Privacy Policy

Last updated 26 October 2026. Applies to Sorry Scroll for iPhone and Android.

Short version: your app usage stays on your phone. We never see which apps you use or what you watch.

Who we are

Sorry Scroll is made by Satak Technologies, a sole proprietorship owned by Syed Asif Sultan, based in India ("we", "us"). This policy covers the Sorry Scroll apps for iPhone and Android and this website. Questions: support@sorryscroll.com.

What stays on your phone

Which apps you block, when the shield appears, your daily step and skip counts, the words you have learned, your move log, and your app usage are stored only on your device. None of this is sent to us or to any service provider. On iPhone, this data sits in a container shared with the app's own Screen Time extensions; Apple's frameworks never give us the names of the apps you block or what you do inside them, and Screen Time totals are drawn by Apple's report extension. On Android, the list of installed apps is read only so you can pick which ones to block, and this data is not included in Android's cloud backup.

Screen Time (iPhone)

On iPhone, Sorry Scroll uses Apple's Screen Time frameworks to place a shield in front of the apps you choose. You can remove its access at any time in Settings › Screen Time.

Usage access and Display over other apps (Android)

On Android, Usage access lets Sorry Scroll see which app is open and for how long, so it can show the shield when you open an app you chose to block, and show your stats and weekly receipts. Display over other apps lets it put the shield on top of that app. Which apps you open and for how long is read on your phone and never leaves it. You can turn either permission off at any time in Settings › Apps › Special app access; the shield stops working until both are on again.

Camera, microphone and audio

Sorry Scroll does not use your camera or microphone. Word pronunciation uses recordings that come with the app, or your phone's own text-to-speech voice when there is no recording. Nothing you hear or say is recorded.

What we store if you create an account

Accounts are optional. If you sign in (with Apple on iPhone, or with Google on Android), we store your Firebase user ID, your email address (on iPhone, possibly the relay address Apple provides; on Android, also your name and profile picture link from your Google account), the goal and languages you picked and a progress number, so you can restore progress on another device. Without an account, nothing about your goal leaves your phone except the purchase information described below.

Purchases

Subscriptions are processed by Apple (on iPhone) or Google Play (on Android). We use RevenueCat to check whether your subscription is active. RevenueCat receives an anonymous app-user identifier and the store's purchase receipt or token; it does not receive your name or email unless you signed in, in which case your user ID links the two.

Usage analytics (apps)

The apps use Firebase Analytics by Google to count how they are used: which onboarding screens are seen, how often the shield appears, steps completed, skips used, and paywall views and purchases. These events carry a random app-install identifier, never your name, email, or which apps you block or open. Google estimates a rough location (country or city) from a masked IP address and does not keep the IP address. They are not used for advertising, and the apps do not use the advertising ID. Deleting your account or using Delete all data starts a new identifier, so earlier events can no longer be tied to you; Google keeps event data for at most 14 months.

Creator links

Some creators share Sorry Scroll with a link like sorryscroll.com/go/name. When you tap one, we add 1 to a daily count for that link and record only the kind of device (Android, iPhone or computer); we don't store your IP address or anything that identifies you. If you then install the Android app from Google Play, the app reads the link's name from Google Play's install referrer once, adds 1 to that link's install count, and, if you subscribe, 1 to its subscription count. These counts contain no identifier. The link's name is also attached to your random app-install identifier in Firebase Analytics and to your anonymous RevenueCat identifier, so we can see which creators bring people who stay. Delete all data in Settings removes the link name from your phone.

Website

This website collects nothing about you unless you join the waitlist (we store the email address and platform you enter, only to tell you when the app is available) or tap a creator link (counted as described above). It uses no advertising or analytics trackers. The site is hosted by Vercel, which receives your IP address to serve the page, as any web host does; all scripts and fonts are served from sorryscroll.com itself.

Service providers

Firebase by Google (optional accounts, progress backup, usage analytics and the waitlist) and RevenueCat (subscription status). Both act on our instructions under their data-processing terms. We do not use advertising SDKs and we do not sell personal data.

Notifications

On iPhone, we send a notification when you tap "Pay my step" on the shield (it opens your step) and one reminder a week about your weekly receipt. On Android, a silent notification shows while the shield is on, because Android requires one for the background service that watches for blocked apps, plus the same weekly reminder. You can turn notifications off in your phone's Settings.

Retention and deletion

Data on your phone is removed when you delete or uninstall the app, clear its storage, or use Delete all data in Settings. Account data is deleted immediately when you delete your account in Settings › Delete account; backups are purged within 30 days. Purchase records kept by Apple, Google Play and RevenueCat stay with them for billing and tax; email support@sorryscroll.com to have the RevenueCat record removed. To remove a waitlist email, write to support@sorryscroll.com.

Your rights

Depending on where you live you may have rights to access, correct, export or delete your data, and to complain to a supervisory authority. Email support@sorryscroll.com and we will respond within 30 days.

Children

Sorry Scroll is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

We will post any changes here and update the date above. Material changes will be announced in the app.