Privacy

This covers the Dad Shift and Mom Shift apps, and this website. In short: what you record stays on your phone, unless you switch something on yourself.

Effective October 8, 2026

On your phone by default

The apps keep every log, note, photo and setting in a database on your device. We have no server and no account system, so there is nowhere for it to go. Nothing leaves the phone unless you switch on iCloud sync or the weather yourself.

If you switch on iCloud sync

Your records and photos are copied to your own private iCloud database, under your Apple Account, using Apple's CloudKit. We never see them. Switch sync off and nothing new is sent, but what is already in iCloud stays until you delete it.

When the other phone needs to catch up, Apple's push service wakes it. That push carries no content.

If you share a baby with the other parent

Sharing a baby from Settings shares that baby's records, the money plan included, with the other parent's Apple Account, through iCloud. Your own check-ins and private notes are not shared; they stay yours.

If you switch on the weather

To say what the baby should wear, the app asks Apple Weather for the temperature where you are. It sends an approximate location, never a precise one, and nothing about you or the baby. The reading is kept in memory only. Switch it off in Settings and nothing more is sent.

Siri, Face ID, notifications and photos

• Siri: if you log by voice, Apple processes what you say under Apple's own privacy policy. The app receives only the action to take, such as "log a feed".
• Face ID: the privacy lock uses iOS. The app learns only whether you unlocked, never your face data.
• Notifications: reminders are scheduled on your phone. None are sent from a server.
• Photos: photos you take or pick are stored in the app on your device, and in your iCloud if sync is on.

Purchases

Purchases go through the App Store. Apple handles payment; we receive no card details, name or address.

No analytics, no ads, no tracking

The apps contain no third-party analytics, advertising or tracking libraries. They do not know how you use them, and nothing is sold or shared with advertisers.

Backups and deleting your data

Backup, in Settings, puts every log, note and photo in one file that you keep wherever you choose. Delete all data, in Settings, removes everything from the phone immediately. If you used iCloud sync, you can remove what is in iCloud from your iPhone's Settings, under your name, iCloud, Manage Storage.

Children

The apps are for parents and are not directed to children. The records you keep about your baby stay on your devices and in your own iCloud; we hold no information about you or your child.

Health information

Guidance in the apps is general information drawn from published, dated sources. The apps are not medical devices, do not create a doctor–patient relationship, and clinical decisions rest with your healthcare providers.

This website

This site sets no cookies, runs no analytics and loads nothing from other companies. It is hosted by Cloudflare, which processes visitors' IP addresses to deliver the pages and protect them from attacks. If you email support, we use your address and message only to reply, and keep them only as long as that takes.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is posted here with a new date. A change that sends anything new off your phone will be one you switch on yourself.

Contact

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