Effective date: 2026-06-07 Last updated: 2026-06-09
Slotwise (iOS and Android) is built privacy-first: it has no accounts, builds no profile of you on any server, and keeps your family’s information on your device. This policy explains plainly what stays local, the few moments when information leaves your device (and exactly what is — and is not — sent), and the permissions the app uses.
Everything you enter is stored locally in the app’s private storage:
This data stays in the app’s sandbox. We — the developer — never see it.
There are only five situations, all initiated by you:
When you tap Export, Slotwise generates a standard calendar file (.ics) and
hands it to your operating system’s share sheet. You then choose where it goes
— Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, email, etc. Once you send that file to another
app or service, that service’s terms apply to the copy you sent. Slotwise itself
does not transmit the file.
If you use Discover, the app requests public activity and event listings from the Slotwise catalog service. To return relevant results, the app sends the search criteria you are filtering by — which may include a child’s or adult’s age, selected interest categories, a city or postal/ZIP code you type, a search location and radius (from your device location if you allow it — see §3 — otherwise a home address you set), date range, and any search text you type.
Discover can use your device’s location to show activities near you. The app requests the system “while using the app” location permission first; you can allow or decline:
Separately, when you search for a place by name (e.g. to set a venue or your
home), the text you type is sent to your platform’s map service — Apple Maps
(MKLocalSearch) on iOS or Google’s geocoder on Android — to look up matching
places and coordinates, under their privacy terms.
From a Discover listing, tapping Register opens the facility’s own website in your browser or an in-app web view. That site is operated by the facility, not by Slotwise, and its own privacy policy and terms apply.
If Discover has nothing for your area, you can tap “Tell us what’s missing”.
This opens your own email app with a pre-filled draft to slotwise@amoghsa.com
containing the city/postal code and filters you were searching — you review and
send it yourself, and you can edit or delete anything first. The app does not send
email on its own, and the draft includes no names or on-device family data.
To understand how the app is used and where to improve it, Slotwise sends anonymous usage events to Google Firebase Analytics. Aside from the optional location use above (a single fix used in the moment for nearby results, never retained — §3), this is the only ongoing data collection in the app, and you can turn it off in Settings → Privacy → Share anonymous usage data.
| Permission | Used for | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Camera (iOS & Android) | Snapping a flyer/schedule for on-device text recognition (OCR) | Images are processed on your device and never uploaded. |
| Photos | Choosing an existing flyer image for OCR | Uses the system photo picker; the app is not granted access to your photo library. |
| Notifications | Local reminders you set: “registration opens” alerts and “before it starts” reminders for activities and watched events | Local notifications only, scheduled on-device from the device clock — there is no push server and no device token. |
| Run at startup (Android) | Re-arming your local event reminders after a reboot (Android clears scheduled alarms on restart) | No network; only re-schedules reminders you already set. |
| Location (iOS & Android) | Showing activities near you in Discover (optional; “while using the app”) | A single location fix is used to fetch nearby results; not stored or shared. Decline and use a typed city / home address instead. |
Slotwise does not request contacts, microphone, or calendar write access, and location is optional (used only for nearby Discover results, never tracked).
The optional “import from a photo” feature uses Apple Vision (iOS) and Google ML Kit (Android) to read text from an image entirely on your device. The image and the recognized text are not uploaded anywhere; nothing is committed to your plan until you review and confirm it.
Like most apps, Slotwise’s on-device data may be included in your own device backup if you have backups enabled — iCloud Backup on iOS or Google backup on Android. That backup belongs to you and is managed by Apple/Google under their terms; we never receive it. You can disable or exclude app data in your device’s backup settings.
Slotwise is intended for use by adults (parents and caregivers), not by children, and is not directed to children. Although the app helps you plan children’s activities, it has no accounts and builds no profile of anyone — adult or child — on any server. The details you type stay on your device. The only child-related information that ever leaves the device is the anonymous filter values (such as an age number and interest categories) used to fetch public Discover listings, as described above; these are not stored against an identity and do not constitute a child profile. The usage analytics described above measure how the app is used (screens, taps, timings) and do not include children’s names or any child profile.
When you use the optional features above, these providers may process the related request under their own privacy policies:
Slotwise has no advertising SDKs. Its only analytics is the anonymous Firebase Analytics described above, which you can disable in Settings.
Because your data lives on your device, you are in direct control of it: edit or delete anything in the app, reset the app, or uninstall it (see DATA-DELETION.md). Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws such as Canada’s PIPEDA / BC PIPA, the EU/UK GDPR, or California’s CCPA/CPRA. Since we hold no account or profile about you, most such requests are satisfied by managing the data on your own device; for anything else, contact us below.
If a future version adds any feature that sends or stores additional data off the device, we will update this policy and clearly disclose it in the app before that feature is enabled. We will not silently add tracking.
Questions? Email slotwise@amoghsa.com or open an issue in this repository.