Privacy Policy

Effective: November 12, 2026 · Applies to the Tally iPhone app

The short version

Information Tally uses and where it goes

Your Canvas information. This covers your courses, grades, assignments, due dates, calendar events, announcements and profile name. When you sign in, your iPhone requests it directly from your school's Canvas service (operated by your school and Instructure). Tally stores it only on your iPhone, encrypted with a key that never leaves the device, and replaces it on every successful refresh. It is not sent to us or to anyone else, and it is excluded from iCloud and computer backups. The only exceptions are the ones you start yourself: adding items to your calendar and sharing a summary, both described below.

Sign-in. You sign in to Canvas in Apple's secure sign-in sheet, on your school's own page. Canvas gives Tally an access token that lets it read your information. The token is stored in your iPhone's Keychain, available only on this device. Signing out asks Canvas to revoke it.

Finding your school. The school name you type stays on your iPhone; Tally connects only to your school's own Canvas.

Reminders and widgets. Reminders are scheduled on your iPhone; nothing is sent to a push server. By default, grade values are never shown on your Lock Screen or in notifications, and you can hide course names too. If your subscription renews automatically, Tally also schedules two reminders on your iPhone, 40 and 20 days before it renews.

Calendar. If you choose to subscribe to your Canvas calendar, your calendar app (for example Apple Calendar, Google or Outlook) fetches your personal Canvas calendar feed directly from Canvas. That provider's own privacy policy applies.

Adding to your calendar. If you tap Add to Calendar or Add This Week to Calendar, Tally opens Apple's calendar editor with the item's title, course, time, location (if Canvas lists one) and a link to its Canvas page. You pick the calendar and confirm; Tally can't read your calendars, and grades are never added. The event then belongs to that calendar, and if the calendar syncs (for example through iCloud or Google), that provider's privacy policy applies.

Handoff. While you view a course, Tally may offer its Canvas page to your other Apple devices signed in to the same Apple Account, so you can continue in a browser there. It is never added to search or Siri suggestions, and you can turn Handoff off in your iPhone's Settings.

Purchases and subscriptions. Subscriptions are sold and billed by Apple through the App Store. Apple handles your payment details. Tally only checks, on your iPhone, whether you have an active subscription. Apple's privacy policy applies to purchases. Tally Annual renews automatically every year until you cancel, at the price the App Store shows before you buy. If you're eligible, it starts with a free 2-week trial, and Apple charges you when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. You can cancel anytime in Settings > your name > Subscriptions, or with Manage Subscription in Tally's Settings; our Terms of Use have the details.

Our website. tally-app.dev is a set of static pages, such as this policy and our Terms of Use. The pages don't set cookies or run analytics, ads or scripts. Like any website, our host may record your IP address and the address of the page you open; we don't receive or keep those records. Neither Tally nor our website tracks you across other companies' apps or websites, so we treat everyone the same whether or not their browser sends a Do Not Track signal.

Parents and linked accounts

Linking a parent or guardian's own Canvas observer account isn't available yet. In Explore with Sample Data you can preview parent mode with made-up students; nothing is sent or kept.

A student can also share a plain-text summary of their week with anyone they choose. Nothing is sent until the student taps Send My Week and picks who receives it. If Hide Course Names is on, the summary shows only how many items are due each day.

Children

Tally is used by students who may be under 18. Tally has no accounts of its own and does not collect personal information on any server.

Where Apple indicates that age rules apply, Tally asks Apple for an age range using Apple's Declared Age Range feature, and may ask a parent or guardian to approve significant changes. Tally keeps the answer only while the app is open. It stores just the date it last asked, the app version a parent last approved and the app's own App Store age rating, never your age or age range.

Your choices and deleting your data

How long Tally keeps it. Tally keeps only the latest copy of your Canvas information and replaces it each time it refreshes. That copy stays on your iPhone until you or Tally erase it, as described below, or you delete the app. If your subscription ends, Tally keeps showing the saved copy but stops refreshing it. To work offline, Tally also keeps the date your subscription is active until in your iPhone's Keychain; it never keeps a receipt, a payment detail or a price.

• Sign Out & Erase (Settings) revokes the Canvas token and deletes all Tally data, keys and scheduled reminders from your iPhone. Your subscription renewal reminders stay, because your App Store subscription continues.
• Erase Saved Data appears if your school turns Tally off. It deletes your Canvas data and its reminders from your iPhone but keeps you signed in, so Tally can rebuild it if your school turns Tally back on. If your school keeps Tally off for 30 days, Tally erases this data automatically. Your settings, such as hiding course names, are kept.
• Deleting the app deletes Tally's files from your iPhone, but your iPhone's Keychain can keep Tally's Canvas sign-in and subscription date; reinstalling Tally removes the old sign-in. Before you delete Tally, use Sign Out & Erase to end its access at your school.
• Subscriptions are managed and cancelled in your Apple Account settings.

Your privacy rights

Because there is no Tally account or server, we hold no Canvas information about you. The only personal information we may have is what you send us yourself, such as a support e-mail. Your Canvas information is on your iPhone: you can see it in Tally and delete it with Sign Out & Erase, and to correct it, ask your school, because Tally copies it from Canvas. To ask what personal information we hold about you, or to have it corrected or deleted, e-mail support@tally-app.dev. We'll answer within 45 days. If we decline your request, you can appeal by replying to our answer, and we'll answer your appeal in writing within 60 days, with our reasons. If you're still not satisfied, you can contact your state's attorney general. We don't sell or share personal information or use it for targeted advertising or profiling, and we won't treat you differently for using these rights.

Security

Tally uses Apple's built-in encryption and Data Protection. Tokens are kept in the Keychain on this device only. You can require Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode to open Tally.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we'll update the effective date and describe the change in the app's release notes. Questions: support@tally-app.dev.

Tally is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instructure, Inc. Canvas is a trademark of Instructure, Inc.