Last updated: 6 November 2026
Short version: ScanRise keeps everything on your device. We don't run a server of our own, we don't have accounts, and we don't collect, sell, or share your personal data. There's no analytics or advertising tracking. Only three kinds of information ever leave your phone: the purchase information Apple and our purchase provider need to process a plan you choose to buy, anonymous crash diagnostics (technical error details, never your content) that help us fix bugs, and Founders feedback answers you choose to send.
ScanRise is provided by Driftwood Labs Pty Ltd (ACN 703 905 293, ABN 27 703 905 293), Victoria, Australia. In this policy, "we", "us", and "our" refer to that provider.
Your alarms, habits, wellness entries, to-dos, streaks, and sleep-tracking data (your sleep sessions, a per-minute movement level for each session, sleep scores, and reports) are saved only on your device (in the app's local storage). This information never leaves your phone and is not sent to us or to anyone else.
If you allow it, ScanRise reads your device calendar to show that day's events on your "Start my day" screen and in the ScanRise home-screen widget, if you add it. This is read-only: ScanRise never creates, changes, or deletes calendar events. It happens entirely on your device, and your events are never stored by us or transmitted anywhere. You can turn calendar access off at any time in iOS Settings.
The camera is used only for the "scan a real object to dismiss the alarm" feature. Recognition runs entirely on your device. No photos or video are recorded, saved, or transmitted.
If you use Sleep Tracking, ScanRise reads your device's motion sensor while the app is open on your bedside to sense how much you move overnight. This is used to estimate your sleep and produce your morning sleep report and sleep score. Motion data is processed entirely on your device. The raw sensor readings are not kept: the app saves only one movement level per minute, on your device, as part of that night's sleep session. Nothing from the motion sensor is ever transmitted, and no audio is captured. Sleep stages are an estimate from movement, not a medical measurement. ScanRise is a general wellness tool, not a medical device. You can turn Motion access off at any time in iOS Settings.
If you choose one of your own songs as an alarm sound, ScanRise asks for access to your music library so you can pick it. Your choice is saved on your device; nothing from your library is uploaded.
ScanRise uses local notifications as a backup so your alarm can still alert you. These are generated on your device; no notification content is sent to any server.
ScanRise is free, with nothing to buy in the app (ScanRise 1.6.2 and later). Earlier versions offered paid plans. For anyone who bought one:
This purchase information and the anonymous crash diagnostics described below are the only data that leave your device. Purchase information is used only to recognise a plan you already have.
To find and fix bugs, ScanRise sends anonymous crash and error diagnostics to Sentry, a third-party error-monitoring service. When the app hits an error, it sends a report containing only technical information: the error type and its technical message, a stack trace reduced to file and function names, the app version and build, and a coarse app state (such as "idle", or which night mode is running). If the app itself crashes, the report also includes standard technical details about the crash and your device, such as the device model and iOS version. Reports never include any of your content (no alarms, sleep data, wellness entries, to-dos, calendar, music, names, or messages), and the app does not attach your IP address or any account or personal identifier. A diagnostics report from the app's Help & diagnostics screen (below) also travels through Sentry, but only when you tap to send it. We do not use this data to identify or track you. See Sentry's privacy policy at sentry.io/privacy.
The last row in the app's Settings, Help & diagnostics (five taps on the version number open it too), is only for when something has gone wrong. Nothing leaves your phone unless you tap Send and then confirm. A report contains: the app version and build, your iPhone model and iOS version, language, time zone and free storage, the results of the health checks on that screen (such as whether the alarm engine is registered and notifications are allowed), the app's recent technical log (screens opened, errors, timings), and the alarm event log (when alarms were set and fired, volume and notification states, with any custom sound name removed). It never contains your tasks and plans, your sleep and wellness entries, your habits, your calendar events, camera images from scans, the names of your scan items or alarm sounds, your contacts, your exact location or any password. Before anything is sent, the app shows you exactly what will be sent, and at most one report can be sent every ten minutes. It goes to ScanRise support (welcome@myspencer.ai) through Sentry, is used only to find and fix the problem, and is deleted within 90 days. This is separate from the automatic crash reports described above, which the app sends without a tap.
Settings → Founders feedback asks up to seven optional questions (what you like, what you use most, what's missing or broken, what nearly made you stop, how likely you are to recommend ScanRise, what you would pay, and anything else). Nothing is sent unless you tap Send feedback. Your answers then go to our feedback inbox at founders-feedback.nickeaston25-989.workers.dev (run for us on Cloudflare), together with the app version and build and nothing else: no name, no email address, no device identifier, and nothing from your alarms, sleep, wellness entries or plans. The inbox adds the country the request came from and a one-way code made from your network address that changes every day, used only to limit sends to ten a day; your address itself is not stored. The answers are not linked to you, are not used for tracking or advertising, and are read only to improve ScanRise. Founders feedback is optional and is sent only when you tap Send feedback. If your phone is offline or the send fails, the answers wait on your phone (one form at most) and send themselves the next time ScanRise opens or comes back online; nothing is ever sent by email.
Other than the purchase information, anonymous crash diagnostics and Founders feedback you choose to send, described above, ScanRise has no user accounts, no backend server of our own, and no third-party analytics, advertising, or behavioural tracking software. Because we don't receive your personal content, we cannot access, sell, or share it.
ScanRise is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the "Last updated" date above.
Questions about privacy? Email welcome@myspencer.ai.
See also our Terms of Use. © 2026 Driftwood Labs Pty Ltd. ScanRise is a general wellness tool, not a medical device.