About this policy
This policy applies to Aha Clock for iPhone and iPad, provided by AhaStudio ("we", "us"). It explains how the app handles information when you use its clocks, customization and optional services.
You do not need an AhaStudio account. The current app does not include advertising, cross-app tracking or third-party analytics SDKs. We do not sell or rent your personal information.
Information on your device
The app stores your selected themes, favorites, colors, cities, display and sound preferences, onboarding choices and purchase-related app state in local app storage. These settings are not uploaded to an AhaStudio server.
Weather results are cached locally for up to one hour for at most six cities. Expired or excess entries are removed when the weather service next runs. City search results may be held in memory for up to ten minutes to reduce repeated requests.
Deleting the app removes its local app data; offloading the app may retain that data. Copies in device or cloud backups follow your Apple backup settings. Deleting the app does not remove Apple's purchase records or cancel a subscription.
Location, maps & weather
Follow Location. With your permission, Aha Clock requests your location while the app is in use to identify a nearby city and show local weather. It does not continuously track your location in the background. Apple's mapping or geocoding services may process your coordinates to resolve a place name.
Weather. The app sends the selected city's coordinates to Apple Weather through WeatherKit. For Follow Location weather, coordinates are rounded to two decimal places before the request. A manually chosen city can provide weather without granting device location access.
3D map clock. This feature can request a more accurate foreground location fix and use the original coordinates to center Apple Maps on your neighborhood. Map requests are processed by Apple and its applicable map providers. The weather rounding described above does not apply to this map view.
You can turn off Precise Location or revoke location access in system Settings. The app then uses the location accuracy the system makes available, or you can choose a city manually. Hiding a clock's weather display does not revoke permission; opening weather settings may also refresh the selected city's weather.
City search
When you search for a city, the app sends your search text and interface language to GeoNames over HTTPS. GeoNames also receives ordinary connection information, such as your IP address, to process the request. Aha Clock does not send your device's GPS location to GeoNames.
Your selected city is saved locally. Avoid entering personal or sensitive information in the city search field.
Music & motion
Apple Music. If you connect Apple Music and grant media access, the app uses system media APIs to read the current track title, artist, album artwork and playback state, and to provide playback controls. This information is used on your device for music clocks. Aha Clock does not upload your listening activity or artwork to AhaStudio. Apple's music services operate under Apple's own policies.
Device motion. Supported clocks use device tilt, orientation, gravity and acceleration to animate parallax or moving digits. These readings are processed on your device while the relevant effect is active. The app does not upload them to AhaStudio or keep a motion history.
Purchases
Apple handles App Store payments. Aha Clock uses StoreKit product information and verified purchase, subscription expiry and entitlement status to provide PRO access and restore purchases.
We do not receive your payment card number or full billing details through the app. Apple keeps payment and transaction records under its own policies.
Services & sharing
Optional features connect directly to Apple platform services and GeoNames. These providers may receive request and connection information needed to deliver their services, and may process it in countries where they operate. Their retention and processing practices are governed by their own policies.
These legal pages are hosted on ahastudio.app and opened in the app using Safari. Loading a page sends an HTTPS request to our hosting server, which processes ordinary connection information, such as your IP address, the requested page and browser information, to deliver the page. We do not add advertising, analytics or tracking scripts to these pages. If you open an external link, that website receives connection information and applies its own privacy practices.
Your choices & rights
- Location: manage Aha Clock's access and Precise Location in system Settings, or select a city in the app.
- Music: manage media access in system Settings. Revoking it affects music features; basic clock display remains available.
- Local data: change your preferences in the app or delete the app to remove local app data. Manage backup copies separately in your Apple settings.
- Subscriptions: manage or cancel them through your Apple Account's subscription settings.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of personal information, restrict or object to its use, withdraw consent, or complain to a privacy regulator. Contact us as described below for requests about information you have provided to AhaStudio. For data held by Apple or GeoNames, use that provider's privacy channels. We cannot retrieve local-only settings from your device.
Children & families
Aha Clock is a general-purpose clock app. It does not create child accounts or knowingly request personal information from children. A parent or guardian should help a child decide about optional permissions and purchases. If you believe a child has sent personal information to AhaStudio, contact us so we can address it.
Updates & contact
We may update this policy as the app or its data handling changes. The effective date appears at the top; material changes will be communicated through an app update or another appropriate notice. New system permissions remain subject to your authorization.
For a privacy question or request, use the App Support link on Aha Clock's App Store product page to contact AhaStudio, and mark your message "Privacy request". Include only the information needed to explain your request. Never send passwords or full payment details.