Privacy Policy

At Pixel Fox Studios, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile applications and services. It applies to all Pixel Fox Studios apps, including Daily Bread, Flare, Steps: Pocket Pedometer, and Steps: Pocket Pedometer Free.

Steps: Pocket Pedometer and Steps: Pocket Pedometer Free are iPhone apps that use Apple Health data to show your step history. No account is required.

Apple Health & On-Device Data

With your permission, Steps reads your step-count history from Apple Health. Your step totals, dates, goals, and health-derived summaries stay on your device and are never transmitted to Pixel Fox Studios or any third party. In particular, this Health data is never shared with Google or RevenueCat, never used for advertising, and never sold. You can revoke Health access at any time in the Health app or iOS Settings.

Paid Steps

The paid Steps app does not include advertising or RevenueCat. It stores your goal and display preferences locally and does not collect analytics, usage data, or crash reports on our behalf.

Steps Free Advertising

Steps Free displays non-personalized contextual banner advertisements through Google Mobile Ads after any legally required consent flow. It does not request App Tracking Transparency permission or access the IDFA. Google may process coarse location, device identifiers, product interaction, advertising data, crash data, and performance data to provide ads, analytics, app functionality, fraud prevention, and service reliability. We configure the app not to use this data for cross-app tracking or personalized advertising.

Remove Ads Purchase

Steps Free offers an optional, one-time Remove Ads purchase. Apple processes the payment. RevenueCat receives an anonymous purchase record and entitlement status so the app can unlock and restore ad removal; it does not receive your Health data, step totals, name, email address, or payment-card information.

Personal Information

• Name and email address (when you contact us for support)
• Device information and usage analytics (anonymized)
• App preferences and settings

Automatically Collected Information

• Device type and operating system version
• App version and usage statistics
• Crash reports and error logs (anonymized)

Daily Bread collects minimal, anonymous data to improve your experience. We are committed to privacy-first analytics and do not track users across apps or websites.

Usage Analytics (Anonymous)

We collect information about how you use the app, including which verse categories you view, which features you use, and how you navigate the app. This data is collected anonymously through Aptabase, a privacy-focused analytics service. We are in the process of migrating our analytics from TelemetryDeck to Aptabase, and you may see data processed by either service during this transition. We cannot identify individual users from this data.

• Bible verse interactions (view, favorite, share)
• Category preferences and selections
• Feature usage patterns
• Screen navigation patterns
• Button tap events

Performance Data (Anonymous)

We collect crash reports and performance metrics to maintain app stability. This includes app launch times, error logs, and technical diagnostics. Crash and error reporting is handled through Sentry, an error-tracking and performance monitoring service. All performance data is anonymized and not linked to your identity.

• Crash logs (anonymized)
• App launch and load times
• API response times
• Error types and frequencies
• Memory and battery usage patterns
• Network connectivity status

Subscription Information

If you purchase a Daily Bread subscription, we process your subscription status through RevenueCat to provide you with premium features. This includes your subscription type, purchase date, and expiration date. This data is necessary to provide you with the service you purchased.

• Subscription status (active, trial, expired)
• Subscription type (weekly, monthly, annual)
• Purchase dates and expiration dates
• Restoration of purchases across devices

What We Do NOT Collect

• Names, email addresses, or phone numbers
• Precise location data
• Identifiers that track you across apps or websites
• Advertising identifiers (IDFA)
• Personal information beyond what's needed for subscriptions

Flare helps you log digestive symptoms and meals. Because it works with sensitive health information, we hold it to the strictest privacy standard: your health data stays on your device and in your own private iCloud account, and is never sent to us.

Health Data

With your permission, Flare can read sleep, activity, and hydration data from Apple Health, and write your symptom logs back to Apple Health. Your health data stays on your device and — only if you enable iCloud sync — in your own private iCloud account, which we cannot access. Health data is never transmitted to Pixel Fox Studios or any third party, never included in analytics or crash reports, never used for advertising, and never sold or shared. You control Apple Health access through the system permission prompts and can revoke it at any time in the Health app or iOS Settings.

Photos

Meal photos you attach in Flare are stored only on your device and are never synced to iCloud or transmitted anywhere.

On-Device Storage

Your entries (food, symptoms, notes, and custom symptoms) are stored locally on your device. If you turn on iCloud sync, they sync through your own private iCloud database that we cannot read.

