Privacy Policy

Controller

The controller responsible for data processing in connection with this website and the apps Family Time, CrateQuest, Hammer Toss and Puzzli Kids is Marcel Masuhr, trading as masomas, Voßhöfener Str. 82, 58300 Wetter, Germany. For privacy and support requests, contact [email protected]. Further information is available in the legal notice.

Principles shared by the apps

No registration is required to use our games. The apps contain no advertising networks and use no third-party analytics or tracking services. The apps store data required for their functions locally. Family Time also offers optional iCloud sync and sharing, described in its own section.

Apple App Store, in-app purchases and TestFlight

App downloads, optional in-app purchases, restoring purchases and the use of TestFlight are handled by Apple. Apple processes the data required for these services under its own responsibility. Complete payment data is not transmitted to us. Data relating to App Store ratings is also processed by Apple.

Hosting and access data

This website is provided using services supplied by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare may act as a processor and process technical access data, including the IP address, date and time, requested page, browser type and operating system. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure, fast and stable provision of the website and protection against abusive access. Technical access data is processed only for as long as necessary for these purposes; the specific period depends on the Cloudflare service used and its configuration.

Cloudflare is a global company based in the United States. Processing outside the European Economic Area therefore cannot be ruled out. According to Cloudflare, transfers from the EEA to the United States are based on its certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and, where required, the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Further information is available in Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.

Cookies and external services

This website uses no cookies, analytics tools such as Google Analytics, advertising networks, social-media plugins or externally loaded Google Fonts.

Contact by email

When you contact us by email, we process your sender address, message content and any voluntarily provided information to answer your request. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the request relates to entering into or performing a contract, and otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in handling enquiries. The information is deleted after the request has been fully handled unless statutory retention obligations apply. Please do not send information that is not required to handle your request.

Local family data and purpose

Family Time initially stores your family plan on your device. This includes names or nicknames, roles, colors and optional profile photos, tasks and events with times, recurrence rules, notes and person assignments, as well as personal calendars, custom categories, completion records, reward coins and reward cards, including redeemed cards. Stored data also includes meals with a day and meal type, favorites, named weekly templates and events explicitly saved in history with a title, date, note and category. Completion history may include the task title, completion time and the name of the person who completed it. This data supports planning, history and rewards. Local use does not require a masomas account. Family Time contains no advertising or third-party analytics or tracking services; we do not operate our own server for your plan content.

Photo selection, profile pictures and camera

Photos are optional. The system photo picker provides Family Time only with the images you select for a profile, event or meal plan import, or the slideshow; the app does not receive general access to your photo library. The camera is used for profile pictures or photo import only with your permission. Profile pictures are stored as adjusted image copies in the family plan and transferred with it when iCloud sync is enabled. You can replace or remove them. Camera access can be revoked in iOS or iPadOS Settings. If a selected photo is stored only in iCloud Photos, Apple may download it to make it available on the device.

Importing events and meal plans from photos

When you photograph or select an image of a school timetable, work schedule or completed meal plan, Family Time processes it using Apple’s text recognition on your device. The import image, displayed crops and raw recognized text are not sent to masomas or an external AI service and are not permanently stored in the family plan. They are used for recognition and the preview, where you can compare and correct results.

Only when you choose “Apply” for events or “Import plan” for a meal plan are the selected entries saved: events with their times, repeat rules and calendar assignment, or meals with their day, meal type and text. You can also edit meal plan entries after importing them. If family plan sync is enabled, the saved data is shared through iCloud; the import photo is not transferred with it.

Personal calendars within the family plan

Personal calendars assign events to a person, such as a school timetable to a child or a work schedule to an adult. Stored data includes the calendar name, person assignment, validity period, visibility and associated events. These calendars are part of the family plan and are also transferred when iCloud sync is enabled. “Personal” describes the assignment to a person; it does not restrict access by other participants in the shared plan. Hiding a calendar does not remove it from the shared plan either.

Optional Apple Calendar connection

With your permission, Family Time uses iOS or iPadOS calendar access, lists available calendars for selection and reads events from the calendars you connect. Data may include titles, start and end times, recurrence rules, notes and locations. In writable calendars, the app can create, change or delete events; you can also transfer events from the family plan to a connected calendar. The calendar provider processes and syncs these contents according to your account settings and its privacy policy.

For display alone, the contents of connected Apple calendars are loaded and are not copied as complete events into the family plan. Explicit snapshots created with “Save in history” are separate and described below. However, Family Time stores its own person assignments and symbols for these events, technical matching identifiers and, where applicable, references to individual recurring occurrences. These additional details may be synced with the family plan through iCloud. Calendar connections themselves are configured on each device. Disconnecting a calendar does not delete events held by the calendar provider; system access can be revoked in device settings.

