Last updated: November 12, 2026

IOUSchedule reads a school or activity calendar (a PDF or a photo) and turns it into events on your phone. This page explains what the app does with your file and your data. The short version: the file is read once and not kept, and the app collects nothing about you.

What the app sends

When you tap “Read the calendar”, the app sends the file you picked to our server at iouhome.co, with the month and year you set as a fallback. The server extracts the dated entries and returns them to the app. The server uses Microsoft Azure services (Document Intelligence for photos and scanned PDFs, Azure OpenAI for structuring the text) to do that work. Those services process the file to answer the request and do not keep it.

The app also sends a header that says it is the iOS or Android app, so our server can keep app traffic in its own rate limit, separate from the website.

What the app keeps

Nothing about you. We do not store your file, the events in it, your calendar, your name, or your email. The server keeps a count of how many calendars were read and how much processing they used, with no file contents and no account, because there is no account.

On your phone, the app remembers two things: that you have seen the intro screen, and the IDs of the events it last added, so you can undo that add. Both stay on the phone.

Calendar access

The app asks for calendar access only when you tap “Add to my calendar”. It uses that access to list the calendars you can write to and to add the events you approved. It does not read, upload, or change your other events. You can turn access off at any time in Settings. The app still works without it: share the .ics file instead.

Camera and photos

The app asks for the camera or your photo library only when you tap “Take a photo” or “Photos”. The photo you pick is sent for reading as described above and is not saved by the app.

No ads, no tracking, no accounts

IOUSchedule has no ads, no analytics SDKs, no advertising identifiers, and no accounts. It does not use third-party tracking of any kind.

The IOUHome link

The app shows a link to IOUHome, a family calendar product from the same team. Tapping it opens a web page in your browser. IOUHome has its own privacy policy at https://iouhome.co/privacy.

Children

IOUSchedule is a general-audience utility for parents and caregivers. It is not directed at children and collects no personal information from anyone.

Changes

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

Contact

IOUMore, LLC
jd@ioumore.com

IOUSchedule is provided by IOUMore and licensed from IOU, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by JD Grant.