Privacy Policy

Burning Parchment does not collect information that identifies you

Everything you create in the app (wake-up time, bedtime, deadlines, reflections and urns) stays on your device. The only things that reach the developer are the anonymous statistics and crash diagnostics described below, and feedback you send yourself.

🔒 Your reflections never leave your device · No ads, no tracking

What you create in the app

The following is stored only on your device (in UserDefaults):

• Wake-up time and bedtime
• Deadlines
• Reflections and urns

This data is shared between the app and its widgets only through App Group storage on your device, and it is deleted when you delete the app.

Anonymous usage statistics

To help improve the app, the following is sent to the developer's iCloud (CloudKit) storage:

• A randomly generated install identifier (UUID)
• App version, platform and OS version, language setting
• Number of launches, days of use, and the names of key feature events

The install identifier has nothing to do with device identifiers (IDFA or IDFV) or your Apple Account, and a new one is created if you delete and reinstall the app.

Crash and hang diagnostics

If the app crashes or freezes, the diagnostic report created by iOS (MetricKit) is sent: the type of problem, the stack trace, the app and OS versions, and the device model. Nothing you have entered in the app, such as your reflections, is included.

Feedback you send

Feedback is sent only when you submit it from the Settings screen. It includes what you wrote along with your device and app version, plus your name and email address only if you enter them yourself to get a reply.

We never collect the following

• Anything you enter in the app, such as reflections or deadlines (unless you write it in feedback yourself)
• Personal details such as your name, email or phone number (unless you enter them in feedback yourself)
• Location
• Contacts or photos
• Device identifiers (IDFA, IDFV and so on)
• Advertising data

We don't share your data

The app uses no advertising networks and no third-party analytics SDKs. The statistics, diagnostics and feedback described above go only to the developer's own iCloud storage. They are never combined with data from other companies or used to track you for advertising.

Apple handles payment

Payment for the one-time Pro purchase is handled by Apple through the App Store. The developer never receives payment details such as your card number or Apple Account. The app only keeps a record on your device of whether you have purchased Pro, so it can unlock Pro features.

Local notifications only

The reminder one hour before bedtime is a local notification scheduled on your device and never passes through an external server. You can change notification permission at any time in iOS Settings.

It only checks how hard you blow

The microphone is used only when you blow on the parchment to put out the fire, 30 minutes before bedtime. The app measures only the strength of your breath on your device, and it never records, saves or sends any sound. You can change microphone permission at any time in iOS Settings.

Children under 14

This app is not directed at children under 14, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

We'll post any changes on this page

If this Privacy Policy changes, we will update its content and the "Last updated" date on this page. For significant changes, we may also let you know in the app's release notes.

Privacy questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at the address below.

📧 leeo@kakao.com

This policy is available in Korean, English and Japanese. If the versions differ, the Korean version prevails.