Events saved in history

Choosing “Save in history” explicitly stores a separate snapshot of an event in the family plan. It includes the title, event date, note, category and a technical identifier linking it to the original event. This also applies to events from connected Apple calendars. When iCloud sync is enabled, these saved details are shared with the family plan.

Later changes to the calendar event, or deleting it, do not update or remove this snapshot. You can change its category directly in history or remove the saved entry using “Remove from history”. The original calendar event remains. To save an updated title, date or note, remove the saved entry and save the event again.

Optional iCloud sync and sharing

Family Time transfers plan content through Apple iCloud (CloudKit) only when you set up iCloud for the family plan, adopt an existing iCloud plan or join a shared plan. Once configured, sync may continue automatically. This feature requires an Apple Account and lets you use the plan on your own devices and with invited people. Transferred data includes the family data described above, including profile pictures, personal calendars, completion history, rewards including redeemed cards, meal plans, favorites, weekly templates, saved events and additional event assignments. Technical plan, device and change identifiers allow changes and deletions to be reconciled across devices; they are not used for advertising or usage analytics.

The plan is stored in the private or shared iCloud area and is not published publicly. Invited people can access the shared plan according to their sharing permissions. In adult mode, you can manage invitations and participants through the sharing controls under “Family → iCloud & Family Plan”. Apple processes the service and account data required for iCloud under its own privacy policy.

PDF export and printing

PDF files for timetables, meal plans and reward cards may contain names and the corresponding plan or reward content. Family Time creates them on your device. With “Save to Files”, “Share PDF” or the system print dialog, you choose where to save them and which service, recipient or printer to share them with. Saved or shared PDF files are not automatically updated or removed when the family plan changes later.

Slideshow and settings on this device

For the iPad slideshow, Family Time stores smaller copies of the pictures you select in local app storage. These pictures are not synced with the family plan. You can remove them from the album under “Family → This device → Slideshow”; the originals in your photo library remain unchanged. Slideshow, quiet hours and dimming settings, as well as local display and interaction preferences, also remain on the respective device. For the automatic slideshow and dimming, the app temporarily tracks the time since the last interaction; this is not used to create usage profiles.

Use by children

Adults set up family profiles and sharing. A nickname is sufficient; a profile photo is not required. Information about children, their tasks and rewards is used solely for the family features described here. Child mode limits the available controls, but does not create a separate private data area within a shared family plan.

Retention, history, backups and deletion

Plan content is retained for use and can be changed or removed through the respective editing functions. Deleting a task or family profile does not automatically remove earlier completion records: history may still contain previous task titles, names and times. Events saved in history remain after their source event is deleted, until you explicitly remove them from history. Redeemed reward cards remain in reward history with their date and the number of coins spent. Technical deletion markers may remain in the plan to sync deletions.

When adopting another iCloud plan, the app keeps a local backup of the previous device plan. When you replace an existing iCloud plan with the device plan, the previous iCloud plan is also backed up on this device. These recovery copies may contain earlier names, profile pictures and plan content. Later changes or deletions in the current plan do not update the backups. They remain until replaced by a later backup or until the app is deleted.

“Disconnect this device” stops sync on this device and keeps the current plan as a local copy. It does not delete the iCloud plan or copies on other devices, nor does it end sharing for other participants. Deleting the app removes plans, backups and slideshow pictures stored locally in its app storage; content in iCloud, with calendar providers and in existing backups is separate. Device or iCloud backups may include local app data even when family plan sync is disabled. Their management depends on your device settings and Apple’s rules.

Legal basis and contact

Processing to provide the app features you request is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Photos, camera access, Apple calendars and iCloud sync are optional; required system permissions can be changed in device settings. Features that do not depend on those permissions remain available. We have no administrative access of our own to view or centrally delete plan content stored exclusively on your devices or in your private or shared iCloud area. For privacy enquiries, contact [email protected]. Your rights are explained under Retention and your rights.

Further information: Apple Privacy Policy · iCloud terms

Retention

Personal data is retained only as long as necessary for its purpose or as required by law. For Family Time, the details above on history, local backups and iCloud apply. Personal pictures in Puzzli Kids remain stored until they are deleted in the Parents’ Area or together with the app. App preferences and other local status information remain stored until they are reset or the app is deleted. Possible device and iCloud backups are governed by Apple’s settings and retention rules.

Data-subject rights

Under the GDPR, you have rights including access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, portability and objection. To exercise your rights, contact [email protected].

Right to complain

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data-protection supervisory authority.

Changes

We update this privacy policy if app functions, services used or legal requirements change.

Last updated: 12 October 2026