Privacy Policy
Effective November 9, 2026
My Daily Dollar helps you see what you can safely spend each day. To do that, it needs the budget you give it. If you allow it, the app also tells us which screens get used, kept separate from your budget, so we know what to improve. This page explains what that means in plain language.
- We collect your account details and the budget you enter, so the app can work and sync between your phones.
- If you allow it, we also collect usage data: which screens get used, kept separate from your budget and not linked to your account. You can turn it off in Settings → Help & privacy.
- We don't sell your data, show ads, or track you across other apps or websites.
- We never see your password, and we never connect to your bank.
- You can delete your account and all of its data from inside the app, at any time.
Who we are
My Daily Dollar is operated by Joseph Ingram. If you have a question about this policy or your data, email support@dailydollar-app.com.
What we collect
Your account. Your name and email address, so you can sign in and so your budget can be saved to your account. You also choose a password, but that is handled entirely by our sign-in provider (Google Firebase Authentication) — we never see it or store it.
The budget you enter. Everything the app works from is information you type in yourself:
- Income: source names, amounts, how often you're paid, and your next pay dates.
- Bills: names, amounts, and due dates.
- Savings and goals: names, targets, balances, and the amounts you set aside.
- Debts: names, balances, minimum payments, interest rates, and due dates.
- Expenses: amount, a description such as a store name, an optional category, and the date and time you logged it.
- Month-end summaries and what you chose to do with each month's leftover money.
- Your settings, such as your daily spending target and reminder preferences.
How you heard about us, if you answer. After you set up a new budget, the app asks once how you found it, such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, a friend, or App Store search. If you answer, your choice and the date are saved with your account. You can skip it, and it's never asked again either way.
Usage data, if you allow it. To see which parts of the app get used and where people get stuck, the app sends us:
- The screens you open, by name, such as "Settings" or "Spending insights".
- When the app is installed, opened, or closed, and when you finish setting up, log or edit an expense, subscribe, or answer how you heard about us. Never the amount, the merchant, a note, or anything else you typed.
- Basic details about the app and your phone: app and iOS version, device type (such as "iPhone"), language, time zone, screen size, and whether you're on Wi-Fi or cellular.
- A random ID made for this copy of the app, so visits can be counted.
Usage data isn't linked to your account, name, or email, and it isn't used to work out your location. It's on unless you turn it off in Settings → Help & privacy; once it's off, nothing more is sent.
What we don't collect. We don't access your bank accounts, location, contacts, photos, or advertising identifier. The app contains no crash reporting and no advertising, and it doesn't track you across other apps or websites.
How we use it
Your budget is used only to run the app: to calculate your daily number, show your history and progress, keep your budget in sync across your devices, and keep your account secure. Usage data is used only to understand how the app is used, so we can improve it. Your answer about how you heard about us is used only to see which places bring new people to the app. We don't use your information for advertising, and we don't sell it or share it for anyone else's marketing.
Where it's stored
Your budget is stored in your account on Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore), a service provider that stores it on our behalf. Information travels between the app and Firebase encrypted, and our database rules allow each account to read and change only its own data.
A copy of your budget is also kept on your phone, so the app and its home screen and lock screen widgets work quickly and offline.
Sharing a budget with a partner
Many households share one My Daily Dollar login so both people see the same budget. Anyone you give your email and password to can see and change everything in that budget, and can delete the account. Only share your login with people you trust with that.
Who else sees it
We don't sell or rent your personal information. It's handled only by the service providers the app needs to work:
- Google (Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore) — sign-in and storing your budget.
- HeyCatch — usage data, if you allow it: it shows us how the app is used. It uses PostHog's open-source software and may use AI services to summarize the data. It doesn't sell the data or use it for advertising.
- Apple — distributing the app, and processing subscription payments. If you subscribe, Apple handles the payment; we never receive your card or payment details, only whether your subscription is active.
We may disclose information if the law requires it, such as in response to a valid legal request.
Notifications
Reminders, like the optional 8pm reminder to log your spending, are scheduled on your phone. They aren't sent from our servers, and we don't collect notification data. You can turn them off in the app or in your iPhone's Settings.
Keeping and deleting your data
We keep your information for as long as your account exists. Usage data is kept while we use HeyCatch, and deleted or made fully anonymous within two months after we stop.
You can delete your account at any time in Settings → Profile → Delete account. This permanently deletes your account, your budget, your expenses, and your history from our servers and from your phone. It can't be undone. If you share your login with a partner, it's deleted for them too.
Deleting the app from your phone doesn't delete your account — use Delete account for that, or email us and we'll do it for you.
Because usage data isn't linked to your account, we can't look it up by your name or email. Turning off Share usage data stops any more being sent.
Your choices
You can view and edit everything you've entered directly in the app, and delete it at any time. You can also email us to ask for a copy of your data, or to have it corrected or deleted. Depending on where you live, you may have additional privacy rights under local law; contact us and we'll help.
Children
My Daily Dollar isn't intended for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we'll delete it.
Changes to this policy
If we change how we handle your information, we'll update this page and the effective date above. If a change is significant — for example, if we add a feature that connects to your bank — we'll let you know in the app before it affects you.
Contact
Questions or requests: support@dailydollar-app.com