use Roosta after an update means you accept the revised policy.

12. Contact

Questions, requests or complaints: privacy@roosta.app.