Privacy Policy

Nightingale Hour is a sleep app. It has no accounts and no sign-in. It never asks who you are, and the little it reports about how the app is used is anonymous.

This policy explains what the app keeps on your iPhone, what it sends to us, and what we never see. It applies to the Nightingale Hour iPhone app (bundle identifier com.nightingalestudios.nightingalehour) and to this website.

Nightingale Hour is operated by Nightingale Studios LLC ("we", "us").

The short version

What the app keeps on your device

• Your name — only the display name you type into Settings, used to greet you. It never leaves the phone.
• Your favorites, listening history and settings — saved tracks, what you played, bedtime reminder, fade-out length and similar preferences.
• Where you drifted off — the last track and position, so it can be resumed.
• Your subscription status — whether Premium is active, as reported by Apple.

Anonymous usage statistics

On first launch the app creates a random install ID. It is not your Apple ID, not your device's advertising identifier, and it is not connected to your name or any contact details. Under that ID the app sends:

• App events — app opened, track started and finished (with how long it played), sleep timer set, favorite added or removed, the Premium screen viewed, a purchase started or completed.
• Technical details — app version, iOS version, device model (for example "iPhone 15"), the region and language set on your device.
• Totals — number of nights and minutes listened, number of favorites, and whether you are on the free or Premium plan.

We use this only to understand which content people listen to and how the app performs. It is stored with our database provider, Supabase, on servers in the United States. It is not used for advertising, not combined with data from other companies, and not sold or shared.

Audio and artwork

Tracks and artwork are streamed from our storage when you open them. Like any web request, the storage service sees your IP address and which file was requested, in order to deliver it. We do not use this to build profiles.

Notifications

If you turn on the bedtime reminder, the app asks iOS for permission and schedules a local reminder on the device itself. No push server is involved. You can switch it off in the app or in iOS Settings.

Purchases

Nightingale Hour Premium is an auto-renewable subscription sold through Apple's In-App Purchase. Payment is handled entirely by Apple. We never see your card, your Apple ID, your billing address or your name. Apple tells us whether a subscription is active, renewed, cancelled or refunded, linked to the anonymous install ID. Apple's handling of your purchase is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.

What we do not do

• No advertising and no advertising identifier (IDFA). The app does not track you across apps or websites.
• No third-party analytics, advertising or attribution SDKs.
• No location, contacts, photos, microphone, camera or health data.
• No selling or sharing of personal information, including as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Children

The app has stories that families may listen to together. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. The statistics described above are anonymous and are not linked to any person.

Your choices

• Change or clear your name and settings at any time in the app's Settings screen.
• Deleting the app removes everything stored on your iPhone and stops all reporting.
• Because the statistics are not linked to you, we cannot tell which records are yours. If you want them removed, write to us and we will help.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with a new "last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent to contact@nightingalehour.com.