Last updated: October 2, 2026
Our approach
RhythmKeep does not require a separate RhythmKeep account, does not sell personal information, and does not use third-party advertising or tracking.
This policy covers the current app and the optional features coming in version 1.2. Version 1.2 features described below require that update; their inclusion here does not mean they are already available in the App Store release.
Information you create
Your personal habits, schedules, notes, recorded progress, completion history, and preferences are stored on your device. Eligible personal app data may synchronize through your private iCloud database when iCloud is available for your Apple Account. Sharing with other people is optional. Local Health goals and Calendar event data are handled separately as described below.
Sharing a habit copy
If you choose “Share a copy,” RhythmKeep creates a habit file and opens the iOS share sheet so you can choose where to send or save it. The file includes the habit’s name, category, icon, schedule and reminder settings, goal, measurement options, and checklist definitions. It excludes your personal notes, previous completion history, account identifiers, and planned breaks.
The recipient can keep the file or import an independent habit, then edit, share, or delete their copy. Your later changes and progress are not linked. RhythmKeep cannot revoke a copy after you send it. The service you choose to send or store the file handles it under that service’s privacy terms.
Tracking together through iCloud
Creating or accepting an invitation uses Apple’s CloudKit service to make a separate shared habit available to its owner and invited participants. It includes the habit settings and the completion mode you choose: each person tracks their own, or one completion counts for everyone. Your original personal habit stays separate. Invitations and confirmed changes require iCloud and internet access; public access is disabled.
The group can see shared check-ins, the display name you enter, and shared activity history. Records include a CloudKit user identifier, an activity identifier, the occurrence’s due date, the time of the action, and the next due date where applicable. Apple’s sharing interface manages invitations, participant identity, and permissions. Your private habit’s notes and earlier history are not copied into the shared habit.
Coming in version 1.2: shared activity also includes amounts or minutes you enter, checklist-step changes, and corrections to eligible actions you made. A correction refers to the earlier activity; it does not erase every copy of that activity or another participant’s records. Once a shared habit is loaded, the app keeps a local copy and queues offline changes for your Apple Account until iCloud confirms them. Pending changes are not yet confirmed for other devices. You may choose to include your own confirmed shared check-ins in Rhythm reports; other people’s check-ins and pending changes are excluded.
Managing shared access
Open a shared habit and use “Manage invitation and participants” as the owner, or “Manage sharing or leave” as a participant, to open Apple’s sharing controls. Owners can remove participants or stop sharing; participants can leave. Stopping sharing removes participants’ access but preserves the owner’s records. Leaving does not erase check-ins already shared with the owner or copies another person has kept.
Apple Health goals
Coming in version 1.2: you can choose a local Health goal and grant permission for its selected Health data type: steps, workouts, mindful minutes, or sleep minutes. RhythmKeep requests read access only and does not add or change records in Apple Health.
The app stores the local goal, daily totals, and goal history in protected storage on this iPhone, excluded from device backup. RhythmKeep does not send this Health data to its iCloud database, shared habits, Watch snapshots, or exported habit files. Health goals are separate from ordinary habits. You can stop refresh or erase the app’s local Health goals without changing Apple Health records, and change read permission in the Health app or iPhone Settings.
An empty result can mean there are no matching samples or read access is unavailable. Apple does not tell RhythmKeep whether you denied a particular Health read permission.
Apple Calendar
Coming in version 1.2: showing Calendar appointments is optional and requests full Calendar access from iOS so the app can read events. You choose which calendars appear. RhythmKeep reads the event title, dates, calendar name, and location into memory for display; event details stay in Apple’s event store and are not copied into RhythmKeep’s habit database, iCloud data, shared habits, Health goals, Watch snapshots, reports, or exports. Your display preference and selected calendar identifiers are saved locally.
Adding an event, including through a Siri or Shortcuts draft, opens Apple’s calendar editor. You must review and save it there. Existing events change only when you save changes in Apple’s editor. Calendar events do not count as habit completions. Hiding events in RhythmKeep does not revoke Calendar permission; you can change it in iPhone Settings.
Apple Watch and widgets
Coming in version 1.2: the companion Watch app receives habit snapshots from your paired iPhone through Apple’s WatchConnectivity service. Snapshots include habit names and identifiers, due dates, goal and progress values, and timer state. Widgets use a local app-group snapshot. Health goals and Calendar events are not included.
Watch actions send requests back to the iPhone, which saves the habit change and returns a result. Requests may wait on the Watch until the phone is available; a pending request is not a saved completion. These transfers do not create a separate RhythmKeep account.
Shared text, Siri, and Shortcuts
Coming in version 1.2: text you choose to paste or share is processed on your device for review. The share extension accepts the first selected plain-text attachment and saves a pending draft in protected shared app storage, excluded from device backup. That source draft is removed when you finish or discard the import. Open RhythmKeep to review the names, dates, and schedules and confirm what to create. Saving text to the extension alone does not create a habit or reminder.
The extension does not open conversation links, download images, or connect to your ChatGPT or other app accounts. Content you choose to send through another service remains subject to that service’s privacy terms. Siri and Shortcuts are Apple services. RhythmKeep receives the parameters for the action you run, and Siri may display or speak the results you request. Habit and reminder creation requests open for confirmation before saving. RhythmKeep does not receive an ongoing recording of your conversations.
Notifications
RhythmKeep schedules reminder and encouragement notifications locally through iOS. Depending on your device settings, a habit’s title and reminder details may appear on the Lock Screen. CloudKit can also send silent remote notifications about data changes. You can manage permission, previews, and sounds in the app and iPhone Settings.
RhythmKeep Pro subscriptions
Apple handles subscription purchases, renewals, cancellations, and payment processing through StoreKit and your Apple Account. RhythmKeep uses verified subscription status to unlock Pro features and does not receive your payment-card information.
Backup files
When you choose to export, RhythmKeep creates a portable file containing your personal habits, schedules, notes, measurement settings, and recorded history. You choose where to save it. Treat the file as private: anyone you give it to may be able to read or keep it.
Coming in version 1.2: export is free; importing a backup requires Pro. Local Apple Health goals, Calendar events, and shared-habit group data are not included in these habit exports. Import reads the file you select and skips records already present rather than replacing them.
Your choices
You can manage iCloud in Apple Settings, change notification permission and previews, delete personal habits and their activity history, manage shared access, and delete exported files wherever you saved them. In version 1.2 you can also erase local Health goals, control Health and Calendar permissions, and review shared text before saving it. Deleting a habit or leaving a share does not recall files or copies already held by someone else.
Website contact
If you email us, we receive your email address and the information you choose to include so we can respond. We do not sell that information. Avoid sending sensitive health, financial, or account details in a support message. The website privacy policy covers this site.
Questions
Email support@rhythmkeep.com.