yoink

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 October 2026

Yoink is a screen-time game you play with friends. It is run by Devesh Duptala, an individual in New Zealand ("Yoink", "we", "us"), who is responsible for your data under the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and, where they apply, the EU/UK GDPR and the CCPA.

Summary

• We collect what the game needs to work, and nothing to sell. We never sell your data and we don't track you across other apps or websites.
• We can't see which apps you block. Apple doesn't tell us, and your choices stay on your phone.
• Squad chat disappears after 24 hours.
• You can delete your account, and its data, any time in the app.

1. Age

Yoink is for people 13 and over. If you think a child under 13 has given us information, email support@yoinktime.com and we'll delete it.

2. What we collect

Your account

• How you sign in: Apple, Google or your phone number. This is used only to sign you in and is not shown to your squad. With Apple's "Hide My Email" we only see Apple's relay address.
• Your display name, which your squad sees.
• Your usual daily screen time, the rough number you set during setup, used to show how much time you've saved.
• Three optional questions you can answer in the app (your age range, what you've tried before, and how you heard about Yoink). Never shown to your squad.

Playing with your squad

• Your squad: its name, who's in it, the shared pool of minutes, and game activity such as yoinks, earns, streaks and the weekly recap.
• Labels you give the apps you block (we never get the real app names).
• Squad chat: your messages, mentions and reactions. Only your squad can read them. They're checked for offensive language and deleted after 24 hours (messages from Yoink itself stay until removed if they're pinned). If you mention @yoink, that message is sent to our private support inbox so we can reply.
• Public squads and the leaderboard: a public squad's name, size and game mode can be found by other players. The weekly leaderboard shows squad names and squad totals, never individual members.
• Safety: if you block someone we record it so you aren't put in a squad together again. If you report a message we keep the report and a copy of the message for up to 30 days to review it.

From your phone, only with your permission

• Apple Health: your step count and workouts, so you can earn minutes. We store a daily step total.
• Location: checked once when you use a check-in, to confirm you're there. We don't store your coordinates or track you in the background.
• Camera and motion: used on your phone to count push-ups and steps. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
• Notifications: the push token Apple gives us, so we can send game alerts. Chat alerts show your squadmates who sent a message and the start of it; you can limit them to @mentions or turn them off.

Purchases Apple handles payment; we never see your card. RevenueCat tells us which plan you have so Premium works.

3. How we use it

To run the game and your squad, send the notifications you've turned on, manage your plan and free week, keep Yoink safe and fair (for example, one free week per person), and understand what's working so we can improve the app.

4. Analytics and crash reports

We use PostHog for product analytics and Sentry for crash reports, both hosted in the EU. They see an internal account ID and what happened in the app (for example, "joined a squad"). They never get your name, phone number, messages or blocked apps, and we don't use them for advertising.

5. Apple Health

We read steps and workouts only with your permission and only to run the game. We never use Health data for advertising and never sell or share it. You can turn it off in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Health → Yoink.

6. Who helps us run Yoink

We share data only with the providers below, only as needed to run the app: Apple (App Store, purchases, notifications), Supabase (our database and sign-in), Twilio (sign-in texts), Google (if you sign in with Google), RevenueCat (subscriptions), PostHog (analytics), Sentry (crash reports) and Discord (our support inbox for @yoink messages). We may also disclose information if the law requires it or to protect people's safety.

7. Where it's stored

Account and game data are stored in Australia; analytics and crash reports in the EU. If that changes we'll update this page.

8. How long we keep it

• Your account and its data: until you delete it.
• Squad activity feed: 90 days.
• Chat: 24 hours (reported messages up to 30 days).
• Free week record: so each person gets one free week, we keep a scrambled form of how you signed in, even after you delete your account. It can't be turned back into your number or email.
• Analytics and crash reports: as long as those providers keep them; email us to have yours deleted.

9. Your choices

• Delete your account in Profile → Settings → Delete account.
• Turn permissions off any time in iOS Settings.
• Depending on where you live, you can ask to see, correct, delete or move your data, or object to how we use it. Email support@yoinktime.com. You can also complain to your privacy regulator (in New Zealand, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner).

10. Security

Data is encrypted in transit and access is restricted. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to keep yours safe.

11. Changes

If we change this policy we'll update the date above, and tell you in the app if the change matters.

12. Contact

support@yoinktime.com. Yoink, operated by Devesh Duptala, New Zealand.