Privacy policy

Last updated 8 November 2026

Sunwake is provided by Tim Green. For privacy questions or requests, email hello@timgreen.design.

Your alarms and sounds

Sunwake stores alarm times, labels, repeat days, enabled state, sound choices and snooze settings in its storage on your iPhone. It passes the information needed to schedule and present alarms to Apple's AlarmKit service on your device. The app does not send your alarm records or imported audio to us.

When you import audio from Files, the app saves a private playable copy of up to the first 29 seconds. Your Files provider processes information under its own privacy terms.

Optional location

With your permission, Sunwake requests location while you use the app to estimate local civil dawn and sunrise. It requests accuracy of approximately three kilometres, although iOS may supply a more precise location. Calculations happen on your iPhone.

The app keeps the coordinate and timestamp in memory during the session and may reuse a location provided by iOS that is less than an hour old. It does not write a location history or send coordinates to us. You can change permission in iPhone Settings. Alarms work without location access.

Local storage and backups

The app stores a small amount of setup state locally, such as whether to open your first alarm editor after permission is granted. Your device and Apple account backup settings may include app data in backups, managed by Apple under its own policies.

App Store and diagnostics

If you have chosen to share analytics with app developers in your iPhone settings, Apple provides us with crash reports and aggregated usage information, such as installations and sessions. We cannot identify you from this information. You can change this choice at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements.

If you test pre-release versions of Sunwake through TestFlight, Apple also provides us with information that can include invitation details, device and operating system information, installations, usage, crash reports and feedback you submit. TestFlight shares crash reports with developers automatically. Feedback may include screenshots or other information you choose to provide.

We use this information to investigate problems and improve the app. Apple's processing is governed by its privacy policy and, for testers, the TestFlight terms.

This website

This site is hosted by GitHub Pages. GitHub logs and stores visitor IP addresses for security purposes, including for visitors who are not signed in to GitHub. See GitHub Pages data collection and the GitHub Privacy Statement.

The website code sets no cookies and includes no analytics scripts, advertising trackers or contact forms. Fonts and images are served from the website's own assets. Contact links open your email app.

When you contact us

We receive your email address, message and any attachments you send. We use these to answer your request and investigate issues. Please send only the information needed to describe the problem.

We rely on our legitimate interest in supporting and maintaining Sunwake, balanced against your privacy rights. Support correspondence is kept for as long as needed to resolve the inquiry and handle any related follow-up or legal obligations. You can ask us to delete it.

Our email service and Apple and GitHub services may process information in other countries under their applicable privacy terms. Contact us with questions about information held about you.

Your choices and rights

You can delete alarms in the app and revoke location or alarm permission in Settings. Deleting an alarm cancels its scheduled alert. You can delete unused imported sounds from the Sound picker after confirmation. Choose and save another sound for any alarm using the import before deleting it. Deletion removes Sunwake’s private copy; the original file in Files stays unchanged.

Deleting the app removes its local data from the device. Offloading can preserve that data. Device backups and information held by Apple, your Files provider or email provider are governed by those services and your settings.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to processing of personal information we hold, and to request portability. You can withdraw consent where processing relies on it. Email us to make a request.

You can complain to your local data protection authority. In the UK, contact the Information Commissioner's Office.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page and its date when our data practices change.