Privacy Policy
Last updated 1 November 2026
Ember keeps track of your subscriptions on your phone, with as little as possible leaving it. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking.
In short
- Your list lives on your phoneWe never receive your subscriptions, name or settings.
- Gmail is read on your phoneReceipts are read in the app, never stored or sent to any server.
- Reminders need only the basicsName, price and renewal date of each subscription, if you turn them on.
The details
What stays on your phone
Your subscriptions, settings and name are saved in your browser's storage on this device, or in the App Store or Google Play app's storage. Deleting Ember, clearing site data or tapping Delete all in Settings removes them. You can export them any time from Settings → Data.
Gmail
If you choose Find in Gmail, Google asks you to let Ember read your email with the gmail.readonly permission. Ember searches for receipts from Apple, Google and subscription services, reads them inside the app on your phone, and lists what it found for you to review.
- Email content is never sent to us or anyone else, and never stored. Only the subscriptions you approve are saved, on your phone.
- Ember talks to Gmail straight from your phone. Google's access token stays on your phone and is never sent to our servers; no Ember server ever receives your email, the token or what was found.
- Ember cannot send, delete, label or change email.
- Access lasts only for that search. You can remove it any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
- Ember's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Gmail data is never used for ads, sold, shared, or used to train AI models.
Screenshots and bank statements
When you scan a screenshot or a statement, the text is read on your phone. The image and the statement are not uploaded or kept.
Reminders
Only if you turn them on, Ember sends our reminder server (run on Cloudflare) what it needs to remind you while the app is closed: a random device ID, your phone's push address, and each subscription's name, price, currency, billing cycle and next renewal date. Never your name or email.
Turning reminders off deletes your device's record.
In the App Store and Google Play apps, nothing is sent: reminders are scheduled on your phone.
Other services Ember asks
- Apple's App Store search, with a subscription's name, to find its icon and plan prices.
- open.er-api.com, for exchange rates, so mixed currencies add up to one total. Nothing about you is sent.
- Vercel serves the app's files. Like any web host, it sees standard request details such as your IP address.
Purchases
Ember Lifetime is one payment through Apple or Google Play. The store handles payment; Ember only asks the store whether you own Ember Lifetime, and never sees your card or payment details. If a purchase is refunded, Ember locks again: your first subscription stays visible and the rest are hidden, not deleted, until you buy or restore Ember Lifetime again.
Children
Ember is not meant for children under 13 and does not knowingly collect anything about them.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the date above changes with it, and anything that changes what leaves your phone is shown in the app first.
Ember is made by Ajayi Feyikemi Mabel. For questions or requests, write to ajayifey@gmail.com.