KinPoints

Privacy Policy

Effective September 25, 2026

The short version

No accounts. You never create a KinPoints login or give us an email address.
Your family's information stays with your family. It's kept on your devices and in your own iCloud account. We can't see it.
No ads, no tracking, no analytics. KinPoints contains no advertising or third-party tracking code.
We never sell or share your data, because we don't have it.
Purchases go through Apple. We never see your payment details.

The rest of this page explains each of these in detail.

What KinPoints keeps

KinPoints stores only what you enter to run your family's chore and reward system:

Information	Examples	Who can see it
Children's profiles	First name or nickname, age (optional), chosen emoji and color	Adults in your family
Points and history	Chores done, bonus points, deductions, streaks, bounties, approvals	Adults in your family; kids on the Family Board see positives only
Rewards and goals	Rewards you set up, prices, savings goals, game-time timers	Adults in your family
Money tracking	Allowance amounts, cash-outs and notes you type in	Adults in your family
Adults' names	The name each adult enters, like "Mom" or "Grandpa", shown on entries they make	Adults in your family
Settings on each device	Widget favorites, whether the Help tip was shown	Only that device

KinPoints does not ask for or collect contact details, photos, contacts, health data, or any identifier that tracks you across apps or websites. The money feature only keeps a record of amounts you enter. It doesn't connect to a bank or move real money.

Where it's stored

On your devices. Your family's information is saved on each iPhone or iPad that uses KinPoints.
In your iCloud account. When you share your family with another adult, KinPoints keeps it in a private area of the family organizer's iCloud account, using Apple's CloudKit service. Only the adults you invite can open it.
Not on our servers. KinPoints has no servers of its own. We, the developer, have no access to your family's information in iCloud and cannot view, copy or change it.

Apple stores iCloud data under its own privacy policy, encrypting it in transit and on its servers.

You choose who joins your family by sending an invite link. Parents can see and change everything. Helpers, such as a grandparent or babysitter, can see your family's information, give and take points, check off chores and spend rewards. Anyone you invite can see the names and points of the children in your family, so only invite people you trust.

The family organizer can remove anyone at any time from Family → Manage Who's Invited. When someone is removed, the family's information is removed from their devices the next time they open KinPoints.

Children's privacy

KinPoints is made for parents and other trusted adults to use with their children. Children do not create accounts or sign in, and the app does not collect personal information from children and send it to us. A child's name and points are entered by an adult and stay within the family, as described above.

The Family Board is a kid-friendly view meant for a shared family device. It shows only encouraging information and requires the device's passcode, Face ID or Touch ID to leave. Purchase screens never appear on the Family Board.

Purchases

KinPoints Plus is sold through the App Store. Apple handles the payment and tells KinPoints only whether a purchase is active. We never receive your name, card details or Apple Account information. To let everyone in your family use Plus, KinPoints saves the date your subscription is active until in your family's shared iCloud data, next to your name. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your device's Settings under your Apple Account.

Notifications, widgets, weather and Siri

Timer alerts are scheduled on your device. They aren't sent from a server.
Widgets and Live Activities show your family's information on your home screen, lock screen and Dynamic Island. They read it from the app on the same device.
Weather on the Family Board. If you allow it, the device showing the Family Board uses its approximate location to get the local weather from Apple Weather. The location goes only to Apple for that forecast. KinPoints doesn't store it, sync it or send it to us. You can turn location off for KinPoints in Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services, and the board will simply hide the weather.
Siri can read a child's points or remaining chores aloud when you ask. Apple processes Siri requests under its own privacy policy. KinPoints only provides the answer from your device.

Crash reports

KinPoints has no analytics of its own. If you've chosen to share app analytics with developers in your device's Settings, Apple may send us anonymous crash reports and usage statistics. These don't include your family's information. You can turn this off in Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements.

Deleting your information

You're in control of your family's information and can delete it at any time:

Remove a child: swipe left on them on the KinPoints home screen and tap Remove. Their points, history and money records are deleted.
Remove the app: delete KinPoints from a device to erase what's stored on that device.
Remove the iCloud copy: go to Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage, choose KinPoints and delete its data. This removes your family's information for everyone you've shared it with.

Because we don't keep a copy, we can't recover information after it's deleted.

Changes to this policy

If we change how KinPoints handles information, we'll update this page and the date at the top. If a change is significant, we'll also mention it in the app's release notes.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your family's privacy? Email us:

KinPoints.App@gmail.com