Privacy

Monthly Shell keeps your money data on your device. There is no account and no server.

Who we are

Monthly Shell is made by Vidabyte (https://vidabyte.com), which builds tools meant to make people more capable with technology rather than more dependent on it.

That principle is why this app works the way it does: your money data belongs to you, stays on your device, and never needs us in the loop.

What we collect

Nothing.

Monthly Shell has no user accounts, no sign-in, and no servers of its own. We do not collect your name, your email, your device identifiers, or your financial data, because there is nowhere for us to collect it to.

This is not a promise to handle your data carefully. It is the absence of any data for us to handle.

Where your data lives

Everything you enter — income, budgets, accounts, transactions, notes, and coach settings — is stored in a database file inside the app on your device.

If you have device backups turned on (iCloud on iOS, Google One on Android), that file is included in your backups, the same as any other app data. Those backups are handled by Apple or Google under their own privacy policies, not ours.

Bank connections

There are none. Monthly Shell never asks for bank credentials and has no ability to connect to a financial institution. Every figure in the app is one you typed in.

The camera and receipts

The receipt scanner uses your camera to read an amount from a receipt. The photo is processed on your device and is never uploaded, stored, or sent anywhere. Only the number you confirm is saved, and only as an ordinary transaction.

You can decline camera access and use the app fully — the keypad does everything the scanner does.

Notifications

Notifications are scheduled locally by the app on your device. There is no push server, so no notification content ever leaves your phone. You can turn them off entirely in Setup, or per event.

Analytics and tracking

There are none. Monthly Shell contains no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, no crash reporter, and no third-party trackers. We do not know how many people use the app or what they do in it.

Sharing and selling

We do not share or sell your data, because we do not have it. The only way data leaves your device is when you deliberately export it — the CSV export hands the file to your own share sheet, and where it goes from there is your choice.

Deleting your data

Deleting a transaction, budget, or account removes it immediately — there are no hidden archives. Deleting the app removes the database file and everything in it. Because we hold nothing, there is no separate deletion request to make of us.

Children

Monthly Shell is not directed at children under 13 and we knowingly collect no data from anyone, including children.

Changes

This policy is effective as of August 2026. If it ever changes in a way that affects how your data is handled, the updated policy will ship in an app update and be readable here before the change takes effect.

Questions, or anything that reads wrong to you: hello@vidabyte.com