Tick Lists

Tick Lists – Privacy Policy

Last updated: 27 October 2026

Tick Lists is a checklist app for iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch, made by Athelstan Services Ltd, which is responsible for it under UK data protection law.

The short version

Tick Lists does not collect, sell or share any personal information. We never see your lists. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking and no third-party code that collects data.

Your lists

Everything you put in Tick Lists (lists, sections, items, ticks, formatting, and the history of item names used for suggestions) is stored in one of two places, which you choose for each list:

• On This iPhone / On This Mac. The list is kept only on that device. It is never sent anywhere.
• iCloud. The list is kept in your own private iCloud account, using Apple’s iCloud (CloudKit) service, so it appears on your other iPhones and Macs signed in to the same Apple Account. Only you can see it: it is stored by Apple, not by us, and we have no access to it. Apple’s handling of iCloud data is covered by Apple’s privacy policy. If you move a list from iCloud back to one device, it is removed from iCloud and from your other devices.

Backups

If you use Settings → Backup, Tick Lists saves backup files (“Lists Backup YYYY-MM-DD.json”) containing your lists, and only in the folder you choose, for example in iCloud Drive or on your device. Backups are never sent to us. Files in iCloud Drive are stored in your iCloud account by Apple.

Apple Watch

The Tick Lists watch app shows the lists on your iPhone. They are sent directly between your iPhone and your paired Apple Watch, and anything you tick or add on the watch is sent back to your iPhone. Nothing goes to us.

Siri and Shortcuts

When you use Siri or the Shortcuts app with Tick Lists (for example “Add to Shopping in Tick Lists”), the request is handled by Apple’s Siri on your device or Apple’s servers, under Apple’s privacy policy. Tick Lists only receives the list and item needed to carry it out, on your device. Tick Lists gives Siri the names of your lists so it can recognise them. Nothing is sent to us.

Sharing, copying and importing

When you share a list to Tick Lists from another app, or paste or import text, the text is read on your device to create a list. When you share or copy a list out of Tick Lists, it goes only where you choose to send it.

Settings

Your Tick Lists settings (for example where new lists are stored, how sections work, default formatting and backup preferences) are stored on your device, shared only between Tick Lists and its own share extension and watch app.

Keeping and deleting your data

Your lists stay until you delete them. Deleting a list removes it from the device, or from iCloud and your other devices if it’s stored in iCloud. Deleting the app removes the lists kept on that device. Lists in iCloud can also be removed in your device’s Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Storage. Because we hold no data about you, there is nothing for us to access, correct or delete on our side, but you’re welcome to contact us with any question.

Children

Tick Lists doesn’t collect information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.

Contact

Questions: ticklists@athelstanservices.co.uk