Who operates Shift Close?
Shift Close is provided by Marian Yakubets at YakuApps. Contact similarswords@gmail.com with privacy questions or requests.
Local records
Your jobs, shifts, tip amounts, payment records, matching, notes and optional slip photos are stored in the app’s local storage. Shift Close does not upload this ledger to a YakuApps cloud ledger service. No account is required to use it. We do not receive your records simply because you enter them.
Purchases and RevenueCat
Apple or Google processes store payments. Shift Close uses RevenueCat to check purchases and manage Pro access. RevenueCat receives subscription and purchase information and an SDK-generated identifier. No name or email is required for the app’s anonymous purchase identity. This is separate from the local ledger. Shift Close does not send tip amounts, notes, employer names or photos to RevenueCat as customer attributes.
RevenueCat processes purchase information for subscription functionality and related purchase analytics. It may process technical information needed to provide its service. See RevenueCat’s Privacy Policy and the privacy terms of your store. We do not receive your complete card details from a store purchase.
Exports, backups and sharing
When you choose an export or share action, the selected file is passed to the destination you choose through the operating system. That provider controls its copy under its own terms. Exported CSV, PDF and backups may contain financial information. Review them before sharing and store them securely.
Shift Close has no app-operated cloud-sync service. Your device or operating-system backup settings may copy app data; those backups are governed by your OS provider and settings. A local erase does not remove exports or third-party backups.
Permissions and reminders
Photo or camera access is requested when you choose to attach an image, where the operating system requires permission. Files are selected through the OS picker. Optional reminders use local notifications and do not include your income or employer information. You can deny permissions and continue core tracking. You can change permission settings on your device.
Support information
If you email us, we receive the contact details and content you choose to send. We use them to address your request. Please avoid sending unredacted financial records. Support correspondence is kept as needed to handle the request and any applicable obligations; contact us to request access or deletion.
Optional usage analytics
Usage analytics is off by default. If you enable Share usage data in Settings, Shift Close sends selected app actions and their results to PostHog to help improve the app. Examples include completing setup, saving a shift, reviewing a pay period, using import, export or backup tools, viewing Pro and completing a purchase-access action. These events contain categories and outcomes, not the contents of your records.
The records include app and operating-system versions, platform, collection time, random technical event identifiers and a random device-local analytics identifier. Purchase-access events can include the monthly or yearly option and an action result, but do not contain a purchase amount, your store customer ID or the RevenueCat purchase identifier. We do not link the analytics identifier to the RevenueCat identifier.
This integration does not send your tip amounts, ledger dates, employer names, notes, photos, exported files or contact details. It does not record your screen. The configured service is PostHog US Cloud. PostHog receives network information, including the source IP address, and stores the IP address with these usage events in the current project configuration. We request that location enrichment is disabled; this does not remove the stored IP address. See PostHog’s Privacy Policy and data-storage information.
You can turn usage analytics off in Settings without losing app features. Turning it off stops new events, clears pending in-memory events and cancels active requests. It cannot recall events already received by PostHog. Enabling it again creates a new random identifier. If a device-storage error prevents saving the choice, the app explains that analytics is off for the current session and asks you to retry before restarting. Restoring a ledger backup does not enable analytics.
While analytics is enabled, Settings shows a selectable Analytics support code. If you want us to locate its stored events, copy this code before disabling analytics or erasing the app. It is a technical identifier, not a password. Email it to us only if you choose to request help with those analytics records. We cannot automatically recover earlier codes after they are cleared or replaced, and your email address alone may not let us locate events that were never linked to it.
Turning analytics off or erasing local data does not delete events already held by PostHog. The app has no automatic deletion timer for those stored events. PostHog’s plan-based event-history window is not an assurance of deletion at that age. Contact us to request access or deletion, with any analytics support codes you retained. We will assess the request and use the provider’s available deletion process; we do not promise immediate deletion or deletion of records subject to applicable obligations.
Advertising and tracking
Shift Close does not show advertising or send local ledger contents to advertising networks. We do not use cross-app advertising tracking. Store-provided aggregate reports and RevenueCat purchase metrics are separate from the local ledger. Optional PostHog usage analytics is described above and remains separate from purchase metrics and the local ledger.
Retention and deletion
Local records remain until you delete them, erase local data or remove the app, subject to OS backup behaviour. The in-app erase action removes app records and optional photos according to the confirmation shown. It does not cancel a store subscription, delete an exported copy or erase purchase records retained by Apple or Google.
For support or RevenueCat-related data requests, email us. We may need information to locate the relevant anonymous purchase record and verify the request. We do not promise to delete records that a store or applicable obligations require to be retained. Revoking an identifier is not a substitute for cancelling an active subscription.
Security
The app uses operating-system private storage. Network communication with supported purchase services uses encrypted transport. Protect your device and exported files. No storage or transmission method can guarantee complete security.
Intended users
Shift Close is a work recordkeeping tool for servers and bartenders. It is not directed at children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through support, contact us.
Changes
We may update this policy when the product or data practices change. The date above identifies this version. Material new data flows require updated in-app and store disclosures before release.