Privacy Policy

Overview

Speedometer Lite is designed with privacy as a core principle. Your trip data, location history, and personal preferences stay on your device. The only data that leaves your device is anonymous purchase information needed to manage Pro subscriptions, processed by Apple and our subscription provider.

Data We Process

The following data is processed by the app. Almost all of it stays on your device. Only the items marked "RevenueCat" leave your device, and only for the purpose of managing Pro subscriptions.

Subscriptions and Purchases

Speedometer Lite offers an optional Pro upgrade through Apple's In-App Purchase system. To make Pro work — verifying your status, restoring purchases on new devices, and recognizing legacy users — a small amount of purchase-related information must be processed off-device.

How Purchase Data Flows

• When you tap "Upgrade" or "Restore Purchases", Apple's StoreKit handles the transaction. Apple is the payment processor — we never see your payment details.
• Apple sends a receipt to your device confirming the purchase.
• The app forwards this receipt to RevenueCat, our subscription management provider, which verifies the purchase and tells the app whether your Pro entitlement is active.
• RevenueCat stores: your purchase history, your subscription status, the original App Store version you downloaded (used to recognize legacy users), and a randomly generated anonymous user ID.
• RevenueCat does not receive your name, email, address, or payment details.

What Anonymous Means Here

The app never calls any "log in" function. RevenueCat generates an opaque random ID (something like $RCAnonymousID:a1b2c3...) the first time the app launches and uses that as the user key. It is not linked to your Apple ID, email, or any other personally identifying information we collect — because we don't collect any.

Purposes

• App functionality — verifying your Pro status, restoring purchases, recognizing legacy users.
• Analytics — we view aggregated charts in the RevenueCat dashboard (such as conversion rates and churn) to understand how Pro is performing. This data is anonymous.

Purchase data is not used to track you across apps or websites, is not shared with advertising networks, and is not sold to third parties.

RevenueCat's Privacy Policy

RevenueCat handles purchase data on our behalf and has its own privacy practices, available at revenuecat.com/privacy.

Location Access

Speedometer Lite requires access to your device's location to function. Here's how it works:

While Using the App

When the app is open, it accesses your GPS location to calculate and display your current speed, track your distance traveled, and show your position on the map. This is the primary permission the app needs.

Background Location (Optional)

If you enable background location access, the app can continue recording your trip even when the screen is off or you're using other apps. This is entirely optional — you can use all speedometer features with only "while using" permission. Background access is useful if you want uninterrupted trip recording without keeping the app visible.

How Location Data Is Handled

• Location data is processed in real-time on your device to calculate speed
• If you record a trip, the route coordinates are saved locally on your device
• Location data is never sent to any external server
• You can delete any recorded trip at any time from within the app

What We Don't Do

To be clear about our approach to privacy:

• No account required — Use the full app without signing up or providing any personal information.
• No advertising — The app contains no ads. There is no ad tracking or profiling.
• No cross-app tracking — We do not use Apple's IDFA, do not request App Tracking Transparency permission, and do not link your data to other apps or websites.
• No data brokers — We never sell or share your data with data brokers, advertisers, or marketers.
• No personal information collected — We don't ask for your name, email, address, or phone number. We don't operate any servers that collect personal data.
• No general usage analytics — We don't use Firebase Analytics, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude, or any similar product-analytics SDK that tracks how you use the app's features.
• No crash reporting — We don't use Sentry, Crashlytics, or similar crash reporting tools.

Local Data Storage

All app data is stored locally on your device using standard iOS storage mechanisms:

• Trip recordings are stored in the app's local database (SQLite)
• Settings and preferences are stored in the app's local storage
• Theme selections and customizations are kept in local preferences

This data syncs through iCloud only if you have iCloud backup enabled for your device — this is an iOS feature, not something the app controls. The app itself does not implement any cloud sync features.

Your Control

You have complete control over your data:

• Delete individual trips — Remove any recorded trip from within the app
• Delete all data — Uninstalling the app removes all locally stored data
• Revoke location access — Change or revoke location permissions at any time in iOS Settings
• Disable background access — Turn off background location in iOS Settings if you've enabled it

Third-Party Services

Speedometer Lite relies on the following third-party services. None of them receive personal information beyond what is described below.

Apple — Maps and In-App Purchases

The app uses Apple's MapKit framework to display maps. When you view maps in the app, your device communicates with Apple's map servers to load tiles. The app uses Apple's StoreKit framework to process purchases and subscriptions. Both are subject to Apple's Privacy Policy.

RevenueCat — Subscription Management

RevenueCat manages purchase verification and entitlement state on our behalf. RevenueCat receives the purchase receipt issued by Apple, the original App Store version you downloaded, and an anonymous user ID. RevenueCat does not receive your name, email, or payment information. See RevenueCat's Privacy Policy for details.

Your Rights

Because we do not collect personal information that identifies you, most data-subject rights (such as the right to access, correct, or delete personal data) are largely automatic — there is nothing to access or correct on our side beyond your purchase records.

• Access — Your purchase history is visible in your Apple ID account at apps.apple.com/account.
• Cancellation — You can cancel your subscription at any time in Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions on your iPhone or iPad.
• Refunds — Refund requests are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
• Deletion — Uninstalling the app deletes all locally stored data. To request deletion of any RevenueCat-side records associated with your anonymous user ID, contact us at the email below.

Children's Privacy

Speedometer Lite does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children under 13. Since the app does not collect personal data, there is no special handling required for children's information.

Changes to This Policy

If we make changes to this privacy policy, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For significant changes that affect how data is handled, we will also notify users through the app or App Store update notes.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or the app's data practices, you can reach us at:

support@speedometerlite.app