Rewardly
Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 19, 2026
The short version
- There is no Rewardly account. Your habits, points, rewards, notes and photos are stored on your phone.
- We collect anonymous usage statistics (which features are used, never what you type) to improve the app.
- Two features send data off your phone, and both are off until you turn them on: iCloud sync (to your own iCloud) and habit buddies (to our server, only the habits you choose to share).
- We don't show ads, we don't sell data, and we don't track you across other apps or websites.
Who we are
Rewardly ("the app") is a habit tracker for iPhone and Android, made by an independent developer based in France. In this policy, "we" and "us" means the Rewardly developer. You can reach us at rewardlyhabit@gmail.com.
What stays on your phone
Your habits and their history, points, rewards (including their photos), notes and photos on check-ins, tasks and settings are stored locally on your device. We cannot see them. Home screen widgets read the same data on your device.
Habit reminders are scheduled locally on your device and are not sent through any server.
Photos you add to check-ins are resized on your device, which also removes their location and camera metadata. No photo, on a check-in or a reward, is ever uploaded by the app.
Backup and restore (a Pro feature) creates a file on your device that you choose where to save or share. The app does not upload it anywhere. The backup includes reward photos but not check-in photos.
Anonymous usage statistics
We use PostHog, hosted in the European Union, to understand how the app is used. It receives events such as "app opened", "habit created", "habit checked in" or "reward unlocked", with details like the habit's schedule and difficulty, the streak, the points of a drop, the point price of a reward, your time zone and whether you have Pro.
- We never send anything you type: no habit names, reward names, notes or photos.
- Events are tied to a random identifier created by the app, not to your name, email, Apple ID or Google account.
- PostHog derives an approximate location (such as country or city) from your IP address. It does not receive your precise location.
We use this only to improve Rewardly. We don't use it for advertising, and we don't share it with anyone else.
Subscriptions
Rewardly Pro is purchased through the App Store or Google Play. Payment details are handled by Apple or Google and are never accessible to us. We use RevenueCat to check whether you have Pro. RevenueCat uses an anonymous identifier and your purchase receipts; we don't send it your name or email.
iCloud sync (optional, iPhone only)
If you turn on iCloud sync (a Pro feature, off by default), the app saves a copy of your data to your own private iCloud account, so your devices stay in step. This copy includes your habits and their history, notes, rewards, points and settings, and the name of the device that last synced. Photos themselves are not synced. The copy is stored by Apple under Apple's privacy policy; we cannot read it.
Habit buddies (optional, off by default)
Habit buddies lets you share chosen habits with people you know. It is the only feature that sends your habit data to our server, and nothing is sent until you turn it on.
What we create when you turn it on
An account holding a display name you choose (up to 20 characters) and a random 8-character friend code. We don't ask for an email address, a phone number or access to your contacts, and there is no third-party login.
What is sent while it is on
Only for the habits you switch on for sharing:
- the habit's name, icon, color and how often it repeats
- your current streak, and the dates you checked in (up to the last 26 weeks) with how many times per day
- the rarity of each check-in's point drop
- notes you write on check-ins from the last two weeks, unless you mark a note private
Also: the total points you have earned, your app language (so notifications are in your language), and a notification token if you allow notifications. If you choose to share a specific reward's redemptions, the reward's name and the date you redeemed it are sent too; this is off for every reward unless you turn it on.
What is never sent
Habits you haven't shared, habit descriptions, notes you mark private, your photos, reward prices and photos, your location, your contacts, and any identifier of your device or Apple or Google account.
Who can see it
Only people you have added as friends, where both of you accepted. There are no public profiles, no search by name and no way for a stranger to find you. Friends can't message you; they can only send a cheer.
Notifications about friends
When someone sends you a friend request, accepts yours, or cheers one of your habits, our server sends a notification through Expo's push service, which delivers it through Apple (on iPhone) or Google (on Android). The notification shows the friend's display name and, for a cheer, the habit's name. We never notify you about a friend's own check-ins.
How long we keep it
| Data | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Feed activity and cheers | 17 days |
| Shared check-in dates and notes | Replaced each time the app syncs, so only the recent window above is held |
| Daily summaries used for streaks | About 13 months |
| Notification tokens | Deleted after 90 days without use |
| A habit you stop sharing | Removed immediately; its feed activity is removed within a day |
| Your account | Until you turn habit buddies off |
Turning habit buddies off in Settings > Friends ("Turn off and delete my data") deletes your account and everything linked to it from our server.
Reports and blocking
If you report someone, we store a copy of what they shared at that moment (display name, shared habit names and notes, shared reward names) and the two accounts involved, so we can review it and act on repeated abuse. Reports are kept after accounts are deleted, for that purpose. Reporting someone also blocks them. A block stores only the two accounts and the date.
Where it runs
Our server runs in the European Union. Like most web servers, it keeps short-lived technical logs that include IP addresses, used only to keep the service working and secure.
Permissions
- Notifications: for your habit reminders, and for friend notifications if you use habit buddies.
- Camera and photo library: only when you add a photo to a reward or a check-in.
Rewardly does not ask for your location, your contacts, or permission to track you across apps.
Your choices and rights
- Everything on your phone is deleted when you delete the app. iCloud data can be removed in your iPhone's iCloud settings.
- You can turn iCloud sync and habit buddies off at any time. Turning habit buddies off deletes your data from our server.
- If you live in the EU, UK or a region with similar laws, you have the right to access, correct or delete personal data we hold about you, and to complain to a data protection authority. Since we don't know who you are from analytics alone, email us with your friend code if your request concerns habit buddies.
Children
Rewardly is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal data from them.
Changes
If we change how the app handles data, we'll update this page and the date at the top.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email rewardlyhabit@gmail.com.