Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026 (FocusVille 1.2.0)

The short version: no ads, no account, and no data sold. Your focus data (sessions, statistics and your village) stays on your phone. To improve the app, FocusVille sends anonymous usage events that are not linked to your name, e-mail or Apple ID. Purchases of FocusVille Plus are handled by Apple and RevenueCat.

Who is responsible

Caspar Baumeister, a solo developer based in Germany, is responsible for processing data in connection with FocusVille (controller under the GDPR). Contact details are at the end of this page and in the Impressum.

Data stored only on your device

Your focus sessions, statistics, streaks, village progress, buildings, companions and settings are stored locally on your iPhone. This focus data is never uploaded to us or anyone else. Deleting the app deletes it.

Anonymous usage analytics (PostHog)

FocusVille uses PostHog, a product analytics service by PostHog Inc., hosted in its EU cloud in Frankfurt, Germany. The app sends anonymous usage events so I can see which parts of the app work and where people get stuck. These events are:

• onboarding steps viewed and the answers you choose in the onboarding (for example your focus goal or preferred session length)
• paywall views, the plan you select, and purchases started, completed or not completed
• focus sessions started, completed or abandoned, with their length in minutes
• taps on features such as settings, feedback, restore purchases or the review prompt
• app lifecycle events: app installed, updated, opened or sent to the background
• basic technical context sent with each event: app version, iOS version, device model and language

Events are linked to a random, anonymous identifier created by the app. FocusVille does not send your name, your e-mail address, anything you type, the list of apps you block, your Apple ID, the advertising identifier (IDFA) or your contacts. No person profiles are created, there is no session replay, and no tracking across other apps or websites. Your IP address is not stored; it is only used in transit and discarded. Debug and test builds send no analytics at all.

Legal basis: our legitimate interest in understanding and improving the app in a privacy-friendly way (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Events are kept for 12 months and then deleted. You can object at any time by e-mail (see Contact).

Purchases and FocusVille Plus (RevenueCat and Apple)

FocusVille is free to download. FocusVille Plus is sold as an in-app purchase (a monthly subscription with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase). Payment is handled entirely by Apple through the App Store; FocusVille never sees your payment details. To check whether you have Plus, and whether you bought FocusVille back when it was a paid app, the app uses RevenueCat, a service by RevenueCat Inc. RevenueCat processes an anonymous app user ID, your purchase and subscription status, your purchase history for this app and the receipt data provided by Apple.

Legal basis: performance of the contract for your purchase (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). Purchase records are kept as long as needed to provide your purchase and to meet legal retention duties. RevenueCat Inc. is based in the USA; transfers are covered by the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

Apple processes data for downloads, payments, subscriptions, refunds and optional crash reports shared with developers under its own privacy policy. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings.

Notifications

FocusVille can send local notifications, for example when a focus session finishes. They are scheduled entirely on your device and no data is sent anywhere for them. Notification permission is optional and can be changed at any time in iOS Settings.

Screen Time and app blocking

FocusVille offers an optional feature to block distracting apps during a focus session, built on Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) framework. The apps you choose are represented by opaque tokens: FocusVille cannot see which apps you selected and never receives a list of the apps installed on your device. Screen Time data never leaves your device, and your selection is not included in analytics.

Feedback by e-mail

If you tap "Send feedback" or write to me, your e-mail goes to caspar.baumeister.privat@gmail.com. I then process your e-mail address and whatever you choose to write, only to answer you and improve the app (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The "Wish for a feature" link opens my profile on X (@casparbuilds); X's own privacy policy applies there.

No ads, no data sold

FocusVille shows no ads, contains no advertising SDKs, and no data is ever sold or shared for advertising.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and to object to processing based on legitimate interest. Because analytics are anonymous, I may need the anonymous ID shown in the app or details of your request to find your data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. To exercise your rights, just send me an e-mail.

Children's privacy

FocusVille is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal data from children. The anonymous usage events described above are the same for every user and contain no information that identifies a child.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Caspar Baumeister
caspar.baumeister.privat@gmail.com