HourQuill
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Your journal
is yours.

Privacy policy · Updated 2026-11-02

Your records stay on your device

HourQuill is a personal work-hours journal. You can use it without an account. Workplaces, hourly rates, shift times, unpaid breaks, work notes, payslip-hour reviews, optional report names and employers, and optional private reflections are stored locally. We do not operate a server that receives your journal. The app has no advertising, tracking SDK or developer-operated analytics service.

What you choose to export

PDF and CSV reports are generated on your device. A PDF may contain your name, employer, times, rates, pay estimates and work notes according to your report settings. Private reflections and payslip-review notes are excluded from PDF and CSV work reports. Full JSON backups include those private details, report headings and any running timer. Share only with destinations you choose and trust. Once you save or share a file, that copy is handled by the selected app or service under its own privacy practices.

Pro purchases

Apple processes Pro purchases and handles payment details. HourQuill checks Apple-verified purchase transactions on your device to unlock features and reflect refunds or revocations. We do not receive your payment card details or upload your journal for purchase verification. Restore purchases uses your Apple Account; exporting or restoring a journal backup does not transfer Pro access.

Backups and device services

HourQuill does not provide its own cloud sync. Depending on your Apple device settings, app data may be included in iCloud or computer device backups. Files you save to iCloud Drive or another cloud service may sync through that service. Apple may process device diagnostics or TestFlight feedback under your Apple settings and Apple’s policies. These are separate from an app-operated journal server.

Retention and deletion

Your journal remains on your device until you change or remove it. Delete an individual shift from its editor; its linked private reflection is deleted with it. You can clear a reflection or report name/employer in its editor. Restoring a backup retains one previous journal as a local recovery copy; deleting a current record does not rewrite that earlier copy or files already exported. To remove all app-local data, use iOS Delete App, not Offload App. Separately remove exported files, shared copies and device backups where you stored them. Export a backup first if you want to keep your records.

Contacting support

If you contact support, we receive the email address, message and attachments you choose to send. We use them to respond to your request. Do not send passwords, full payslips or your journal unless needed and you have removed private information. We retain support messages only as needed to resolve and follow up on requests, or to meet applicable legal requirements. You can ask about deletion of messages you sent us. Our support mailbox provider also processes email.

Updates to this policy

This policy describes the current version. If data handling changes, we will update this policy and its date. Contact options are available in Help & Support.

Contact support

Please include your app version, iPhone model and the steps that caused the problem. Do not send private records.