Privacy

Almost nothing to say.

Nothing was built to respect your attention. Your privacy follows the same idea.

Last updated · June 10, 2026

Effective date: June 10, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how the Nothing app ("Nothing", "the app", "we", "us") handles your information. Nothing is developed and operated by Anton Lev.

If you have any questions, contact us at hi@trynothing.app.

The short version

Nothing is a calm, single-purpose app for doing nothing. We built it to respect your attention — and your privacy follows the same idea.

  • No accounts. No sign-up. You never give us your name, email, or password.
  • Your sessions stay on your device. Your timer history, sessions, and settings are stored locally on your iPhone, not on our servers.
  • We never see which apps you block. App blocking uses Apple's Screen Time framework, which runs entirely on your device. We have no access to it.
  • We use privacy-friendly analytics to understand how the app is used, in aggregate and without identifying you personally.
  • We do not sell your data, show ads, or track you across other apps or websites.

The sections below explain each point in detail.

1. Information stored only on your device

The core of Nothing works without sending anything to us. The following is stored locally on your iPhone (in the app's on-device database) and is not transmitted to our servers:

  • Your "do nothing" session history and durations.
  • Your app settings and preferences.
  • The answers you give during onboarding (e.g. what you'd like to change, your rough screen-time band).
  • The list of apps or categories you choose to block.

This data is removed when you delete the app. You can also clear it from within the app's settings where that option is offered.

2. Screen Time and app blocking

Nothing's app-blocking feature is built on Apple's Screen Time / Family Controls (DeviceActivity) framework. This is a privacy-preserving system: the selection of apps you block is handled entirely by iOS on your device. Nothing — and therefore we — never receives the identities of the apps you select, your app usage data, or how long you spend in any app. We only ask iOS to enforce the limits you set.

3. Analytics (PostHog)

To understand how people use the app and to improve it, we collect anonymous product-usage analytics through PostHog, hosted on PostHog's EU servers.

What this includes:

  • App events, such as which screens are viewed, onboarding progress, and which features are used.
  • Anonymous, aggregate onboarding answers (e.g. selected focus areas, screen-time band, age band) used to understand who the app helps.
  • Basic technical information: device model, operating-system version, app version, and language/region.
  • A randomly generated, anonymous device identifier that lets us measure things like retention without knowing who you are.

What this does not include:

  • Your name, email address, or any account information (there are no accounts).
  • Precise location.
  • Screen or session recording — session replay is disabled.
  • The specific apps you block or your app-usage data (see Section 2).

We do not create an identified personal profile for anonymous users.

4. Crash and error reporting (Sentry)

To find and fix bugs, we use Sentry to collect crash reports and error diagnostics. These reports may include technical details such as the device model, operating-system version, app version, and a stack trace describing what the app was doing when the error occurred. They are used solely to keep the app stable.

5. Subscriptions and payments (Apple & RevenueCat)

Some features require a paid subscription. All payments are processed by Apple through the App Store — we never see or store your payment-card details.

We use RevenueCat to manage and verify subscription status. RevenueCat receives an anonymous app-user identifier and your transaction/subscription information (such as which plan you have and whether it is active) so the app can unlock the right features. This is not linked to your real-world identity.

6. If you email us

If you contact us at hi@trynothing.app, we will see your email address and whatever you put in your message. We use it only to respond to you.

How we share information

We do not sell your information and we do not share it for advertising.

We use the trusted service providers ("processors") described above to operate the app:

We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect our rights, safety, or property.

International data transfers

We store analytics on EU servers. Where data is processed outside your country, our providers rely on appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) for any transfers.

Data retention

  • On-device data stays until you delete it or uninstall the app.
  • Analytics and crash data are retained only as long as needed for the purposes above, in line with each provider's retention practices.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the EU/UK GDPR or the California CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your personal data, and to object to certain processing.

Because the app does not require an account and most analytics are anonymous, the simplest way to stop all data collection is to delete the app, which also removes the data stored on your device. To exercise any other right, or to ask a question about your data, email hi@trynothing.app and we will respond within a reasonable time.

Children

Nothing is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age of digital consent in your country), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Security

We use reputable providers and reasonable technical measures to protect information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Effective date" above. Significant changes will be highlighted in the app or on our website.

Contact

Anton Lev

Email: hi@trynothing.app

Website: trynothing.app