Privacy Policy
Effective date: June 9, 2026
Doomscroll does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data about you. All your blocked apps, screen time history, and settings stay on your device. We do collect anonymous product analytics and crash reports — purely to understand how the app is used and what breaks — so we can keep improving it. No app names, no personal identifiers, just counts and error traces.
What data we collect
On your device: Doomscroll stores your blocked apps, interception history, focus sessions, and settings locally on your device only. This data never leaves your phone.
For product improvement: We collect anonymous, non-identifying product analytics to understand feature usage and improve the app. This includes:
- Events like "user enabled daily limits" or "user completed a focus session" — no app names or identifiers
- Counts like "user has 3 blocked apps" and "user completed focus session for 25 minutes" — aggregated, never tied to individuals
- Crash reports and errors — to catch bugs and fix them fast
What we never send: Your app names, which specific apps you're blocking, your notifications, personal identifiers, device identifiers, or any data that could identify you.
Permissions we ask for and why
Doomscroll requires a few Android permissions to work. Here's exactly what each one is used for:
- Accessibility Service. This lets the app detect when you open a monitored app and show the interception screen. Everything is processed on your device and nothing is stored or transmitted anywhere.
- Usage Access. This lets the app read your screen time data so it can show you how long you've used each app today. This data stays on your device.
- Post Notifications. This is only used to show the focus timer countdown while a session is running. We never send you any remote notifications.
None of these permissions allow us to read your messages, access your contacts, or monitor anything outside of what's described above.
Third-party services
Doomscroll uses two third-party services, purely for product analytics and error tracking:
- PostHog (for product analytics) — collects anonymous events about feature usage so we can see what's working and what needs improvement
- Sentry (for crash reporting) — collects error traces and stack traces to help us find and fix bugs
Both services receive only the data we explicitly send them: event names, counts, and error traces. No personal data, app identifiers, or device identifiers are included. You can read their privacy policies for full details:
There is no advertising, no user tracking, and no other backend infrastructure.
Data storage
All data created by Doomscroll is stored locally in your device's sandboxed storage. That covers your blocked app list, interception events, focus sessions, and settings. Only Doomscroll can access this data, and uninstalling the app permanently deletes all of it.
We have no ability to access, retrieve, or restore this data even if you ask us to, because we never had it.
Children's privacy
Doomscroll is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect any information from children. Since we collect no data from anyone, this applies equally to all users.
Changes to this policy
If we ever change this policy, we will update the effective date at the top of this page and reflect it in an app update. We will never introduce data collection without clearly notifying you first.
Contact
If you have any questions about this policy, you can reach us at hello@doomscroll.club.