Privacy Policy for Vision
This Privacy Policy explains how Vision collects, uses, stores, and protects your information when you use our mobile app, website, and related services.
Vision is a personal productivity, habit-building, goal-tracking, journaling, routine-management, and digital wellbeing app. Some features help users manage focus and screen time by allowing them to restrict selected apps, app categories, and websites.
By using Vision, you agree to the collection and use of information described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Account Information
When you create or sign in to your Vision account, we may collect:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your Apple or Google account identifier
- Your profile image or avatar, if provided by your sign-in provider or selected in the app
- Authentication/session information needed to keep you signed in
Vision currently supports sign-in with Apple and Google. Vision does not support email/password sign-in.
Productivity and App Data
Vision may collect and store the data you create or generate inside the app, including:
- Routines
- Tasks
- Habits
- Goals
- Journal entries
- Daily progress and performance scores
- Streaks
- XP, ranks, rewards, and medal progress
- App settings and preferences
- Premium or Pro access status
This data is used to provide Vision’s core features, sync your account, restore your data, and personalize your experience.
Journal Data
If you use journaling features, your journal entries may be stored on Vision’s backend servers.
Journal entries can contain personal or sensitive information depending on what you choose to write. You should only enter information you are comfortable storing in Vision.
At this time, journal entries may be stored in plaintext in our database. We protect our systems using security measures, but you should not treat Vision as an encrypted private diary unless we specifically state that end-to-end encryption has been implemented.
Screen Time, Restrictions, and Blocking Data
Vision includes digital wellbeing and restriction features that may use Apple Screen Time-related APIs, including Family Controls, Managed Settings, Device Activity, and Screen Time report extensions.
Depending on how you use these features, Vision may process:
- Selected apps you choose to block or restrict
- Selected app categories you choose to block or restrict
- Selected websites or web domains you choose to block or restrict
- Restriction schedules and settings
- Local usage summaries, such as screen time minutes
Some Screen Time and restriction data is stored locally on your device and in a shared iOS App Group container so that Vision and its extensions can work properly.
Vision may sync selected blocked apps, categories, websites, and restriction settings to our backend if cloud sync for those settings is enabled. This may include app names, package identifiers, website/domain names, and related blocking settings.
Screen Time usage summaries, such as today’s usage minutes or past 7-day usage totals, are processed locally for app functionality and are not currently uploaded to Vision’s backend.
Device and Session Information
When you sign in or use Vision, we may collect technical information such as:
- Device type
- Operating system
- App version
- Client device identifier
- User agent
- IP address
- Approximate location derived from IP address, such as city or country
- Session identifiers
- Login and logout information
We use this information for authentication, security, fraud prevention, debugging, and account protection.
Push Notification Information
If you enable notifications, Vision may collect and store push notification tokens so we can send reminders and app-related notifications.
Notifications may include:
- Habit reminders
- Routine reminders
- Daily progress summaries
- XP or rank updates
- Support conversation replies
- Other app functionality notifications
You can control notifications through your device settings and app settings.
Support Information
If you contact Vision support, we may store your support conversations, messages, and related account information so we can respond and resolve issues.
Payment and Subscription Information
Vision may offer Pro or premium features.
If purchases or subscriptions are enabled, payments are expected to be handled through Apple App Store or Google Play billing systems. Vision does not collect or store your payment card details.
We may store subscription status, Pro access status, trial status if implemented, purchase identifiers, and related entitlement information needed to unlock paid features.
2. Information We Do Not Collect
Vision does not currently collect:
- Contacts
- Calendar data
- Health data
- Precise GPS location
- Dedicated analytics events through Mixpanel, Amplitude, Firebase Analytics, or similar analytics SDKs
- Crash reports through Sentry, Firebase Crashlytics, or similar crash reporting SDKs
- Payment card numbers
- Email/password login credentials
If this changes in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Create and manage your Vision account
- Authenticate you through Apple or Google
- Sync your routines, habits, goals, journals, and settings
- Provide app restrictions, blocking, and digital wellbeing features
- Track your progress, streaks, XP, ranks, and rewards
- Provide Pro or premium access
- Send notifications you enable
- Improve app reliability and security
- Prevent abuse, fraud, and unauthorized access
- Respond to support requests
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal information.
