Privacy Policy for Dogmon

Last updated: September 27, 2026
App: Dogmon
Developer: Pandelion
Contact: Use the in-app Support form, or open https://forms.gle/rvPiMxZJLDmCZrpE9

Overview

Dogmon (“the App”) is a personal pet monitor. You use one of your devices as a Home Station (camera and microphone at home) and another as a viewer. On the free tier, both devices are signed into the same Apple Account. With Dogmon Pro, you can also invite up to three household members who use their own Apple Accounts (see “Household sharing” below). Live video and ambient audio travel over an encrypted WebRTC connection. Bark detection runs on the Home Station. The App does not create a separate Dogmon account.

This Privacy Policy explains what information the App accesses, what stays on your devices or in your iCloud, what is shared with household members you invite, what anonymous usage analytics we collect, and how subscriptions and purchases are handled.

Information We Do Not Collect

We do not collect, sell, or share:

We cannot read the CloudKit data stored under your Apple Account, including data you share with household members.

Anonymous Usage Analytics (Aptabase)

To understand how the App is used and whether core features work reliably, the App sends anonymous product-interaction events to Aptabase, a privacy-first analytics service hosted in the European Union (via our Aptabase EU App Key). Analytics are always on while you use the App.

Examples of events: app opened, Home Station or viewer session started/ended, connection outcomes, bark detected (sound label only), voice command recorded/played/deleted, household invite or join outcomes, paywall shown (and which feature or screen opened it), purchase started, completed, failed (with a general reason such as “cancelled”), or restored, settings opened. Many events include a simple flag for whether Dogmon Pro is active. Purchase events do not include the plan you chose, the price, the product identifier, transaction IDs, or any Apple Account or payment information.

Together with each event, Aptabase’s SDK may attach technical metadata such as operating system name/version, app version/build, locale, device model, and an ephemeral session id that is not a persistent user identity. We do not send video, audio, voice command recordings or names, filenames, bark audio samples, or content from your streams.

This analytics data is not linked to your identity, is not used for advertising, and is not used for tracking as Apple defines tracking (linking data with third parties for targeted ads or ad measurement across apps/websites). Aptabase does not use cookies, device fingerprinting, or advertising identifiers.

Our App Store privacy nutrition label is intended to reflect: Product Interaction data (and, where applicable, Purchases data in the form of anonymous purchase events) used for Analytics, not linked to you, not used for tracking.

Retention of analytics data follows Aptabase’s practices for the service. We do not host your live media on our servers, so there is no stream retention on our side.

Information Processed on Your Devices and in iCloud

Camera and microphone (Home Station)

While Dogmon is in the foreground on the Home Station, the App uses the camera and microphone to stream live video and ambient audio to one viewer at a time: a device on the same Apple Account or, with Dogmon Pro, a household member you invited. Media uses encrypted WebRTC (DTLS-SRTP)—peer-to-peer when possible, otherwise relayed through Cloudflare TURN. We do not store, record, or process that media on Dogmon servers.

Bark detection (on-device)

Bark detection runs on the Home Station with Apple Sound Analysis. Only metadata (for example label, confidence, loudness, time, and which Home Station detected it) may be written to your iCloud database so your other devices—and household members you invited—can show a notification and bark history. Audio used for detection is not uploaded to us for analysis.

iCloud (CloudKit)

Home Station name and availability, short-lived WebRTC signaling (SDP/ICE), bark-alert metadata, and your custom voice commands are stored in the private CloudKit database for your Apple Account (container iCloud.com.pandelion.dogmon). Signaling records expire; bark metadata and voice commands remain until you delete them, use Settings → Clear Dogmon data, or remove the related iCloud / app data. We cannot read this data.

