Privacy Policy
The app keeps your reading data on your device. We do not run accounts or server-side reading profiles.
The marketing website uses Umami analytics and, if you choose to send feedback, a contact form protected by Cloudflare Turnstile.
Our Commitment
Sometimes keeps your privacy simple. Poetry should be a private, peaceful experience. This policy explains what data the app handles and how.
App and Website Scope
This page covers both the iOS app and the public website at sometimes.deftmag.com. The app itself does not include analytics or tracking. The website uses Umami analytics for page visits and related website usage reporting. The website also offers a feedback/contact form; using that form is optional.
Data Storage
What's Stored Locally on Your Device
The app stores the following data on your device:
- Poem Delivery History: Records of which poems you've received and when
- Favorites: Poems you've marked as favorites
- Preferences: Your settings including delivery frequency, active hours, and pause status
- Area: The place you chose for weather, if any, with its coordinates rounded to about a kilometre
The app does not upload any of this to us. You can export a backup, which holds your archive and settings including your area, to a location you choose in Files, and iOS may include the data in your iCloud backups if enabled. Deleting the app removes its local data; exported files and backups are separate.
What We Do NOT Collect
In the app, we don't collect usernames, emails, or accounts. We don't request your device's location or read your contacts or photos. No app tracking and no device IDs.
Network Usage
Area searches send your search text to Apple Maps. Weather and optional tips also use the internet; website services are described below.
Weather Information
Weather context helps the app choose fitting poems, such as a rain poem on a rainy day.
- Service: Apple WeatherKit
- Location: Not collected from device sensors. No location permission is requested.
- How it works: You choose an area in the app, and its rounded coordinates are sent to Apple WeatherKit. A forecast helps choose upcoming poems, and your archive may keep Apple Weather's estimate for the hour each poem arrived.
- Governed by: Apple's Privacy Policy
In-App Purchases
If you choose to leave an optional tip, the transaction is handled by Apple StoreKit. We never see, access, or store any payment information.
Website Analytics
The website uses Umami analytics. This tells us information such as page views, referrers, device type, and country-level location. We do not use this for advertising, cross-site tracking, or data brokerage.
Website Feedback Form
If you choose to send feedback through the website form, we receive the message you write, the optional email address you provide, the page you submitted it from, and basic request metadata such as your browser's user agent. The message is sent to us by email through Resend.
The form uses Cloudflare Turnstile to reduce spam. Turnstile verifies a challenge token and request information such as your IP address with Cloudflare before the message is sent. We use this only to protect the form from abuse.
Permissions
Notifications
- Why: To deliver poems at scheduled times during your active hours
- What we access: Permission to display notifications
- Data shared: None. Notifications are generated entirely on your device.
- Control: You can enable or disable notifications at any time in iOS Settings
Photo Library (Add Only)
- Why: If you choose to save a poem image to your photos
- What we access: Permission to add images only (we cannot read your photos)
- Data shared: None. Images are created on your device.
Permissions We Do NOT Request
We do not request access to GPS, Camera, Contacts, Microphone, Calendar, Health Data, or Tracking (ATT).
Data Retention
On-device app data is retained until you delete the app. If you contact us by email or through the website form, we may keep that message as long as needed to read, respond, and maintain reasonable support records.
Children's Privacy
The app doesn't collect personal data from anyone, including children.
Your Rights
If you want to stop the weather feature, clear your area in Settings; without an area the app makes no weather requests.
Data Security
Your app data is protected by iOS encryption. All network requests use HTTPS. We do not send app data to advertisers or analytics services, and the website analytics and feedback form are not used for advertising, cross-site tracking, or data brokerage.
Changes to This Policy
If we update this policy, the date at the bottom will change. Keep using the app and you're accepting the new version.
Legal Compliance
We aim to keep this policy clear, accurate, and aligned with applicable privacy requirements.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:
Sometimes is a simple poetry app that respects your privacy. Your favorites and settings are stored on your device, with backups you control. The app uses Apple Maps for area searches, Apple Weather for poem selection and arrival-hour estimates, and StoreKit for optional tips. The public website uses Umami analytics and an optional feedback form, but the app does not track you, sell your data, or even know who you are. Enjoy the poetry.
Last Updated: October 27, 2026