Legal
Effective 26 July 2026
Daybreak is a morning-alarm app. It works because a small amount of your data makes your streak, your journal, and your circle possible — and nothing more. This page explains exactly what is stored, where it lives, and how to erase all of it.
Daybreak (“the app”, “we”) is operated by Matthew Gaffney. If you have a question about your data or this policy, reach us at matthewgbusiness16@gmail.com.
Sign-in. Daybreak uses Sign in with Apple. We receive the anonymous user identifier Apple gives us, and — only the first time, and only if you allow it — your name, which becomes your display name. We never see your Apple password, and we never see your email address unless you choose to share it.
Your mornings. When you prove you're up, we store a check-in: the date, the time you got up, whether you took your momentum step, and any optional reflection you add (an energy or restedness rating, a short note). Your wake-rhythm streak is calculated from these.
Your circle. If you join or invite friends, we store your connections, the display names and wake times your circle shares with each other, and the cheers you send. This is what lets your circle see that you're up.
Proof photos. The photo you take to prove you're awake is saved only in the app's private storage on your device. It is not uploaded to our servers, and your circle never sees it. Deleting the app, or your account, removes these photos.
Location (optional). If you turn on the sunrise-timed alarm, Daybreak reads your location once to calculate your local sunrise. It is used to set your alarm and is not used to track you or shared with anyone.
Purchases. Subscriptions are processed by Apple. Daybreak never sees your payment details — we only store whether your subscription is active, so paid features work offline.
Notifications and alarms. Alarms and reminders are delivered by your device. We don't collect anything from them.
Your records are stored on your device and, so your circle and streak survive across devices, mirrored to our backend provider, Supabase, which hosts the database on our behalf. Sign in with Apple is provided by Apple. We do not use any third-party advertising or analytics services, and there is no tracking SDK in the app.
Depending on where you live you may have additional rights under laws such as the GDPR or CCPA, including the right to access, correct, or export your data. Email us and we'll help.
We keep your data for as long as your account exists. When you delete your account your cloud records are removed immediately and your on-device data is erased. Anonymous, aggregated counts that cannot identify you may be retained.
Daybreak is a general-audience habit app and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.
If we change how we handle your data we'll update this page and move the effective date at the top. Material changes will be surfaced in the app.
Questions? matthewgbusiness16@gmail.com. This document is a plain-language summary of our practices, not legal advice.