Privacy Policy

The short version

Zarobi has no account, no server run by the developer, no analytics and no ads. Your apps, minutes and quests stay on your iPhone and, for partner mode, in iCloud. A partner sees only what you choose to share, and never which apps you block.

Who is responsible for your data

The data controller for Zarobi is Maksym Melnychuk, the app’s independent developer.

You can reach the developer at support@maxfromzero.com.

What data exists, and where it lives

Zarobi keeps the following on your iPhone:

• The apps, categories and websites you choose to block, stored only as opaque tokens that Apple’s Screen Time issues (see below).
• Your minutes: today’s free minutes, earned minutes and any running unlock, shared with Zarobi’s own Screen Time extensions on the same iPhone.
• Your quests and history: quests you create, quests a partner gives you, and a log of minutes earned and spent.
• App settings, such as your free minutes a day and your partner rules.

Your quests, your partner’s approvals and your Pro sponsorship status also sync to your own private iCloud through Apple’s CloudKit (container iCloud.com.maxfromzero.zarobi), so partner mode works and nothing is lost if you reinstall. The values are encrypted on your device before they are stored in iCloud. The developer has no access to your iCloud, and no other server ever receives your data.

Screen Time (Family Controls)

Zarobi uses Apple’s Screen Time frameworks (Family Controls, Managed Settings and Device Activity) with individual authorization: you set limits for your own iPhone, and you can revoke access at any time in Settings › Screen Time.

When you choose apps, Apple gives Zarobi opaque tokens instead of names. Zarobi cannot tell which apps they are, and it does not read your app usage or screen time. The tokens never leave your iPhone and are never shared with a partner.

To close the apps again when your minutes run out, Zarobi schedules the end of each unlock with Screen Time. This happens on your device.

Partner mode

Partner mode is optional and only starts when you invite someone through iCloud sharing and they accept. The two of you then share a “pact” in iCloud. Always shared within a pact:

• Quests: their title, icon and reward in minutes.
• Completed quests waiting for confirmation, approvals, declines and gifts of minutes.
• Your name as iCloud shows it to people you share with, and whether you have the Pair plan (it unlocks Pro for your partner).

Only if you turn on “Share my day” (off by default): today’s minutes earned and spent, your balance, the number of emergency unlocks and whether your apps are open right now. Turn it off and your partner stops seeing it.

Your partner can never block, open or see your apps, and you decide whether they confirm the quests they give you. You can stop sharing, or leave a partner’s pact, at any time; their copy of your pact then disappears from their device.

Motion & Fitness (steps)

Step quests ask for Motion & Fitness access. Zarobi then reads your step count from your iPhone’s motion coprocessor, only from the moment you start a step quest, to check that you walked the steps. The count stays on your device and is never shared.

Notifications

If you allow notifications, Zarobi shows local notifications, for example when your time is up or a partner confirms a quest. iCloud may wake Zarobi with silent notifications so a partner’s changes arrive; these are delivered by Apple and carry no content from Zarobi’s developer.

Purchases

Zarobi Pro and the Pair plan are sold through Apple’s in-app purchase system (StoreKit). Apple is the seller and processes all payment information; the developer never sees your payment details and receives only Apple’s aggregated, anonymous sales reports.

Crash reports

Zarobi includes no crash-reporting or analytics SDK. If you choose to share analytics with app developers in your iPhone’s settings, Apple may pass anonymous crash reports to the developer; that is controlled by you, in Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements.

No tracking, no ads, no analytics

Zarobi shows no advertising, includes no analytics SDK and does not track you across other apps or websites. It never asks for App Tracking Transparency permission, because it has nothing to track. Your data is never sold. This matches Zarobi’s App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected.

Your rights and your control

Under the GDPR you have the rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of and objection to processing, and data portability. Because your data lives on your iPhone and in your own iCloud, not with the developer, you can exercise them directly:

• Change or delete your quests at any time, and turn “Share my day” off whenever you like.
• Stop sharing your pact, or leave a partner’s pact, from the Partner tab.
• Revoke Screen Time, Motion & Fitness or notification access in iOS Settings.
• Delete the app to remove its data from your iPhone, and remove its iCloud data in Settings › your name › iCloud › Manage Storage.

The developer holds none of your data, so there is nothing to hand over or delete on your behalf. For any question or a formal data-protection request, email support@maxfromzero.com and you will get a reply.

Children

Zarobi is a self-control app for adults and is not directed at children. Parents who want to manage a child’s device should use Apple’s Screen Time with Family Sharing. Zarobi collects no personal data from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

This policy may change as the app changes. Any material change is reflected here, with a new “Last updated” date at the top.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Email support@maxfromzero.com. Data controller: Maksym Melnychuk.