Privacy Policy

Overview

Limitd is a focused-access app for using Instagram with fewer distractions. This Privacy Policy explains what information Limitd processes, why it is used, how long it is kept, and what choices you have.

Limitd does not sell your personal information, does not show ads, and does not use your information to track you across apps or websites owned by other companies. Instagram, Apple, and other third-party services used with the app may process information under their own privacy policies.

Limitd does not store your Instagram sessions, Instagram content, app settings, Focus Points state, or Screen Time selections on Limitd-operated servers. If you enable notifications, Limitd-operated servers may store limited indirect identifiers needed to route notifications to your device. These identifiers are not used for advertising or to directly identify you by name.

Information You Save in the App

When you add an Instagram account, Limitd may store information needed to show and manage that saved account, such as the account name, account label, saved-account settings, preferred focused-access options, default account selection, tutorial progress, Focus Points level and daily usage state, and app preferences.

This information is used to restore your saved accounts and app settings. It is not sold or used for advertising.

Instagram Sessions

Limitd uses an in-app browser to let you sign in to Instagram. Instagram login credentials are entered into Instagram, not into a Limitd account system.

To reopen a saved focused session, Limitd may store Instagram session information on your device. This helps the app restore Instagram inside Limitd without asking you to sign in every time. Session information is protected using device security features where available and is removed when you delete the saved account or uninstall the app.

Your activity inside Instagram, including messages, uploads, profile activity, and other Instagram content, is handled by Instagram and Meta. Limitd uses the Instagram web experience only to provide focused navigation and app features.

Notifications

If you enable Instagram notifications, Limitd requests notification permission and processes information needed to deliver those notifications. This may include device and app identifiers, notification delivery identifiers, saved-account identifiers, subscription status, app version, platform, setup status, delivery and reliability status, and related timestamps.

Limitd uses platform notification services and a Limitd-operated notification service to route Instagram notifications to your device. The notification service stores limited indirect identifiers needed for delivery, but does not store your Instagram account content, saved session information, Screen Time selections, or app settings. Notification content is processed only as needed to deliver and display the notification to you.

Message notification content from Instagram is encrypted with keys that are created and kept on your device. Limitd-operated servers pass it on in encrypted form and cannot read it.

Notification routing records are kept only while needed to provide the notification feature or maintain service reliability. Short-lived operational records may be kept for a limited period to prevent duplicate notifications, troubleshoot delivery issues, and protect the service.

Screen Time and Device Permissions

If you use Limitd's Screen Time app-blocking features, the app may request Apple Screen Time authorization and store the settings needed to block or unblock the apps you select. These settings are used only to provide the Screen Time features you enable.

The app may request camera, microphone, and photo library access so Instagram inside Limitd can take photos, record audio, or select media. Limitd does not use these permissions outside the Instagram feature that requested them.

Diagnostics, Analytics, and Feedback

Limitd uses analytics and diagnostics services to understand basic app usage and improve reliability. These services may process information such as screen views, tutorial events, app version, device type, operating system, timestamps, crash reports, error details, performance measurements, and similar diagnostic information.

Limitd configures its diagnostics tools to avoid intentionally sending personal information and to redact sensitive values where practical. If you submit a bug report, the report may include the message you enter, related diagnostic information, and any screenshot you choose to attach.

The app may also show or copy a support identifier for troubleshooting. You choose whether to share that identifier with Limitd support.

Subscriptions and Purchases

Limitd uses Apple and Superwall to present paywalls, check subscription status, restore purchases, and determine whether paid features are active. Apple handles App Store billing, payment method details, refunds, and subscription management. Limitd does not receive your full payment card information.

App Configuration and Security

Limitd may use remote configuration and security services to keep the app operating correctly, provide updates, protect backend requests, prevent abuse, and improve reliability.

No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure. We use reasonable safeguards for the size and nature of the app, but cannot guarantee absolute security.

limitd.app Website

The limitd.app website uses PostHog's EU cloud, Google Analytics, and Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand visits and performance.

PostHog counts page views and App Store button taps. Each request sends the page, a coarse source category (such as a search engine or another website), the button position for taps, whether the screen is phone-sized or larger, and a random identifier created for that page view. PostHog uses no cookies or browser storage, and its identifier does not follow a visitor between pages or visits. IP addresses reach PostHog with the request but are discarded and not stored, and no location is derived from them. PostHog keeps the data for up to seven years on the current plan.

Google Analytics is provided by Google. It sets first-party cookies (_ga and _ga_KZ39D6FVSQ) to distinguish visits and returning browsers. Their default lifetime is two years, although browsers may shorten it. It collects pages viewed, how you arrived (including the referring site and campaign tags), device, browser and screen information, and approximate location derived from your IP address. It also automatically measures scrolling, clicks on links to other sites such as the App Store, site search, supported video engagement, file downloads, and form interactions where these occur. Google signals and ad personalisation are off, and this setup is not linked to advertising. Event-level data is kept for 14 months; this limit does not apply to standard aggregated reports.

Cloudflare Web Analytics measures page views, referrers and page-load performance without cookies or local storage.

If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, none of these three analytics tools loads and nothing is sent to them. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser, or use Google's opt-out add-on to prevent Google Analytics measurement. Blocking cookies alone does not stop cookieless measurement.

This measurement is not used for advertising or cross-site tracking. App Store buttons open Apple's App Store, which reports download totals to Limitd.

Third-Party Services

Limitd relies on service providers and platform services to operate the app and website. These include Apple, Instagram and Meta, Firebase and Google, PostHog, Sentry, Superwall, Google Analytics (for the website), and Cloudflare (website hosting and Cloudflare Web Analytics). These providers may process information under their own terms and privacy policies, including information needed to provide in-app browsing, push notifications, subscriptions, diagnostics, analytics, hosting, security, and support.

How We Use Information

Limitd uses information to provide saved focused-access sessions, restore your settings, operate notifications, manage subscription access, improve reliability, prevent abuse, provide updates, answer support requests, and comply with legal obligations. Limitd does not use your information for third-party advertising or cross-app tracking.

Retention

Device-local account settings, preferences, Focus Points state, Screen Time settings, notification settings, and session information are kept until you delete the relevant saved account, change the setting, clear the notification setup, or uninstall the app.

Notification service records are kept while needed to provide notifications, maintain service reliability, prevent abuse, comply with legal obligations, or resolve support requests. Analytics, diagnostics, purchase, and operational records may be kept by Limitd and its service providers according to their own retention settings and legal obligations.

Your Choices

You can delete saved Instagram accounts in the app to remove their local account settings and session information. You can turn off Instagram notifications in the app or in iOS settings. You can revoke camera, microphone, photo library, notification, and Screen Time permissions in iOS settings. You can manage subscriptions, cancellations, and refunds through your App Store account settings.

You may contact the app owner to request access, correction, or deletion of information associated with the app where technically available and legally required. Some data can only be controlled through Apple, Meta, Google, Sentry, Superwall, or your device settings because those services process it directly.

Children

Limitd is not directed to children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through Limitd, contact the app owner so the information can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.

International Processing

Limitd and its service providers may process information in the United States, the European Union, and other locations where they operate. Data protection laws may differ from those in your country or region.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy when the app, services, or legal requirements change. The latest version will be posted on this page with the updated date above.

Contact

For privacy questions or requests, email support@limitd.app.