Last updated 22 September 2026
SocialZen keeps your social browsing content and app preferences on your device. We use analytics to understand how SocialZen is used and, on iPhone, advertising measurement. This page explains those services and the permissions the app asks for.
The short version. Your messages, social browsing content and filter choices are not sent to our analytics or advertising services. App-usage and subscription events are shared with the providers described below. You can turn off this measurement in Settings.
Nothing from the networks you sign in to. Not the pages you open, not their addresses or titles, not who you talk to, not what you say. That is the line the whole app is built around and it does not move.
SocialZen does collect anonymous statistics about itself, through Google Analytics for Firebase: which of its own screens you use, how long a session lasts, how far through setup you get, and whether you are on a paid plan. It is how we find out which parts of the app are worth keeping. It is tied to a random identifier for the install, not to you — there is no account, and we never send Firebase your name, your email or anything you typed.
Advertising measurement. We pay for ads to tell people SocialZen exists, and we need to know which of those ads actually bring anyone — otherwise we are paying for ads that do nothing. So from version 1.4 the iPhone app includes Meta's SDK, and it reports five things: that setup was finished, that the paywall was opened, that a purchase was begun, that a trial started, and that a subscription started — the last two carrying which plan and how much. Meta can connect those to your Facebook or Instagram account if you have one.
That list is the whole list. Meta is never told which platforms you opened, what you looked at, who you talked to, or anything else from inside the app — the same line as everywhere else on this page, and it does not move for advertising either. The Android app contains no advertising SDK at all.
You can switch all of it off. Settings → Privacy → Anonymous usage stats. That one switch stops the analytics, stops the advertising measurement, and deletes the identifier — it turns off the SDKs themselves, not just our own reporting.
| Data | Where it lives |
|---|---|
| Which platforms you enabled, and your content filter choices | On the device, in the app's own storage |
| Sleep Mode window, daily limits, schedules | On the device |
| Time spent inside SocialZen, per platform | On the device |
| The username of an account you sign in to, if the site displays it | On the device, used only to open your own profile |
| Your logins to Instagram, YouTube and the rest | In the system web view's own cookie store, exactly as in a browser. SocialZen cannot read them. |
On iOS, if you enable iCloud sync in Settings, your preferences (filters, limits, schedules) sync between your own devices through your private iCloud account. That data goes to Apple, not to us, and we cannot see it.
This powers the feature where opening a blocked app opens SocialZen's filtered version instead. Android is the only source of "which app just came to the foreground", and this is the only API that provides it.
Used to show how long the unfiltered apps were used, so the Insights screen can show a before-and-after. It is read on demand, displayed on your device and never transmitted. The app works fully without it.
Used to redirect the apps you choose. Apple's design means SocialZen receives only opaque tokens — the app is never told which apps you selected, and cannot find out.
Used for the wake alarm and limit reminders you configure. Sent locally by your device; there is no push server.
SocialZen renders Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, X and Snapchat in a web view, with the addictive surfaces removed. When you use them, you are using those services directly and their privacy policies apply to what they collect. SocialZen does not sit between you and them, does not proxy your traffic, and cannot read your messages or your credentials.
The app does block requests to a list of known advertising and tracking domains, which means less data about you reaches those third parties than would in an ordinary browser.
SocialZen Pro is sold through the App Store and Google Play. Those stores handle payment and tell the app only whether a subscription is active. We never see your name, card or billing address.
SocialZen is not directed at children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through SocialZen, contact us using the address below.
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it.
Questions about privacy: cwbdigitalco@gmail.com