We do not use your Screen Time, journal, blocked app, or productivity data for third-party advertising.
4. Third-Party Services We Use
Vision uses third-party services to provide core functionality.
Apple
We use Apple services for:
- Sign in with Apple
- Apple Screen Time, Family Controls, Managed Settings, and Device Activity APIs
- App Store distribution and payments, if subscriptions or purchases are enabled
Apple may process information according to Apple’s own privacy policies.
We use Google services for:
- Google Sign-In
- Google authentication configuration for Vision
Google may provide Vision with your name, email address, profile image, and account identifier when you sign in with Google.
Vision does not currently use Firebase Analytics or Firebase Crashlytics.
MongoDB Atlas
We use MongoDB Atlas to store backend data such as account data, routines, goals, habits, journal entries, sessions, subscription status, and restriction settings.
Render
We use Render to host Vision’s backend API.
Expo Push Notifications
If push notifications are enabled, Vision may use Expo notification services to deliver notifications to your device.
Apple App Store and Google Play
If payments or subscriptions are enabled, Apple and Google process payment transactions. Vision does not receive your full payment card details.
5. How We Store and Protect Information
Vision uses technical and organizational measures to protect your information.
Authentication tokens are stored locally using secure operating system storage, such as iOS Keychain or Android Keystore through SecureStore.
Refresh tokens stored on our backend are hashed.
Normal app state may be stored locally using app storage such as AsyncStorage or persisted Redux state. This storage may not be encrypted by Vision unless the operating system provides protection.
Some iOS Screen Time and restriction data is stored in a shared App Group container so the main app and extensions can work together.
Although we take security seriously, no system is completely secure. You are responsible for keeping your device and sign-in accounts secure.
6. Data Sharing
We may share limited information with service providers that help operate Vision, such as cloud hosting, database hosting, authentication providers, notification services, and app store payment systems.
We may also disclose information if required to:
- Comply with legal obligations
- Enforce our Terms of Service
- Protect Vision, users, or the public
- Investigate fraud, abuse, or security issues
We do not sell user data.
We do not share journal entries, Screen Time data, blocked app data, or productivity data with data brokers.
7. Data Retention
We keep your information for as long as needed to provide Vision, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Some data, such as expired sessions, may be automatically deleted through database expiration rules.
If you delete your account, Vision is designed to delete your user profile and related data such as habits, goals, journals, sessions, restrictions, and other associated records.
Some limited records may remain temporarily in backups, logs, or systems where immediate deletion is not technically possible.
8. Account Deletion
Vision includes an account deletion process.
When you delete your account, we aim to delete your account and associated data, including:
- User profile
- Sessions
- Habits
- Goals
- Journal entries
- Restriction settings
- Subscription records where applicable
- Push tokens and related account data
You may also contact us at support@thevisionapp.net to request deletion or assistance.
9. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
- Access your personal data
- Correct inaccurate information
- Delete your account or data
- Request a copy of your data
- Object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent where applicable
- Restrict certain data processing
To make a privacy request, contact us at:
support@thevisionapp.net
We may need to verify your identity before completing your request.
10. Children and Minimum Age
Vision is not intended for children under the minimum age required by applicable law.
The official minimum age for Vision is 13+.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from someone below the required age without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete that information.
11. International Users
Vision may be available in multiple countries. Your information may be processed and stored in countries other than where you live, including countries where our service providers operate.
By using Vision, you understand that your information may be transferred and processed outside your country of residence.
12. No Medical, Financial, or Legal Advice
Vision is a productivity and digital wellbeing tool. It is not a medical, psychological, financial, legal, or professional advice service.
Features such as journaling, meditation, finance tracking, productivity scoring, screen time restrictions, and goal tracking are provided for personal organization and self-improvement only.
You are responsible for your own decisions and actions.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
If we make material changes, we may notify you through the app, website, or other reasonable methods.
Your continued use of Vision after the updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means you accept the updated policy.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your data, contact us at:
Email: support@thevisionapp.net
Website: https://thevisionapp.net
Developer: Osakue Marvis