Privacy Policy

Last updated November 9, 2026

Laborly (formerly Contraction Timer: Counter) is a contraction timer and kick counter for iPhone and Apple Watch. Your contractions and everything else you enter never reach us. The only things that ever come to us are crash reports, described below, and emails you choose to send.

What you enter

On your iPhone. Contractions (start and end times, strength, notes), sessions, labor events, kick counts, your hospital bag checklist, your due date, the contacts you save (a name and phone number) and your settings are stored on your device.

In your own iCloud. With iCloud Sync on (the default), this data is also kept in your private iCloud database, so it stays the same on your iPhones signed in to the same Apple Account. Apple stores it in your iCloud account; Laborly has no account and we can't see it. You can turn sync off in Settings → iCloud Sync.

On your Apple Watch. Contractions you time on the Watch are stored on the Watch and sent directly to your iPhone when it is nearby.

Reports, exports and backups (PDF, CSV and backup files) and partner updates are made on your iPhone and go only where you send them, for example by Messages, Mail or Files. Laborly never sends anything by itself.

Lock Screen, widgets and notifications

The Live Activity, widgets and the Watch show times and counts, so anyone who can see your Lock Screen can see them. Notifications are created and shown by your iPhone; nothing is sent through a server. Laborly asks for notification permission only when you turn on a feature that needs it.

Face ID and contacts

Face ID Lock is checked by iOS; Laborly never receives your face data. When you pick a contact from your address book, iOS shows its own picker and Laborly saves only the name and phone number you chose. Laborly can't read the rest of your contacts.

Updating from the previous version

The first time the new version opens, it copies your contractions from the previous version's files on your iPhone. The old files stay on your iPhone, unchanged, for 30 days in case anything needs to be moved again, and are then deleted. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Crash reports

If the App Store or TestFlight version of Laborly crashes or stops responding, it sends a crash report to Sentry (Functional Software, Inc.) so the problem can be found and fixed. A small share of app sessions also send performance data (how long app start and screens take). Reports contain technical details only: the app version, the code that was running, the device model, the iOS version and similar device state, and a random install identifier. They do not contain your contractions, notes, kick counts, due date, contacts, screenshots or a recording of the screen, and IP addresses are not stored. Reports are not linked to you, not used for advertising and not shared with anyone else.

Emails you send

Settings → Send Feedback opens an email draft in Mail. You see everything in it before you send it; the app version and device model are added only if “Include app version and device” is on, and your contractions and notes are never attached. We use your email only to answer you and improve the app, and you can ask us to delete it.

What Laborly does not do

• No account or sign-in.
• No analytics, advertising or tracking.
• No server of our own: your data is never sent to us.

Links that leave the app

Guide sources (WHO, ACOG, NHS), Feature Requests (our public board on Canny), the App Store and Apple's terms open in Safari or the App Store. Those sites have their own privacy policies.

Deleting your data

Settings → Delete All Data removes your contractions, sessions, labor events, kick counts, checklist and contacts on this iPhone and, with iCloud Sync on, from your iCloud. Swipe to delete removes a single contraction or session. Deleting the app removes what is stored on that device.

Children

Laborly is made for adults. It collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.

Contact

Questions about privacy, or to have an email you sent deleted: see the support page, or in Laborly open Settings → Send Feedback.