Last updated: June 2026
Scrollgoblin is private by design. It runs entirely on your device. It has no servers, no accounts, no sign-up, and no analytics. Nothing you do in Scrollgoblin ever leaves your phone. We do not collect, store, or transmit any personal data.
Scrollgoblin uses Apple's Screen Time APIs (Family Controls, ManagedSettings, and DeviceActivity) to apply the app-usage limits you choose. Apple's API gives Scrollgoblin only opaque, encrypted tokens for the apps you select — it cannot see app names, browsing history, messages, or any content inside your apps.
All of your preferences — the apps you pick, your daily limit, your chosen persona, quiet-hours and morning-block schedules, and your break history — are stored locally in your device's App Group container. This data never leaves your device and is never sent to any Scrollgoblin server (there is no such server). Any iCloud backup of this data is controlled entirely by your own iOS settings, not by Scrollgoblin.
The messages Scrollgoblin shows when it blocks an app are pre-written and bundled inside the app. No message is generated by a cloud service at runtime, and no usage pattern or message selection is ever recorded or transmitted.
Scrollgoblin requests the Family Controls permission solely to apply app shields on your behalf. You can revoke this permission at any time in iOS Settings → Screen Time. Revoking it immediately removes all shields and stops all monitoring.
Scrollgoblin is designed for adults managing their own screen time. It is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone.
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted at this same address with a new "Last updated" date.
Questions about privacy? Email alurivinay@gmail.com.