Sober CounterPrivacy
Who is responsible
Sober Counter and this website are run by Cristian Cojocaru, an independent developer in the United Kingdom, who is responsible for any personal data covered by this policy. You can reach him at support@sobercounter.app.
The app, in short
Everything you enter in Sober Counter stays on your phone. There is no account and no sign-in, no analytics, no ads and no trackers. We never receive your count, your drinks, your notes, your check-ins or anything else you write in the app.
What stays on your phone
Your start date and goal, the days you mark, what and how much you used to drink and what it cost, your reasons, your note to yourself, your daily check-ins (mood, cravings and notes), the cravings you rode out, your reminder settings and your choice of theme and language. All of it is saved only in the app's own storage on your device.
The home screen widgets read a copy of your count from storage that only Sober Counter and its widgets can open, on the same phone. Reminders are scheduled on your phone by iOS itself, so no server sends them. The Face ID lock uses Apple's own check: the app is only told whether it succeeded and never sees your face or fingerprint. The app reads your phone's region setting to suggest helplines and a currency, on the phone.
Because nothing leaves your phone, we cannot recover it for you. Settings > Export my data gives you a copy you can keep, and Settings > Delete all data erases it from the app.
Purchases
Sober Counter Pro is sold through the App Store and Google Play. Apple or Google handles the payment, and we never see your name, your Apple ID or Google account, or your card details.
To check which purchases you own and unlock Pro, the app uses RevenueCat, Inc., a service that processes purchases for app developers. When the app starts, it connects to RevenueCat with a random identifier that RevenueCat creates on your phone, which is not tied to your name or email. RevenueCat receives that identifier and your App Store or Google Play purchase history, and, like any internet service, sees the IP address of the connection. It does not receive anything you enter in the app. RevenueCat uses this to validate purchases and prevent fraud, and to show us anonymous sales figures. Its own policy is at revenuecat.com/privacy.
We rely on this to provide what you bought (UK GDPR, performance of a contract). If you would like your purchase record removed from RevenueCat, email us and we will ask RevenueCat to delete it.
Links you open
When you call a helpline, text someone, read a source or open our website from the app, your phone opens that link or number in the usual way, and the service you reach handles it under its own terms.
This website
This site sets no cookies and has no advertising or cross-site trackers. Every file it uses, including its fonts, is served from sobercounter.app itself.
The site is hosted by Vercel, which keeps standard server logs such as IP addresses and request times to run and protect the service. We do not use those logs to identify or follow anyone.
To see which pages are read, the site uses Vercel Web Analytics, which counts visits without cookies. For each page view it records the page, the site that linked to it, the country and region, and the type of device, operating system and browser. Vercel tells repeat views apart with a code made from the request, not stored on your device and discarded after 24 hours, and we only see totals, never individual visitors. We rely on our legitimate interest in knowing which pages are useful (UK GDPR). Vercel's description is at vercel.com/docs/analytics/privacy-policy.
The sober days calculator
The calculator runs entirely in your browser. What you enter is kept only in the part of the page's link after the # sign, which browsers never send to a server, and in your browser's local storage, so the page can open with your count next time. It is never sent to us or anyone else.
Delete your data
Sober Counter has no accounts, so there are two things to delete:
- Everything you entered in the app (your days, check-ins, notes, cravings and settings): open Sober Counter, go to Settings and tap Delete all data. It is erased from your phone straight away. Deleting the app erases it too. We never had a copy.
- Your purchase record (the random identifier and purchase history held by RevenueCat): email support@sobercounter.app with "Delete my data" and the order number from your App Store or Google Play receipt, which is how we find the record, since it has no name attached. We will have RevenueCat delete it within 30 days and reply when it is done.
What is kept: Apple and Google keep their own record of your payment under their own policies, which we cannot delete. If you still own Pro, Restore purchases in the app will find it again.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR you can ask what personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, and complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk). Since the app keeps your entries on your phone, the only personal data we can act on is the purchase record described above.
Age
Sober Counter is meant for adults. It is not intended for anyone under 18.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.