Privacy Policy

Who We Are

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

The Short Version

• Your recordings, imported sounds and alarms are stored on your iPhone. They are never uploaded to us or to anyone else.
• Ringbox has no account, no ads, no analytics SDK and no tracking.
• If you buy or restore Ringbox Plus, Apple and RevenueCat process purchase information to confirm it.

Recordings and Sounds

When you record a sound, Ringbox uses your iPhone’s microphone only while you are recording. When you import a sound, Ringbox reads only the audio file you choose in Files.

The recording or file, the part you keep, its name and any fades or volume settings are stored in Ringbox’s private storage on your device so the alarm can play it and you can edit it later. Ringbox does not upload, transcribe or analyze your audio, and does not send it to a server, cloud service or analytics provider. Deleting a sound in Ringbox removes it from the app’s storage.

Alarms

Alarms you create — time, name, repeat days, emoji, color, snooze and sound — are stored on your device and scheduled with Apple’s AlarmKit, so iOS can ring them on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and through Silent Mode and Focus. Ringbox asks for alarm permission once for this purpose.

Timers and Widgets

Timers you start and your recent timers are stored on your device and scheduled with AlarmKit like alarms. So that Ringbox’s widgets can show your next alarm and last timer, the app keeps a small copy of those details — time, name, emoji and color — in a storage area on your iPhone shared only with Ringbox’s own widget. It never leaves your device.

Purchases

Ringbox is free to use with unlimited alarms and one custom sound. Ringbox Plus is sold through Apple’s In-App Purchase as a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Apple processes the payment; Ringbox never receives your payment card, bank details or Apple Account credentials.

Ringbox uses RevenueCat to validate purchases, restore them and know whether Plus is active. RevenueCat may receive purchase history, an anonymous app-generated customer identifier and technical information such as app version, device model, operating system, locale and currency. RevenueCat may also provide aggregate purchase analytics such as revenue and conversion reports. RevenueCat never receives your recordings, sounds or alarms.

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

Update Check

To tell you when a new version is available, Ringbox occasionally asks the public App Store lookup service which version is current, using only the app’s identifier. This request contains no information about you, your sounds or your alarms.

Analytics, Advertising and Tracking

Ringbox does not show ads, does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA), does not include analytics or crash-reporting SDKs, and does not track you across apps or websites. Ringbox 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 recordings.

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. We never need your recordings to help — please don’t attach audio you want to keep private.

Data Retention

We don’t hold your recordings, alarms or an account for you. Everything Ringbox stores stays on your device until you delete it or remove the app. Purchase information is retained by Apple and RevenueCat as long as necessary to provide purchases, restore them, prevent fraud and meet legal obligations, 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 Ringbox has no accounts, there is no Ringbox account to delete; deleting the app removes its data from your device. Requests: bashubb.dev@gmail.com.

Children

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

Changes

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