TimatchPrivacy Policy
Last updated: 19 August 2026
The short version. Timatch does not collect any data about you. Everything you enter stays on your device. If you switch on iCloud sync, your data is stored in your own private iCloud account, which the developer cannot access. There is no Timatch account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking.
1. Who is responsible
Jaime Taboada Aparicio
Email: timatch@jaimetaboada.com
Full postal address and legal notice: jaimetaboada.com/impressum.html
2. What Timatch stores, and where
Timatch is an offline-first app. All content you create — your game collection, players, places, sessions, turn times, scores, photos, tags and settings — is stored locally on your device using Apple's SwiftData framework.
If you enable iCloud sync in the app's settings, that same data is additionally stored in the private database of your iCloud account via Apple CloudKit, so it is available on your other devices. This data is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy. The developer of Timatch has no access to it and receives no copy of it.
The developer of Timatch operates no server, no database and no backend of any kind.
3. Data the developer receives
None. Timatch contains no analytics SDK, no crash reporting service, no advertising SDK and no third-party tracking of any kind. No user identifier, device identifier or usage statistic is transmitted to the developer.
4. Connections the app makes
BoardGameGeek
When you actively search for a game or import a collection, the app sends your search term or your BoardGameGeek username to the public BoardGameGeek XML API2 (boardgamegeek.com) in order to retrieve game metadata. This only happens when you trigger it. No other data is transmitted. BoardGameGeek is an independent third party; their handling of that request is subject to their own privacy policy. Timatch is not affiliated with or endorsed by BoardGameGeek.
Game cover images from BoardGameGeek
Cover images that come from BoardGameGeek are loaded directly from BoardGameGeek's image server when displayed (cf.geekdo-images.com). As with any image request on the internet, that server learns your IP address and which image was requested. A photo you take yourself replaces the cover image and is stored on your device only.
Local network (Apple TV, Apple Watch, second device)
To show the session on an Apple TV, an Apple Watch or a second iPhone/iPad, Timatch connects directly to that device over your local Wi-Fi using Apple's MultipeerConnectivity and Bonjour. The session data travels device to device. It does not pass through the internet and it does not reach the developer.
In-app purchases
Purchases of Timatch Pro are processed entirely by Apple through StoreKit. The developer receives only Apple's anonymised sales and financial reports and never sees your payment details or your Apple Account.
5. Device permissions
Every permission below is optional. Timatch's core functions work without any of them, and each is requested only at the moment you use the feature that needs it.
| Permission | Used for |
|---|---|
| Camera | Taking photos of players, games or the finished table. |
| Photo library | Choosing existing photos for players and games. |
| Local network | Connecting to an Apple TV, Apple Watch or a second device at the same table. |
| Notifications | Local alerts when a turn time limit runs out or a planned game night is due. |
| Calendar | Reading how much time is left until your next appointment, to suggest games that fit. Read only, and only if you turn it on. |
| Contacts | Picking a person when you record who borrowed one of your games. |
| Location (while using the app) | Filling in the address of a place when you tap "use current location". |
Photos, calendar entries, contacts and locations accessed this way are stored only on your device (and in your own iCloud if sync is on). None of them is transmitted to the developer.
6. Apple Intelligence
On devices that support Apple Intelligence, Timatch can phrase your statistics as a short written summary using Apple's on-device FoundationModels framework. This runs entirely on your device. No prompt and no statistic leaves the device. On all other devices a rule-based summary is used instead.
7. Children
Timatch is rated 4+ and is suitable for all ages. It collects no data, contains no advertising, has no user accounts and offers no communication with strangers.
8. Your rights
Because the developer holds no personal data about you, there is nothing to request access to, correct or delete on the developer's side. You remain in full control of your own data:
- Export: export sessions and your full database as PDF, CSV or a Timatch file from within the app.
- Delete: use the factory reset in the app's settings, or delete the app, to remove all local data. Turning off iCloud sync and deleting the app's iCloud data in your iOS settings removes the synced copy.
Under the GDPR you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. If you have any question about this policy, write to timatch@jaimetaboada.com.
9. Changes
If the app's data practices change, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change with it.