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Privacy Policy

OffBuddy helps you keep track of work and clock-out time. Personal records stay on your device, and you decide which optional permissions to use.

Last updated: September 27, 2026
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Stored on your device

No OffBuddy account or cloud sync is required.

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Weather is optional

The timer and calendar work without local weather.

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You choose what to share

Files are created only when you export them.

Information stored by OffBuddy

To provide the timer, coin pouch, calendar, and achievement features, OffBuddy stores on your device the work hours, workdays, monthly salary, reminder and launch preferences you enter, plus each timer session’s start, planned end, actual end, status, and achievement progress. Salary and time-value amounts are personal estimates based on your entries.

OffBuddy does not require an account and has no OffBuddy cloud sync, in-app advertising, or cross-app tracking profile.

Local weather and location

Local weather is optional. iOS provides the location needed for local conditions only after you enable weather and grant permission. OffBuddy does not save location coordinates or location history and does not track you in the background. Current weather is provided through Apple WeatherKit; Apple’s handling of its service data is governed by Apple’s own terms and privacy policy.

You can turn weather off in OffBuddy or revoke location permission in iOS Settings.

Reminders and opening other apps

Clock-out reminders use iOS notification or alarm capabilities, with permissions controlled by you. If you choose Feishu, a custom app link, or a Shortcut, OffBuddy will try to open it as configured. It does not read the other app’s attendance status, clock in for you, or submit your OffBuddy timer records to that app.

What exported files contain

  • The calendar CSV includes dates, start time, planned and actual clock-out times, work duration, status, and time zone. It does not include salary or earnings.
  • The coin pouch JSON includes the salary-derived hourly rate, earnings estimates, and record times.
  • Files are created only when you export them. iOS and the app you choose handle the file afterward. Review the file and recipient before sharing.

Retention, backups, and deletion

OffBuddy has no separate server copy; work records stay in the app on your device. Device backup, migration, and recovery depend on your Apple device settings and Apple services. Resetting the coin pouch changes its accumulation start point but does not delete calendar records. Export anything you want to keep before uninstalling OffBuddy.

Your privacy choices

  • Leave local weather off or decline location access; the timer and calendar remain available.
  • Manage OffBuddy’s location and notification permissions in iOS Settings, and change preferences such as auto-start in the app.
  • Export is initiated by you. If you do not share a file, the export is not handed to another app.

Both the App Store Connect Privacy Policy URL and User Privacy Choices URL point to this page. For questions, see Help & Support. A public support email has not yet been published.

Policy updates

If OffBuddy’s data practices change, we will update this page and its date. This policy currently applies to OffBuddy 1.0.