Privacy Policy

Orbital: 24-Hour Routine · Last updated 4 August 2026

Orbital is a personal day planner for iPhone, published by Douglas Fernandes. This policy describes exactly what the app does with information. The short version: Orbital has no account, no server of ours, and no analytics. Your data stays on your device.

Information we collect

None. We do not operate a server, we do not receive your data, and the app contains no analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs. We cannot see your routine, your calendar, your location or your usage of the app.

Information stored on your device

Everything Orbital knows lives locally on your iPhone:

• Your blocks — the names, times and repeat settings of the blocks you create, stored in the app's own storage on the device.
• Your settings — language, week start day, reminder preference and your chosen sunrise/sunset location.
• Imported calendar events — a local copy of the events from the calendars you chose to include, so the dial works offline.
• Calendar access tokens — if you connect Google or Microsoft, the access and refresh tokens are stored in the iOS Keychain on your device.

Deleting the app removes all of it. Orbital does not use iCloud sync or any backup service of its own.

Permissions the app may request

All of these are optional. Orbital is fully usable without granting any of them.

• Calendars. Only if you connect a calendar. Orbital reads your events so they can appear on the dial. It requests read-only access and never creates, edits or deletes anything in your calendar. Apple Calendar is read through EventKit on the device; Google and Microsoft are read directly from their APIs by your device using read-only scopes (calendar.events.readonly, calendar.calendarlist.readonly, Calendars.Read). That data travels from those providers to your phone and nowhere else.
• Location (When In Use). Only if you tap “Use my location”. Your coordinates are used once, on the device, to calculate sunrise and sunset for the dial, and are not transmitted to us. Typing a city name instead needs no location access at all; city lookup uses Apple's geocoding service on your device.
• Notifications. Only if you enable reminders. Notifications are scheduled locally by iOS. No push server is involved.

Third parties

If you choose to connect Google Calendar or Outlook, your device communicates directly with Google or Microsoft to sign in and read your events. Their handling of that interaction is governed by their own privacy policies (Google, Microsoft). We are not a party to it and never receive the data. You can disconnect an account at any time in Orbital's Settings, which removes the stored tokens from your device.

Orbital includes no advertising networks, no analytics providers and no third-party tracking SDKs of any kind.

Children

Orbital is rated 4+ and is safe for all ages. It does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children.

Your rights

Because we hold no data about you, there is nothing for us to export, correct or delete. You are in full control: deleting a block removes it, disconnecting an account removes its tokens, and deleting the app removes everything.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date at the top. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.

Contact

Questions about this policy can go to ifdouglas@icloud.com.