Last updated: 29 September 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 two kinds of information ever leave your phone: the purchase information Apple and our purchase provider need to process a plan you choose to buy, and anonymous crash diagnostics (technical error details, never your content) that help us fix bugs.
ScanRise is provided by SPENCER AI (ABN 31 978 335 623), 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 offers optional paid plans (monthly and yearly subscriptions, and a one-time lifetime purchase). When you buy 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 deliver the plan you chose. You can restore previous purchases at any time from the app's paywall screen.
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. If you choose to send a diagnostic log from the app's Diagnostics screen, the app also sends its alarm event log (event types, times, and volume levels, with any custom sound name removed); this only happens 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.
Other than the purchase information and anonymous crash diagnostics 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 SPENCER AI. ScanRise is a general wellness tool, not a medical device.