Household sharing (Dogmon Pro)

If you have Dogmon Pro, you can invite up to three people who use other Apple Accounts. Invitations use Apple’s iCloud (CloudKit) sharing; there is no Dogmon account, pairing code, or third-party service. When someone accepts, Apple shares your Dogmon iCloud zone with them. Household members can then see your Home Station names and availability, receive bark alerts and see bark history, view your live video and ambient audio and talk back, and add and play voice commands (including their names and recordings) in the shared library. Voice commands a household member adds are stored in your shared Dogmon zone. Household sharing needs Dogmon Pro on both sides. You can stop sharing, or a member can leave, at any time in Settings → Household; after that, the shared data is no longer available to them through the App. Apple’s participant details (such as the name or email shown in the iCloud sharing sheet) are handled by Apple, not by us.

Voice commands

You can record your own short voice commands (one on the free tier, unlimited with Dogmon Pro) to play through the Home Station speaker. A recording and its name are saved on the device where you record it and synced through your iCloud (and, if you use household sharing, the shared household zone) so the Home Station can play it. Each device that plays a clip keeps a local copy. When you delete a voice command in the App, it is removed from that device and from iCloud (including the shared household zone). A copy already cached on another device stays on that device until you delete it there, clear Dogmon data, or delete the App. Recordings are never uploaded to Dogmon servers. Built-in commands (such as Place, Sit, Stop) are bundled with the App and are not uploaded.

Settings and preferences

The App stores preferences and free-tier usage locally on your device (for example sensitivity, daily Home Station time used, and your voice command list). These values use Apple’s standard on-device storage and are not sent to us as personal profiles.

Local files

Voice command recordings, and any local clips that remain from earlier builds, live on the device until you delete them, clear Dogmon data, or delete the App.

Camera, Microphone, and Notifications

The App may request permission to:

Bark alerts are delivered as notifications on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac after Apple’s iCloud push service signals that a new bark record exists. If you wear an Apple Watch, watchOS may mirror these iPhone notifications to your watch according to your notification settings; Dogmon has no separate Apple Watch app and sends no additional data to the watch.

iOS / iPadOS / Mac show Apple’s permission prompts. You can change access anytime in system Settings.

Subscriptions and Purchases (Apple StoreKit)

Free Home Station use is limited to 60 minutes per calendar day. Dogmon Pro is available as an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is processed by Apple and charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple Account settings (for example Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions on iPhone, or via Manage Subscription in the App). We do not receive your payment card details or billing information.

If you previously bought Dogmon Pro (formerly “Dogmon Unlimited”) as a one-time purchase, you keep Pro; no subscription is required.

Through StoreKit, Apple provides the App on your device with your entitlement and subscription status (for example which Dogmon Pro product is active, its expiration or revocation date, and whether it is subscribed, in a grace or billing-retry period, expired, or revoked) so the App can enforce free vs Pro limits. The App uses this status on your device only; it does not store purchase records in iCloud or send them to our servers. Purchase history, refunds, and billing support are handled under Apple’s terms and privacy policy:

Restore Purchases uses Apple’s APIs to re-check entitlements on your device/Apple Account.

Internet Use

The App may use the network when:

Live video and audio are not uploaded to Dogmon servers as part of those credential or analytics requests.

Third-Party Components

Anonymous usage analytics are provided by Aptabase (see above). Connectivity may use Cloudflare TURN/STUN for WebRTC when a direct peer connection is not available. Subscriptions and purchases are processed by Apple. CloudKit, iCloud sharing, and push delivery are provided by Apple under your Apple Account.

Data Retention

Because CloudKit data and local files live under your Apple Account / device, you control deletion there; we cannot access those stores to delete them on your behalf.

Children’s Privacy

The App is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your country). Do not use the App to submit personal information about children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Anonymous analytics do not identify individual users.

Your Choices

You can:

International Users

Live media is transmitted between your devices (and may transit Cloudflare TURN for connectivity). CloudKit data, including data shared with household members, is stored under your Apple Account according to Apple’s practices. Anonymous analytics events are sent to Aptabase’s EU region. If you contact us for support, any information you voluntarily send (for example via a support form) will be handled only to respond to your request.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Continued use of the App after an update means you accept the revised Policy.

Contact

For privacy questions about Dogmon, contact:
Pandelion
Support form: https://forms.gle/rvPiMxZJLDmCZrpE9
Privacy Policy (hosted): https://sites.google.com/view/privacy-policy-dogmon-ios/startseite