Your countdowns are yours. They sit in your own iCloud account and on your own device. We can't see them, we don't have a server that holds them, and there is no account to create.
Days Ahead is made by The Cosy People, a one-person independent studio based in Queensland, Australia. Questions about anything on this page go to alex@appnerd.com.au and are answered by a person.
Nothing that identifies you. Days Ahead has no accounts, no sign-in, no profile, and no analytics or tracking SDK of any kind. We do not build a profile of you, we do not track you across apps or websites, and we do not sell or share data with data brokers or advertisers. There is no advertising in the app.
Everything you create — event names, dates, notes, categories, reminder settings, and any photograph or emoji you attach — is stored on your device and, if you are signed into iCloud, synced through your own private iCloud database so it appears on your other Apple devices.
That data is governed by Apple's privacy policy and by your iCloud settings. It is not transmitted to us, and we have no ability to read it. If you sign out of iCloud or turn sync off, your countdowns stay on the device. Deleting the app removes the local copy; deleting the app's data from iCloud settings removes the synced copy.
If you attach a photograph from your own library, it is copied into the app's storage on your device and synced through your private iCloud database like any other countdown detail. It is never uploaded to us or to anyone else.
If you use the built-in photo suggestions, the words you type into the event name are used to build a search query that is sent to Pexels, the stock photography service, to fetch matching images. Pexels receives the search term and the network request; it does not receive your name, your device identifier, or anything else about you or your other countdowns. See the Pexels privacy policy. Photo suggestions are optional, and the app works completely offline without them.
Purchases are handled by Apple and processed through the App Store. We never see your payment details.
We use RevenueCat to check whether a subscription is active. RevenueCat receives a randomly generated anonymous identifier, your purchase receipt, and basic device and app details (such as the app version, country, and device model). That identifier is not linked to your name, your email address, or your countdowns. See the RevenueCat privacy policy.
Reminders are scheduled and delivered entirely on your device by iOS. Nothing about them leaves your phone, and we cannot send you a notification. You can revoke notification permission at any time in Settings.
When you share a countdown as a link, the countdown's details — its name, date, and the identifier of the stock photograph if you chose one — are encoded into the link itself. Nothing is uploaded, and no copy is kept on any server of ours. Whoever you send the link to can see those details, so treat a shared link the way you would treat a screenshot.
Your own photographs are never included in a shared link. A countdown backed by a photo from your library falls back to a colour gradient when shared. Opening a shared link fetches the stock image directly from Pexels; our site never stores an image.
We do not operate a crash reporting service. If you have turned on Share With App Developers in your iOS privacy settings, Apple may give us anonymised, aggregated crash and performance data through App Store Connect. You control this in Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements.
Days Ahead is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone. As there is no account and no data collection, there is nothing for a child to disclose to us.
Because we hold no personal information about you, there is nothing for us to hand over, correct, or delete on request. Your data is under your control:
If you are in Australia, the Australian Privacy Principles apply to how we handle personal information, and complaints can be raised with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. If you are in the UK, EU, or EEA, the UK GDPR and GDPR give you rights of access, correction, erasure, and portability, which the list above satisfies in practice. If you are in California, we do not sell or share personal information as the CCPA defines those terms.
If this policy changes in a way that affects you, we will update the date at the top and note the change in the app's release notes. Material changes will not be applied retroactively to data already on your device.