Outside Today Privacy Policy

The short version: Outside Today keeps everything on your iPhone. We do not have an account system, a server, analytics, advertising or tracking. We never receive what you keep in the app.

What the app stores, and where

The notes, photos, sound clips, places, first-of-the-season entries and answers you save are stored in the app’s private storage on your iPhone. Deleting something in the app erases it from the app’s storage.

Location

The app reads your location only when you tap Add location, and only once. You choose beforehand how much to keep: about 10 km, about 1 km, or exact. It is rounded on your iPhone before it is saved. You can lower or remove it later. Places can also be just a name.

Photos

Photos you add are copied into the app with their GPS location removed; the original in your photo library is not changed. When you share a photo from the app, the copy has its location, date and camera details removed.

Microphone and camera

Used only while you record a sound clip or take a photo, and never in the background.

The map

The optional map is off until you turn it on. When it is on, map pictures are loaded from Apple Maps; Apple sees the area being shown, under Apple’s privacy policy. Your places and moments are not sent.

Sharing, exports and backups

Nothing leaves your iPhone unless you share or export it. A readable copy leaves out places you have marked private, and leaves out locations unless you choose to include them. An encrypted backup file is locked with a passphrase only you know; we cannot recover it. When you make one, you can choose to leave place locations out of it. Wherever you send a copy, such as email or a cloud drive, is covered by that service’s own policy.

Your iPhone’s own backup

Like most apps, the app’s files may be included in your iPhone’s backup to iCloud or a computer, if you use one. You can turn that off for this app in the iPhone’s own backup settings.

Children

The app does not collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

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