Privacy Policy

Effective date: 8 October 2026

The short version Timo doesn't have user accounts, doesn't show ads, and doesn't track you. Your city pairs live on your device and, if you use iCloud, in your own iCloud account. The only analytics are anonymous and aggregate. Location, when you ask Timo to detect it, is processed on your device through Apple's frameworks and isn't sent to us.

What Timo stores

The city pairs you create — names, timezones, ordering, and optional group labels — are stored locally on your device using Apple's SwiftData. They are also shared with Timo's Home Screen widget through an App Group on your device. If you're signed in to iCloud, they also sync between your devices through your private iCloud database using Apple's CloudKit. That data lives in your iCloud account under Apple's terms; we can't see or access it. Turn off iCloud for Timo in iOS Settings and they stay on this device only.

Settings

Your preferences — theme, appearance and haptics — are stored on your device. The theme you pick is also shared with Timo's widget through the same on-device App Group.

Location

Timo asks for "When In Use" location only when you tap Use my current location while adding a city pair. The coordinates are passed to Apple's MapKit for reverse geocoding (turning the coordinates into a city name and timezone), and the result is stored locally as part of your city pair. Timo does not log, transmit, or retain your raw location anywhere off-device. You can revoke location access at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Timo.

City search

When you type a city name to add a pair, the search query is handled by Apple's MKLocalSearchCompleter. The query goes to Apple under their privacy terms; Timo does not see, store, or share what you searched for.

In-app purchases

Timo offers optional, non-consumable in-app purchases collectively called Buy me a coffee — a tip jar with three coffee tiers (Espresso, Cappuccino, Flat White). Purchases are handled entirely by Apple's StoreKit. The app receives a confirmation from Apple that a purchase was made (so it can say thank you and unlock themes), but we do not receive your name, email, payment details, or any other personally identifying information.

What changes after a purchase

Any tip unlocks Timo's five extra themes — Monochrome, Aurora, Ocean, Sunset and Forest — as a thank-you. Clocks, widgets, the converter and every other feature work the same with or without a tip, and the Classic theme is always free. Restore Purchases is available inside the Support Timo screen.

Analytics, ads, and third parties

Timo ships without any advertising SDK, crash-reporting SDK, or third-party trackers. We do not sell, rent, or share data.

Both the iOS app and this website (trytimo.com) use TelemetryDeck for privacy-respecting, anonymous analytics. We use it to understand which features are used and how people get on with the app — for example, how many pairs people add, whether the widget gets adopted, or how often groups are used. TelemetryDeck does not use cookies, does not store IP addresses, and does not build user profiles. Each signal is hashed on-device into a non-reversible identifier so the same device looks consistent across signals without ever revealing who that device belongs to. No personal data — names, emails, locations, or city pair contents — is ever sent to TelemetryDeck or to us.

Children

Timo is a general-audience utility. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.

Your rights

Because Timo doesn't collect or hold personal data on our servers, there's nothing to request, correct, or delete server-side. Anything Timo stores lives on your device, and in your own iCloud account if sync is on. Uninstalling the app removes the copy on your device; you can delete the iCloud copy in iOS Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage.

Contact

Questions, ideas, complaints? Email hello@trytimo.com.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change how Timo handles data, we'll update this page and bump the effective date above. Material changes will also be mentioned in an in-app update note.