SquareCountPrivacy policy
SquareCount is built so that what you log stays on your iPhone. This page explains exactly what the app stores, the one optional feature that sends data anywhere, and how to delete everything.
Last updated 6 October 2026
In short: SquareCount has no account, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. The developer never receives your data. The only time anything leaves your iPhone is if you turn on the optional Google Sheets backup, and then it goes only to a spreadsheet in your own Google Drive.
Who is responsible
SquareCount is published by JUAN LUIS RTO SL, a company registered in Spain and run by Juan Luis Ruiz-Tagle Oriol ("I", "me"). For any question about this policy or your data, email juanluis@juanluis.me.
What the app stores on your iPhone
- Your trackers: the name, unit, goal, colour, icon, button amounts and reminder time you choose.
- Your entries: for each amount you log, the amount, the date and time, the tracker it belongs to, and where you logged it from (the app, a widget, Shortcuts or a notification).
- Settings: for example, whether Pro is unlocked and when you last backed up.
This data is kept in the app's storage on your device, shared only with SquareCount's own widgets. It is included in your iPhone's normal iCloud or computer backups if you have those turned on, under Apple's terms. I have no access to it.
Optional: Google Sheets backup
SquareCount Pro can back up your entries to Google Sheets. It is off unless you turn it on in Settings and sign in with Google.
What is sent, and where
When you connect, the app creates a spreadsheet called "SquareCount Backup" in your Google Drive. Each backup writes one row per entry with these columns: entry id, date and time, amount, source, tracker id and tracker name. It also writes a daily total per tracker. The data goes directly from your iPhone to Google. It never passes through a server of mine, and I can't see it.
What the app can access in your Google account
The app asks Google for three permissions:
| Permission | What it's used for |
|---|---|
See, edit, create and delete only the specific Google Drive files you use with this app (drive.file) | Creating the backup spreadsheet, writing your entries to it, reading them back when you restore, and finding it again after you reinstall the app. The app can't see any other file in your Drive. |
| Your email address | Showing which account is connected in Settings. |
| Sign-in (OpenID) | Signing you in. |
The sign-in token is kept in your iPhone's keychain, on that device only. It is used only to back up to and restore from your spreadsheet, either when you tap Back up or Restore, or when a Shortcuts automation you set up runs the backup.
Google API Services User Data Policy
SquareCount's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Data from your Google account is used only to provide the backup feature described here. It is not used for advertising, not sold, not transferred to anyone, and not read by any person.
Stopping the backup
In SquareCount, open Settings, then Google Sheets backup, then Disconnect. The app deletes its sign-in token from your iPhone and stops backing up. The spreadsheet stays in your Drive until you delete it. To also remove the app's access on Google's side, visit your Google account's third-party connections and remove SquareCount.
Purchases
SquareCount Pro is bought through Apple's App Store. Apple handles the payment. The app only learns whether Pro is unlocked; it never sees your payment details or your Apple ID.
Reminders
Reminders are notifications scheduled on your iPhone. They are not sent from a server, and no data leaves your device to create them. You can turn them off per tracker in the app, or for the whole app in iOS Settings.
What SquareCount does not do
- It doesn't collect analytics or usage data, and contains no third-party analytics or advertising code.
- It doesn't track you across apps or websites, and doesn't use your device's advertising identifier.
- It doesn't ask for your name, email, location, contacts, photos or health data.
- It doesn't sell or share any data, because I never receive any.
Deleting your data
- One entry: on a tracker's screen, swipe the entry to delete it.
- Everything in the app: Settings, then Erase all data. Deleting the app also removes everything it stored.
- Your backup: delete the "SquareCount Backup" spreadsheet in Google Drive, and remove the app's access as described above.
Children
SquareCount is a general-audience app. It doesn't knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, including the European Union under the GDPR, you have rights to access, correct and delete personal data held about you. Because SquareCount keeps your data on your device and in your own Google account, you can do all of this directly, as described above. If you have a question or a request, email juanluis@juanluis.me. You also have the right to complain to your data protection authority.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. If a change affects what data leaves your device, the app will tell you before it takes effect.