Effective 27 July 2026
In short: the schedule and pay information you enter stays on your phone. The free version shows ads through Google AdMob, which uses limited device data to display them. You can remove ads with a one-time purchase, and there is no ShiftAl account or server holding your data. To improve the app, we also collect a few anonymous usage events that contain none of your personal information.
Your shifts, wake-up alarms, pay settings, crew comparisons, currency, themes and every other entry are stored only on your device. ShiftAl has no user accounts and no server of ours that receives this information, so we cannot see it and neither can anyone else.
If you use ShiftAl for free, it shows ads through Google AdMob. To choose and display those ads, Google may process your device advertising identifier along with limited technical and usage data, as described in Google's privacy and terms. On iPhone and iPad, ShiftAl asks for your permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency before any tracking, and you can decline. Where required, ads are limited to non-personalized.
The one-time in-app purchase called "Remove ads forever" turns ads off for good. Purchases are handled by the Apple App Store or Google Play and confirmed through our billing provider, RevenueCat. We receive only whether an ad-free purchase is active, not your name or payment card details.
To see which features are used and improve the app, ShiftAl records a small number of anonymous events, for example that the app was opened or that a shift was added, through Aptabase, a privacy-friendly analytics service. These events never include your shifts, pay, names, dates, notes or any other personal detail. Aptabase does not use cookies, does not assign a persistent device or user identifier, and does not track you across other apps. It derives an approximate country from your IP address and then discards the IP, and the anonymous session marker it uses is reset every 24 hours. You can read how Aptabase handles data in its privacy policy. This anonymous data is kept for up to five years.
If you allow notifications, ShiftAl schedules wake-up alarms and reminders locally on your phone. Their content never leaves your device.
You can export your data as a backup file at any time. That file is created on your device and shared only where you choose to send it. You stay in full control of it.
When you share your schedule with a workmate, your upcoming shifts are encoded directly inside the link or QR code you create. The data reaches only the people you personally give that link to, and it does not pass through any server operated by us.
Aside from the advertising, purchase and anonymous analytics services described above, ShiftAl does not sell or share your personal data, and it uses no data brokers.
ShiftAl is a general-audience tool and is not directed at children. It does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with an updated effective date.
The controller for this app and website is Onoir Studio Ltd, 11 Hillcourt Drive, Cobh, Co. Cork, P24 VX45, Ireland. Registered with the Companies Registration Office (CRO) under number 816663, director Onur Demir. E-mail hello@onoirstudio.com. Full provider details are in the legal notice.
Questions about privacy: hello@onoirstudio.com
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