Privacy policy

Last updated 17 October 2026

Focus Ring is a calm Pomodoro timer. This page explains what it collects, why, and how to delete it. In short: you can use Focus Ring without an account, and then everything stays on your device. There are no ads, no third-party analytics or tracking, and we don't sell your data.

Without an account

Your timer, sessions, tasks and settings are stored on your device. While the app is open, it asks our server for notices and whether an update is needed. It sends only the platform (iPhone or Android) and the app's version.

When you sign in

You can sign in with Apple, Google, Microsoft or a code sent to your email. We store:

• your email address, once Apple, Google, Microsoft or the code has confirmed it;
• your name, if the sign-in service shares it;
• an account ID, and the ID the sign-in service uses for you, so we recognise you next time;
• for each device you sign in on: a random ID the app makes, the device's name (as set on the device, for example "Sam's iPhone"), whether it's an iPhone or Android, and when it last connected;
• whether your account has Pro, and any Pro you got from a promo code or from us, with its dates.

To send a code, we pass your email address to our email provider. We keep a record of each code request (the address, the time and a scrambled form of the code) to stop abuse. Codes expire after 10 minutes.

Sync (Pro)

Signing in alone keeps your sessions on your device. Sync is off until you turn it on. With sync on, we store and pass between your signed-in devices:

• Your timer history and settings: when each session started, paused, resumed and ended, its kind and length, which task it was for, and the reason you picked if you ended it early (a meeting, a break, distracted, or other).
• Your tasks. Each task's title is encrypted on your device, with a key only your devices hold, before it's sent. We can't read your task titles. We see only what's needed to keep your devices in step: each task's ID, order, status and estimate.
• The task key, sealed: locked with your recovery code, or for a new device you approve. We never have the key itself.

Allowed apps & sites (Android)

If you turn this on, Focus Ring uses Android's Accessibility service. While a focus session is running, it checks which app is on screen and, in Chrome, Samsung Internet, Firefox, Edge and Brave, the address of the page. It uses this only to cover apps and sites you didn't allow with a "Back to focus" screen. This information is checked on your phone and then dropped. It isn't stored, it isn't sent to us, and it isn't shared with anyone. Focus Ring doesn't read what you type or what's on a page. You can turn it off at any time in Android's Accessibility settings.

Your list of allowed apps and sites is kept on that phone only.

Widgets, Live Activities and reminders

The widget, the Android notification and the iPhone Live Activity show your timer. They're drawn on your device from the app's own data, and nothing about them goes through our server. Reminders are scheduled on your device. We don't use push notifications.

What we don't do

• No ads, and no advertising IDs.
• No third-party analytics, crash reporting or tracking, in the app or on this website.
• We don't sell your data or share it for marketing.
• This website sets no cookies. It remembers a light or dark choice in your browser only.

Who else handles your data

• Hostinger rents us the server that runs Focus Ring's service, database and backups. The server is in Germany, in the EU.
• Resend sends the sign-in code emails, so it receives your email address.
• Apple, Google and Microsoft handle signing in with them, under their own privacy policies.
• The App Store and Google Play handle downloads under their own policies.

We may disclose data if the law requires it.

Server logs and security

Our server logs the requests it answers: the time, the address requested, the result and your IP address. These logs are deleted after 14 days. We also keep running counts, such as requests per minute, without any content. We use these only to keep Focus Ring working and to stop abuse, for example by limiting sign-in attempts. All connections use HTTPS, and the database can't be reached from the internet.

How long we keep data

• Your account data, while you have an account.
• Backups: the database is backed up every night on the same server, and each backup is deleted after 14 days. Hostinger also backs up the whole server every week and keeps the two most recent, so a deleted record leaves those within 14 days too.
• Server logs: 14 days.
• Sign-in code records: 30 days.

Deleting your account

In the app: open Settings (in Minimal, the Settings button (the sliders icon) at the top right; in Rich, the Settings tab), then Account → Delete account. This immediately deletes from our database your account, sign-in methods, devices, synced sessions, tasks, task keys and Pro grants. Copies in backups are gone within 14 days. If we've changed something on your account ourselves, for example given it Pro or deleted it at your request, our internal record of that change keeps your email address.

Without the app, email privacy@focus-ring.tech from the address on your account, and we'll delete it within 30 days.

Step by step, with what is deleted and what remains: Delete your account.

Without an account, your data is only on your device. Deleting the app deletes it.

Your choices

You can turn sync off, turn off Allowed apps & sites, sign out or delete your account at any time. To get a copy of your data, or to correct it, email us.

Children

Focus Ring is meant for people aged 13 and over. It isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal data from them. If you think a child has given us personal data, email us and we'll delete it.

Who we are

Focus Ring is developed by Ahmed Elgammal, who is responsible for your data under this policy ("we" on this page).

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top. Questions: privacy@focus-ring.tech.