Privacy Policy
Last updated 22 October 2026
FrugalStreak: No Spend Tracker does not collect personal information. There is no account, no sign-in, no backend, and no data sync of any kind. The app has no way to identify you. It uses three third-party services, each described below: RevenueCat for the optional unlock, TelemetryDeck for anonymous usage statistics, and Kickstart Exchange for a small banner advert shown to free users.
There is no bank connection. FrugalStreak cannot link to a bank, import transactions, or read anything about your actual finances. Its only input is you deciding whether today was a no-spend day. Your logged days, your streak, and your rule never leave your device, and none of the services below receive them. Nothing is used to track you across other companies' apps or websites.
What stays on your device
- Your no-spend days and streak. Every day you log is stored on-device, in a container shared between the app and its Home Screen widget so the widget can read and update your streak without the app opening. These never leave the device.
- Your rule. The single line you write describing what does not count as spending is stored locally and shown back to you. It is never inspected, categorised, or sent anywhere.
- Your streak history and milestones. Finished runs and the badges you have earned are stored locally so your record survives a reset.
- Widget appearance settings. Your chosen accent colour is stored locally and used only to draw the widget.
Anonymous usage statistics
FrugalStreak uses TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service, to learn which parts of the app are used. When something happens in the app, such as launching it, logging or unlogging a day, resetting a streak, reaching a milestone, moving through onboarding, or opening or closing the unlock screen, the app sends the name of that event. Some events carry a short label from a fixed list, such as which screen opened the unlock screen.
Each event also carries general technical details, such as the app version, iOS version, device model, and language and region settings, plus an anonymous identifier that TelemetryDeck hashes before storing, so it cannot be traced back to you or your device. Events never contain your logged days, your streak dates, your rule, or anything you type. TelemetryDeck's privacy policy is at telemetrydeck.com/privacy.
Advertising
Free users see one small banner advert for another app, provided by Kickstart Exchange. Buying the optional unlock removes it. Kickstart Exchange matches apps, not people: it does not track you or your device, and it does not use an advertising identifier.
To show an advert, the app sends Kickstart Exchange app-level details: the app's identity and version, the advertising SDK version, the platform, and the App Store country, so it can suggest apps you are able to install. To confirm the request comes from a genuine App Store copy of FrugalStreak, it also sends a receipt signed by Apple for this app. Kickstart Exchange records which adverts were shown and tapped, keeps those records for about 30 days, and they do not identify you or your device. If you tap an advert, the App Store opens, and anything after that is handled by Apple. Kickstart Exchange's privacy notice is at exchange.kickstart.tools/privacy.
The optional unlock
FrugalStreak offers one optional in-app purchase, which unlocks your full streak history, custom widget colours and logging any earlier day, and removes the banner advert. It is bought once and is not a subscription. The core of the app, which is logging today or yesterday as a no-spend day, your streak count, the calendar and the milestone badges, is free and stays free.
Purchases are handled by Apple's StoreKit and by RevenueCat, the third-party service FrugalStreak uses to validate the purchase and keep it working if you reinstall or move to a new device.
To do that, RevenueCat receives an anonymous, app-specific identifier (not your Apple ID or name) plus transaction data from Apple: product purchased, price, and date. It does not receive your streak, your logged days, your rule, or anything else you enter in the app. RevenueCat's own privacy policy is at revenuecat.com/privacy.
Payment itself is processed entirely by Apple. FrugalStreak never sees your card details, billing address, or Apple ID. That transaction is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy. Purchase terms are set out in our Terms of Use.
What we receive
Nothing that identifies you. We see the anonymous usage statistics described above as totals in TelemetryDeck, and app-level advert figures in Kickstart Exchange. If you download FrugalStreak from the App Store, Apple may share aggregate statistics such as download counts and territory with us as the developer. That data comes from Apple and is not personally identifying. If you email us for support, we receive whatever you put in that email.
Your data, and removing it
Because nothing we receive identifies you, there is no account to close and no personal data held by us to access, correct, export, or delete. Everything the app has saved lives in its container on your device, and deleting the app removes it, including your streak history and any widget data.
Children
FrugalStreak is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If a future version of FrugalStreak changes what it collects or transmits, this policy will be updated before that version ships.
Contact
Questions about this policy: neilbrazil83+apps@gmail.com.