Privacy

Last updated November 9, 2026

What the app collects

Nothing. Baby Mode doesn't send any information about you, your child or your device to us or to anyone else. It works fully offline.

Family faces

If you choose to add family faces, Baby Mode asks for access to your camera, your photo library or your microphone, only when you tap to add a photo or record a hello.

• Photos are cropped and cut out on your device using Apple's built-in tools.
• Voice hellos are up to 4 seconds long and recorded on your device.
• Both are saved only inside the Baby Mode app on your device. They aren't uploaded, backed up to our servers or shared.
• Removing a face in the app deletes its photo and voice. Deleting the app deletes everything.

You can turn off camera, photo or microphone access at any time in your device's Settings.

Magic Mirror and Star Catcher

These two screens use the front camera so your little one can see themselves on screen (Magic Mirror) and catch stars by waving (Star Catcher). The camera picture is used live on your device and is never recorded, saved or uploaded. Baby Mode asks for camera access the first time one of these screens opens, after a grown-up answers the grown-ups question. You can turn camera access off at any time in your device's Settings.

Settings

Your choices like sound, vibration and your last lock screen are saved on your device so the app remembers them. They never leave your device.

Children's privacy

Baby Mode is made for young children to play with while a grown-up is nearby. Because the app collects no personal information from anyone, it collects none from children. Baby Mode is in the App Store's Kids category for ages 5 and under. Anything meant for grown-ups sits behind a grown-ups question (a multiplication sum typed on a number pad) that a young child can't answer: Settings and family faces, the upgrade, the camera question, and every link out of the app.

Third parties

Baby Mode has no ads, no analytics and no social features. The app only ever opens a few fixed pages, and only after the grown-ups question: Apple's pages for the optional Baby Lock and Auto-Lock shortcuts in the setup guide, Baby Mode's page in the App Store to leave a rating, and an email to us at [email protected]. Siri and the Shortcuts automation that locks the app are Apple features that run on your device. No third-party code in the app collects data.

Purchases. The one-time upgrade is bought through Apple's App Store, after the grown-ups question. Apple handles the payment, and we never see your name, card or Apple ID. The app only asks Apple whether this device has the upgrade.

This website

babymode.app doesn't use cookies or tracking. We only count visits anonymously: each page view adds one to that day's total, along with which page it was and which website you came from. We never store your IP address or anything that identifies you. The playable demo runs in your browser and doesn't save or send anything.

The waitlist. If you join the waitlist, we save your email address and the date you signed up. We use it only to tell you when Baby Mode launches and to send your free code. We never sell or share it. Every email has an unsubscribe link, or email [email protected] and we'll delete it. Signups are stored with Cloudflare, which hosts this site.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, we'll update it here and change the date at the top.

Contact

Questions? Email [email protected].