App records
OtoNote Tinnitus Diary is designed so tinnitus diary records stay on your device by default. The app does not require an account for core logging and does not display ads or include third-party advertising attribution SDKs. The iPhone app is not publicly released yet; the sections below explain its implemented data handling. The free website worksheet is usable now.
Pro integrations
The current native implementation includes optional Apple Health context and PDF/CSV export. Connecting Health requests read permission; it does not request permission to write Health data. Exports create files on your device. If you share a file, the destination you choose receives its contents. Review platform permissions and sharing choices before using these features.
Watch, backups and deletion
If you use the Watch companion, subjective loudness and bother records are first saved on the watch, then transferred to your paired iPhone through Apple's WatchConnectivity. Waiting records remain on the watch until the phone acknowledges durable import. The watch does not record audio, read Apple Health, or include marketing SDKs. Sync has no guaranteed completion time.
To remove waiting records too, clear them in OtoNote on your watch before deleting phone records. Deleting on one device does not automatically erase all copies on the other. The phone retains local random record IDs without scores or timestamps to prevent delayed transfers from recreating deleted entries. Those receipts are not included in backups or reports.
Export backup creates a readable JSON file containing diary records and selected preferences. Keep it in a destination you trust. Import backup adds records while retaining existing records; it is not a cloud sync service. Files, your chosen cloud drive, other recipients, and device backups may retain their own copies. Delete all records in the app does not erase files you exported or data in Apple Health. Remove those copies separately.
Website
This website serves public product pages, FAQ, blog content, text crawl surfaces, and lightweight API endpoints. The current support path is email, not server-side storage of tinnitus diary data.
The free worksheet contains no health-note input or upload. Copy, download, or print the blank template, then complete your own copy offline. Cloudflare hosts this site and processes connection metadata such as IP addresses and request paths to serve it. Appearance preferences are stored in your browser.
Optional website usage counts
Counts are off by default. The controls in the footer let you allow or withdraw them. The browser stores a versioned preference for up to 180 days; Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control keep optional counts off. Local previews, unknown routes, and URLs with a query or fragment do not send counts.
After permission, the production site sends fixed page-view, worksheet-action, and store-link click events, an allowlisted public page path, and a broad referral category (AI service, search, other, or unknown) to our Cloudflare operational logs. It does not send the full referrer, query, fragment, health notes, names, email addresses, or visitor/session identifiers. We do not install GA4, Clarity, session replay, or advertising scripts. Public page choices may indicate an interest in tinnitus; allow counts only if you are comfortable with that.
Optional events are kept in Cloudflare Workers Logs for up to seven days under the current hosting service. They are not an account or a diary history. Turning counts off stops future optional events but does not erase events already in hosting logs. Hosting and security logs are separate from optional browser counts. Clicks do not establish installs, purchases, medical outcomes, or AI citations.
Support
If you email support, Borealbit Technology Limited receives the information you choose to send. Do not include sensitive medical details unless you are comfortable sharing them by email.
Contact
Questions about privacy can be sent to support@borealbit.com.