StudyCrew Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-10-31 · Applies to the StudyCrew iOS and Android apps and the web app at benchlet.com/studycrew.

No sign-up, no email

StudyCrew has no registration. The first time you sit in a room, make a room, or enter a crew code, the app creates a random key on your device and sends only a hash of it to our server. That hash is your account. We never receive your email, phone number, name, or any sign-in provider identity. If you delete the app or change devices, that account cannot be recovered, which is why the app offers an export of your records in Settings.

What the server stores

• Study sessions: start time, end time, duration, the local date, your time-zone offset, and the room the session belonged to, if any. The timer itself runs on your device; the server stores these snapshots so people in your room or crew can see your totals.
• Rooms: the name and tag of rooms you join or open, when you sat down and stood up, and whether you are on a break.
• Crews: the crews you create or join and the nickname you chose for each one. Nicknames are visible only to members of that room or crew.
• Reports and blocks you make about other nicknames.

What we do not collect

• No location, contacts, photos, camera, or microphone. The app never asks for those permissions.
• No advertising identifiers and no third-party ads or analytics SDKs.
• No field for what you are studying.

Notifications and the home-screen widget

Reminders and the evening summary are scheduled locally on your device and are off unless you turn them on in Settings. Their text is fixed and never includes your nickname, times, or room names. The widget shows only your own timer, today's total, goal, and streak.

Retention and deletion

Sessions and crew membership stay on the server until you delete your account. In Settings you can export your records as a JSON file, delete the data on this device (the server account remains), or delete the account, which removes your sessions, room and crew memberships, and nickname from the server. See how to delete your account.

Contact

Questions or privacy requests: support@dog-foot.com.