Does Nudge see my screen?
An app that can look at your screen owes you straight answers. Here they are, in plain English.
Only in Task Mode, and only while a session you started is running. Your screen is not stored. Not by Nudge. Not by Google. Timer Mode never looks at your screen at all.
Timer Mode: no screen access
Timer Mode is the part of Nudge that locks your apps and gives you timers and the waiting room. It doesn't capture, send or analyze anything on your screen. Ever.
Nudge locks apps through Apple's Screen Time tools. Apple gives Nudge coded app tokens, not a readable list of what you use.
Task Mode: checked, then thrown away
- You start it. Screen checks happen only after you start a Task Mode session and iOS shows its screen-broadcast prompt and the red recording indicator. iOS calls it a "broadcast," but nothing is streamed publicly.
- Checked, not kept. Nudge captures a frame now and then, sends it securely for an automated check ("does this match what you said you're here to do?"), and drops it right after. Frames aren't saved to your phone, our server or our AI provider.
- Zero data retention at Google. The check runs on Google's Vertex AI with zero data retention set up for screen content. Your data isn't used to train AI models.
- Your instructions are kept briefly. What you typed ("check my DMs"), your custom rules and any handles you added are cached by Google for up to two hours so the session runs fast and cheap. We ask for deletion when the session ends. Screenshots are never part of that cache.
What we do keep
- Purchase and usage records. Our server checks Apple-signed purchases and keeps coded purchase IDs, usage counters and remaining credit, so paid access works and the same purchase can't be counted twice. No screenshots, intentions, rules or card details.
- Service and security data. App verification, network details like IP addresses, and Live Activity tokens are used to run and protect the service. Logs never include screenshots or what you typed.
- Analytics. Nudge uses Firebase for standard app analytics and Superwall for the paywall. Neither gets your screen, your intentions or your rules.
What we don't do
- No ads, and we don't sell personal information.
- No refunds through us. Apple handles purchases and refund requests.
Deleting your data
Deleting the app removes Nudge's data on your phone. Some server records stay for a while: usage counters are scheduled for deletion after 90 days without an update, and purchase records are kept so old purchases can't be reused. Email hello@nudgefocus.co for any data request.
The full documents: Nudge Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. If this page and the policy ever disagree, the policy wins.
