Fewer

What is Fewer?

Fewer is a macOS menu bar app that displays a live countdown of the time remaining in your life, computed from your birth date, country, and sex against public actuarial life-expectancy tables. It is a philosophical reminder, not a medical prediction.

Summary

Information you provide

To compute your countdown, Fewer asks you to enter:

• Your birth date
• Your country of residence
• Your sex (used to select the correct actuarial table)

This information is stored exclusively in the Keychain on your Mac. It never leaves your device and is never transmitted to us or to any third party.

Where your data lives

Personal data (birth date, country, sex) is stored in the macOS Keychain, the same secure store that protects passwords and credentials. Non-personal preferences (themes, animation settings, the acknowledged-disclaimer flag) are stored in standard UserDefaults inside the app's sandbox.

Fewer makes no network requests to any backend operated by us. There is no server-side component.

Third-party services

Fewer uses Apple's StoreKit to process the optional one-time in-app purchase that unlocks premium themes and icons. Apple handles your payment information and receipt validation; we never see your billing details.

Fewer does not embed any third-party analytics, advertising, tracking SDK, or crash-reporting service.

Life-expectancy data

The countdown is computed locally using a static life-expectancy dataset bundled inside the app, derived from publicly available United Nations and Worldometers statistics. No queries are made to any external dataset at runtime.

Children's privacy

Fewer is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect any information from them. Because no data is collected at all, no special handling is required.

Deleting your data

Uninstalling Fewer removes all settings stored on your Mac. You can also reset individual settings inside the app at any time.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a revised "Last updated" date. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.