Privacy policy
The short version: what you put into Choreline stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud account. We don't have servers that store it, we can't see it, and we don't sell it, share it, track you or show ads.
Who we are
Choreline is an iPhone app for people who run home-service businesses. In this policy, "we" means the makers of Choreline. You can reach us at privacy@getchoreline.com.
What the app stores
Choreline keeps the records you create so it can do its job:
- Your business details: name, the hourly rate you usually charge, the states you work in, and the address your day starts from.
- Your clients: names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, rates and any notes you add (gate codes, pets).
- Visits, schedules, payments (including check numbers), prepaid hours, tips, expenses and the amounts you enter.
- Photos you choose to add: receipts, checks or payment screenshots, and photos of your work.
- If you turn on automatic mileage: for each drive, where and when it started and ended and how far it was. Choreline doesn't keep the route in between.
Where it's kept
On your iPhone. If you're signed in to iCloud, Choreline also keeps a copy in your private iCloud storage using Apple's CloudKit, so it's backed up and moves to a new iPhone with you. That copy is in your Apple account; we can't access it.
We don't run any servers that receive or store your records.
Location
Choreline uses your location only if you turn on automatic mileage, and only with your permission. To notice drives while the app is closed, it needs location access set to "Always". While you're parked it watches for when you leave; while you're driving it uses GPS to add up the distance. You can turn automatic mileage off in the app, or change location access in your iPhone's Settings, at any time. You can delete any drive.
Without automatic mileage, Choreline works out driving distances from the addresses you've saved, not from where your iPhone is.
Apple services the app uses
- Apple Maps works out driving distances between addresses and turns map points into street names. To do that, the addresses or map points are sent to Apple, under Apple's privacy policy.
- Receipt reading happens on your iPhone using Apple's built-in text recognition. Receipt photos aren't uploaded anywhere to be read.
- Reminders are scheduled on your iPhone as notifications.
- Mail and Messages open with an invoice, statement or year-end summary ready when you choose to send one. You pick who it goes to; Choreline doesn't send anything on its own.
- Camera and Photos are used only for the photos you take or pick.
Subscriptions
Choreline plans are bought, renewed and cancelled through Apple. We never see your card or your Apple Account details. The app asks Apple whether you have a plan and when it renews, and that answer stays on your iPhone. If you used Choreline during its beta, a note saying so is kept in your own iCloud so you're offered the founding price.
What we don't do
- No accounts or sign-in.
- No analytics, advertising or tracking tools inside the app, and no third-party code that collects data.
- We don't sell, rent or share your information.
Crash reports
If you've chosen in your iPhone's settings to share analytics with app developers, Apple may send us crash reports for Choreline. Apple doesn't include your records in them, and they don't identify you to us.
Deleting your information
You can delete clients, visits, payments, expenses, photos and drives in the app. Deleting the app removes what's stored on your iPhone. To remove the iCloud copy, go to your iPhone's Settings, tap your name, then iCloud, then the option to manage storage, choose Choreline and delete its data.
Children
Choreline is made for running a business and isn't directed at children under 13.
Changes to this policy
If we change how Choreline handles information, we'll update this page and the date at the top before the change takes effect. If the app ever starts sending information off your iPhone in a new way, we'll say so here first.
Questions
Email privacy@getchoreline.com.