Privacy

Heads Down is a focus app, not a surveillance tool. This page is a plain-English summary of what we see, what we store, and what we never touch.

What the app sees

While a session is running, Heads Down checks your active browser tab once every few seconds. We see two things from that tab:

• The URL.
• The page title.

That's it. We never see:

• The contents of any web page.
• Your keystrokes.
• Screenshots or screen recordings.
• Your other applications.
• Files on your computer.
• Tabs that aren't your active tab.

What we store on your Mac

A local database in your Application Support folder records your session history, your day-locks, and your custom site lists. Raw poll events (the per-tick URL/title checks) are purged after 30 days; only aggregates are kept beyond that. You can export everything at once from Settings → Account → Export data.

What we send to our servers

When a tab's URL is ambiguous, we send the URL and your session goal to our server, which forwards it to a language model that returns "on task" or "off task." We don't store the URL or the response after the call completes — only that you finished a session, and on which day of which calendar you finished it. Most polls never leave your Mac at all; the local rules cover the common cases.

Your email and Stripe customer id are stored on our server so we can attach your subscription and your day-lock totals to the right account. Day-locks ("you completed 25+ minutes at 70%+ on task on this calendar day") are sent up so we can issue the right partial refund on your billing date.

Payments

Payment is handled by Stripe. We never see, store, or process your card number. Refunds are issued automatically when your billing cycle closes, based on the day-locks recorded above.

Analytics

We don't use third-party analytics, advertising pixels, or cookies on this site beyond what Stripe Checkout sets while you're paying.

Deletion

Email privacy@headsdownmode.com and we'll delete your server-side records within 30 days. The local database on your Mac is yours — drag the app to the Trash and it goes too.

Changes

If we update this page in a way that meaningfully changes what we collect or share, we'll email everyone with an account.