FocusScene Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 26, 2026

Webspace IN Private Limited ("we," "us," or "our") built FocusScene as a scene-based focus and app-blocking orchestrator for macOS. This policy describes exactly what FocusScene stores, what it never accesses, and how the optional sync add-on works.

The short version

FocusScene runs entirely on your Mac. Your scenes, schedules, and session history are stored locally in this app's own sandboxed application data folder -- never on a FocusScene-operated server, because there is no FocusScene-operated server. We do not use analytics or tracking of any kind. The only things FocusScene ever sends anywhere are (1) a check with Apple's App Store to confirm a purchase or subscription, and (2), only if you subscribe to the optional Unlimited Scenes & Cross-Device Sync add-on, a snapshot of your scenes/schedules/session history written into your own iCloud Drive.

FocusScene does not block websites or access your browsing activity

This is important enough to say plainly and first: FocusScene has no network-level or website-blocking capability of any kind. It never inspects, filters, or transmits your browsing history, DNS traffic, or any website content. It only orchestrates macOS applications on your own Mac (hiding or quitting apps you've chosen, for a scene you started).

What is stored, and where

• Scenes, block rules, and schedules -- the app names and hide/quit rules you configure, and any recurring routines you set up. Stored locally only, unless you enable sync (see below).
• Session history -- when a scene started and ended, which apps were blocked, and any break/emergency-break reasons you typed. This is written to a local, append-only, hash-chained log so you can verify it hasn't been silently edited. Stored locally only, unless you enable sync.
• Ambient sound -- brown noise, white noise, and a soft sine pad are generated live on your device using the Web Audio API. No audio file is ever downloaded, recorded, or transmitted.

Automation permissions

App blocking (hiding or quitting apps you've selected) and the optional Focus-mode handoff both use macOS's own Apple Events automation, which prompts you for permission the first time FocusScene controls another named app or runs a Shortcut. FocusScene only ever acts on the specific apps and Shortcuts you've configured in a scene -- it does not enumerate or monitor any other app's data.

Unlimited Scenes & Cross-Device Sync (optional, subscription-only)

If -- and only if -- you subscribe to this add-on, FocusScene writes a snapshot of your scenes, schedules, and session history into this app's own iCloud Drive container on your Mac. From that point on, Apple's own iCloud service is what replicates that file to your other Macs -- the same way iCloud Drive syncs any other file you keep in it.

• This snapshot is plain JSON, not encrypted -- session-history data here (scene names, timestamps, which apps were blocked) is not especially sensitive, unlike a password vault or clipboard history.
• Turning the subscription off (or letting it lapse) simply stops FocusScene from reading or writing that file -- your scenes and history stay fully intact and local on every device, and the scene cap returns to three (existing scenes beyond three are kept, just not editable, until you resubscribe).

Purchases and the sync subscription

The one-time unlock and the optional sync subscription are both handled entirely by Apple through the App Store's standard in-app purchase system (StoreKit). FocusScene asks Apple whether you own the unlock or have an active subscription and receives a yes/no answer; we do not receive or store your payment information, which is handled exclusively by Apple under Apple's own privacy policy.

What FocusScene does not do

• It does not use analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs of any kind
• It does not require or support any FocusScene user account or sign-in
• It does not block websites, filter network traffic, or edit any system network configuration
• It does not transmit session history or scene data anywhere, with the single exception of your own iCloud sync snapshot if you choose to enable the sync add-on
• It does not share any information with third parties

Children's privacy

FocusScene is a general-purpose productivity utility for Mac users and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone, including children, because we do not collect data from anyone at all.

Changes to this policy

If FocusScene's data practices ever change, we will update this policy and revise the effective date above.

Contact us

Questions about this policy can be sent to: com.webspacein@gmail.com