Pawtch

Pawtch Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Pawtch is a virtual pet for Apple Watch. This policy explains what data the app uses and what it does with it.

In short

• We don’t collect any data. There are no accounts, servers, ads, analytics or tracking.
• Everything the app uses stays on your watch and in Apple’s Health app, under your control.
• We don’t share or sell any data, and we never use your health data for advertising.

Health data (Apple Health)

If you turn on “Use your Health data”, the app asks for permission to read:

• Steps, floors climbed and your Move ring: they keep your pet healthy and happy, and count its walks.
• Sleep: in the morning it tells you how long you slept.
• Environmental sound levels (Noise app): in a noisy place, it covers its ears.
• Heart rate, distance and calories: only during a real walk, to show them on screen and in the summary.

And to save to Health:

• Your real walks, as walking workouts with their route.
• Breathing sessions, as Mindful Minutes.

This data is used only for the app’s features, on the watch. It never leaves your device to us or to third parties. You can change these permissions at any time in Settings → Health on your iPhone or watch.

Location

The app uses your location only during a real walk, to measure distance with GPS and draw the route, which is saved with the workout in the Health app. It is not sent to us or to third parties.

Motion

The watch’s motion sensors let your pet walk or jog at your pace and notice when you climb stairs. This data is processed on the watch and not stored.

Microphone

On your pet’s anniversary you can blow out the candles on its cake. To do that, the app measures the microphone’s volume while the cake is on screen. No audio is recorded or stored. If you don’t allow it, you can tap the candles instead.

Notifications

Alerts (hunger, bath time, anniversary…) are created on the watch. We don’t use remote notifications.

Data stored by the app

Your pet’s state and your settings are stored only on the watch. Deleting the app deletes them. Data saved to the Health app is managed in Health.

Children

The app is suitable for all ages and doesn’t collect data from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If anything changes, we’ll update this page and its date.

Contact

Questions? 52null-gage@icloud.com