We use the collected information to:

• Improve the app: Understand which features are most valuable to our users
• Fix bugs: Identify and resolve technical issues quickly
• Provide subscriptions: Manage your premium access and ensure you receive the features you paid for
• Enhance performance: Optimize app speed, reliability, and battery efficiency
• Respond to support: Address questions and technical issues

What We Do NOT Do

• Track users across apps or websites
• Sell user data to third parties
• Use Health data or step-count information for advertising purposes
• Personalize Steps Free advertisements
• Share data beyond what's disclosed in this policy

Our apps use the following third-party services to provide functionality, analytics, purchases, and — in Steps Free only — contextual advertising. The services used vary by app. Health data is never shared with any of them.

Aptabase (Analytics)

• Purpose: Privacy-first, anonymous product analytics
• Data Shared: Anonymous usage statistics (no device identifiers, cookies, or fingerprinting)
• Privacy Policy: https://aptabase.com/legal/privacy
• Location: United States (data stored in US data centers)
• GDPR Compliant: Yes

Sentry (Crash & Error Reporting)

• Purpose: Crash reporting, error tracking, and performance monitoring
• Data Shared: Anonymized crash logs, error reports, and technical diagnostics
• Privacy Policy: https://sentry.io/privacy/
• Location: United States
• GDPR Compliant: Yes

TelemetryDeck (Analytics — being phased out)

• Purpose: Privacy-focused analytics and performance monitoring (being replaced by Aptabase)
• Data Shared: Anonymous usage statistics, performance metrics
• Privacy Policy: https://telemetrydeck.com/privacy/
• Location: EU-based (data stored in European Union)
• GDPR Compliant: Yes

RevenueCat (Purchase Management)

• Purpose: Process and manage subscriptions and in-app purchases
• Data Shared: Purchase history, subscription status
• Privacy Policy: https://www.revenuecat.com/privacy/
• GDPR Compliant: Yes

Google Mobile Ads & User Messaging Platform (Steps Free Only)

• Purpose: Display non-personalized contextual banner ads, manage regional consent, prevent fraud, and maintain service reliability
• Data Shared: Coarse location, device identifiers, product interaction, advertising data, crash data, and performance data; never Apple Health or step-count data
• Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Apple (Payment Processing)

• Purpose: Process subscription payments through App Store
• Data Shared: Payment information (handled entirely by Apple)
• Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/

We retain different types of data for different periods:

• Analytics data: Retained for 13 months, then automatically deleted
• Subscription data: Retained for the duration of your subscription plus 7 years (legal requirement for financial records)
• User preferences: Synced via iCloud, retained as long as you use the app
• Crash reports: Retained for 90 days, then automatically deleted

You can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting hello@pixelfoxstudio.com

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties except in the following circumstances:

• With your explicit consent
• To comply with legal obligations
• To protect our rights and the safety of our users
• With service providers who assist in app functionality (Aptabase, Sentry, TelemetryDeck, RevenueCat, Apple, and Google Mobile Ads) as described above

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information:

• Encryption in transit: All data transmitted uses HTTPS/TLS encryption
• Encryption at rest: Sensitive data is encrypted in storage
• Anonymization: Analytics data is anonymized before transmission
• Regular audits: We regularly review our security practices

However, no internet-based service can be 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

You have the right to:

• Access: Request access to your subscription data
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate information
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
• Opt-out: Opt out of analytics (contact us for instructions)
• Portability: Receive a copy of your data in a portable format

For EU Users (GDPR Rights)

If you are located in the European Union, you have additional rights:

• Right to object to data processing
• Right to restrict processing
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Legal Basis for Processing

• Analytics data: Legitimate interest (improving app functionality and user experience)
• Subscription data: Contract performance (necessary to provide purchased service)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@pixelfoxstudio.com

Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own:

• Aptabase: Data processed in the United States (GDPR compliant)
• Sentry: Data processed in the United States (GDPR compliant)
• TelemetryDeck: Data processed and stored in the European Union (being phased out)
• RevenueCat: Data processed in the United States (GDPR compliant)
• Google Mobile Ads: Data processed through Google's global infrastructure under its published privacy terms
• Apple: Data processed per Apple's global infrastructure

We ensure that such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and implement appropriate safeguards to protect your information.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

For material changes that affect how we use your data, we will notify you through the app or via email if you have subscribed.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:

• Email: hello@pixelfoxstudio.com
• Address: New York City, New York, United States

For privacy-specific inquiries: Please include "Privacy Request" in your email subject line for faster processing.

We aim to respond to all privacy requests within 30 days.