We can’t see your work. That’s on purpose.

Short version

We have no copy of your timesheet. owntime keeps it in a file on your Mac (~/Documents/owntime/timesheet.db). No account, no analytics, no crash reports. There’s nothing to read, even if we wanted to. Which we don’t.

But the details matter, so here they are — plain.

What the app keeps, and where

Time entries, clients, projects, invoices, notes, photos — all local. SQLite file plus a receipts folder, both in ~/Documents/owntime/. No cloud, no sync unless you put the folder in iCloud, Dropbox, or Syncthing yourself. Then it’s your cloud, not ours. And it works with no wifi at all. Try it on a plane.

Three things that do touch the net — only when you ask

1. License check, once. You paste a key, the app pings LemonSqueezy to check it. It sends the key, nothing else. After that it works offline. Forever.

2. Update check, when you click it. “Check for updates” fetches a tiny JSON from our site (just version + sig). No data leaves your machine.

3. The browser bit, if you use it. The optional capture helper sends a page title to the app on 127.0.0.1 — that’s your own machine talking to itself, not the internet.

And that’s the list. No hidden fourth.

What this site keeps

This page you’re on may count views with a cookie-free, privacy-friendly counter (just counts, no person). That’s it. The shop is LemonSqueezy — they take your email and payment to send the key, under their policy. We get the email to send the key, not to build a list you didn’t ask for.

If you want us to forget you

Email contact@owntime.click and say “forget me.” We delete the purchase record we can, and we tell LemonSqueezy to do the same where their law allows. What’s on your disk is yours to delete — trash the ~/Documents/owntime/ folder and it’s gone.

Note: this is plain talk, not legal advice. It matches how the app actually works today. If you need formal language for a client audit, have a lawyer bless it. We’re one person who built a timer, not a firm.