Your mornings are personal. Your data should be too.

Privacy at a glance

Tiko Alarm helps you create alarms, complete wake-up missions, receive reminders, and optionally discourage snoozing by temporarily blocking apps you choose.

Information handled by Tiko

The app may process the following information to provide the features you choose:

• Alarm and preference data

  Alarm times, labels, repeat schedules, sounds, snooze settings, themes, missions, and onboarding choices.

• Mission progress

  Information needed to verify a mission, such as answers, steps, or a scanned code.

• Selected blocked apps

  System-provided identifiers for apps you choose for Snooze Penalty. Selection is managed through device controls.

• Basic device state

  Permission status, app state, and operating-system information required for alarms to work reliably.

• Usage analytics and crash reports

  Screens viewed, features used (such as alarm and mission settings, snoozes, and purchase attempts), app version, device model, operating system, and crash diagnostics. These are tied to a random app-instance identifier, not to your name or contact details, and advertising identifiers are not collected.

How Face Match handles face data

1. Analyzed on deviceCamera frames are deleted right after analysis
2. Encrypted locallyStored in the Keychain, this device only
3. Never uploadedNot sent to us, our servers or third parties

Face Match is an optional mission. It is used only if you choose it, and the camera is used only after you grant permission. Face Match works entirely on your device: face data is never sent to us, to our servers, or to any third party.

• What face data is collected

  When you capture a face, Tiko creates a face signature: a list of 128 numbers calculated on your device by a face recognition model built into the app. Tiko also saves the name you type for that face and a small (320 × 320 pixel) portrait photo, which is only shown in the saved-faces list so you can tell faces apart. While a Face Match mission is running, camera frames are analyzed on the device to calculate a signature and are deleted right after analysis. Tiko does not collect Face ID data or any other biometric data from the system.

• How face data is used

  Face data is used only to check whether the face in front of the camera matches a face you saved, so the alarm can be dismissed. It is not used to identify people, for advertising, for analytics, for profiling, or to train any model, and it is not used for any other purpose.

• Where face data is stored

  Only on your device. Face signatures and names are stored encrypted in the iOS Keychain (Android Keystore-backed encrypted storage on Android), set to “this device only”, so they are not synced to iCloud or copied to other devices. Portraits are stored in the app’s private storage on the device. Because portraits are ordinary app files, they may be included in your own encrypted device backup; if a backup is restored to a device, Tiko deletes those portraits because their signatures were not restored.

• Sharing

  Face data is not shared with anyone. No face signatures, portraits, face names or camera images are uploaded, sent to Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics or RevenueCat, or disclosed to any third party. Face detection and recognition run on the device using Apple’s on-device Vision framework (Google ML Kit on Android) and the built-in recognition model, without a network connection.

• Retention and deletion

  A saved face is kept on your device until you delete it. You can delete a face at any time by holding it in the saved-faces list; this immediately and permanently deletes its signature, name and portrait. Mission camera frames are not retained at all. We recommend deleting saved faces in the app before uninstalling it.

Why Tiko asks for access

Tiko requests access only when it supports a feature. You can decline optional permissions, although the related feature may not work.

We do not sell your information

Tiko does not sell or rent personal information and does not use third-party advertising services or advertising identifiers.

Tiko uses Google Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics to understand which features are used and to find and fix crashes. Google processes this information for us under its own terms. An anonymous customer identifier from RevenueCat, which manages in-app purchases, may be attached so a crash or purchase problem can be matched to a support request.

Information may be handled by Apple, Google, or your device manufacturer when their operating-system services deliver notifications, process purchases, provide Screen Time controls, or support app distribution. Their own privacy policies apply to those services.

We may disclose information when required by law, to protect users, or to defend legal rights. Because Tiko is designed around local storage, we generally do not possess the content stored on your device.

You control your data and permissions

Children’s privacy

Tiko Alarm is a general-audience productivity app and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us through the developer contact on the app-store listing.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when Tiko’s features or legal requirements change. The “Last updated” date at the top will show when revisions take effect. Material changes may also be highlighted inside the app.