Privacy Policy

Who We Are

This Privacy Policy applies to Fala, including the iOS app, its widgets and this website, operated by bashubb.

The Short Version

• Your breathing sessions, ratings, programs and settings are stored on your iPhone. They are never uploaded to us or to anyone else.
• Fala has no account, no ads, no analytics SDK and no tracking.
• If you turn on Apple Health, Fala writes finished sessions to it as mindful minutes. It never reads your health data.
• If you buy or restore Fala Premium, Apple processes the payment and our subscription provider RevenueCat records the purchase under a random, anonymous ID.

Sessions and Progress

When you finish a session, Fala saves its time, length, technique, the program day if any and, if you choose to give them, your ratings of how you felt before and after. Fala uses this to show today’s breath, your streak, your meadow and your statistics.

All of it is stored in Fala’s private storage on your device. Fala does not send it to a server, cloud service or analytics provider. Deleting the app removes it.

Apple Health

Apple Health is optional and off by default. When you turn it on in Profile, iOS asks for your permission and Fala then saves each finished session as a mindful session (its start and end time) in Apple Health. Fala asks only for permission to write mindful minutes and never reads any data from Apple Health. Health data is not used for advertising or shared with anyone. You can turn it off in Fala or in the Health app at any time.

Reminders

If you set a reminder, Fala schedules it as a local notification on your iPhone. Notifications are created on the device; no notification server is involved.

Widgets, Siri and Live Activities

So that Fala’s widgets can show your meadow, the app keeps a small summary — the number of days you breathed, when you last breathed, your usual session length and the rewards on your meadow — in a storage area on your iPhone shared only with Fala’s own widgets. Shortcuts and Siri open Fala on your device. When you leave a session paused, a Live Activity can show it on the Lock Screen. None of this leaves your device.

Purchases

Fala is free to use with two techniques, today’s breath, your meadow and the First week program. Fala Premium is sold through Apple’s In-App Purchase as a monthly or yearly subscription. Apple processes the payment; Fala never receives your payment card, bank details or Apple Account credentials.

To manage subscriptions, Fala uses RevenueCat (RevenueCat, Inc.). When you open the paywall, buy, renew or restore Premium, the app sends RevenueCat a random app user ID created on your device, your purchase and subscription status (product, price, currency, dates), your App Store storefront and basic device and app information (such as iOS and app version). RevenueCat uses this to confirm whether Premium is active and to give us aggregated subscription reports. It is not linked to your name or email, your sessions or your health data, and it is not used for advertising or tracking.

• Apple Privacy Policy: apple.com/legal/privacy
• RevenueCat Privacy Policy: revenuecat.com/privacy

Update Check

At most twice a day Fala asks Apple’s public App Store lookup service whether a newer version of the app is available, so it can tell you about an update. The request contains only Fala’s app identifier and your App Store country; it contains no account, session or health data, and Apple handles it under its own privacy policy.

Sharing and Ratings

If you choose to recommend Fala, the iOS share sheet sends a link to this website through the app you pick. If you rate Fala, iOS shows Apple’s own rating dialog. Fala does not see whom you share with or what you write.

Analytics, Advertising and Tracking

Fala does not show ads, does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA), does not include analytics or crash-reporting SDKs (RevenueCat, described above, handles only purchases), and does not track you across apps or websites. Fala does not sell personal information.

If you choose to share diagnostics with app developers in iOS Settings, Apple may provide us with anonymous crash reports and performance data. These never contain your sessions or health data.

Website

This website is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may process standard request information (such as IP address, browser type and request time) to deliver and secure the site. The site uses no cookies, analytics or advertising pixels.

GitHub Privacy Statement: GitHub General Privacy Statement

Support Email

If you email us, we use your message and email address only to answer you.

Data Retention

We don’t hold your sessions or an account for you. Everything Fala stores stays on your device until you delete it or remove the app. Mindful minutes saved to Apple Health stay there until you delete them in the Health app. Purchase information is retained by Apple and RevenueCat under their own policies. Support emails are kept only as long as needed to resolve your request.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live — including the EEA, the UK and certain US states such as California — you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to processing of personal data, to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Because Fala has no accounts, there is no Fala account to delete; deleting the app removes its data from your device. Requests: bashubb.dev@gmail.com.

Children

Fala is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Health Notice

Fala is a wellbeing app, not a medical device, and does not diagnose or treat any condition.

Changes

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