Privacy Policy
Tracker for iPhone
Effective 8 September 2026
Tracker collects nothing. It has no network code at all — no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, no accounts. Your tracks stay on your iPhone until you choose to send them somewhere yourself.
Location
Tracker asks for permission to use your location while you are using the app. It needs precise location because recording a GPS track is the entire purpose of the app — an approximate position would not produce a usable track.
Recording continues while the app is in the background or your screen is off, so that a track is not lost when you put your phone in your pocket. iOS shows its own indicator while this is happening. Tracker never requests "Always" location access, and it does not record anything when you are not actively recording a track.
Your location is used on your device to build the track, and is written only to the track files described below. It is never transmitted anywhere by the app.
What is stored on your device
- Recorded tracks, saved as GPX files in the app's own Documents folder. These contain the coordinates, elevations and timestamps of your trip, plus any name you give the track.
- A recovery journal written while recording, so that a track survives a crash or a forced quit. It is deleted once the track is saved.
- Your settings — language, units, and sharing and annotation preferences — stored in the app's own preferences on the device.
Tracker makes its tracks available in the iOS Files app, so you can copy, move or delete them yourself. Deleting a track in Tracker, or deleting the app, removes this data from your device.
If you use iCloud Backup or back up your iPhone to a computer, these files are included in that backup, and Apple's privacy policy governs it.
Sharing is yours to initiate
Tracker can share or export a track by email, AirDrop, Files, or any other destination offered by the iOS share sheet. This only ever happens when you ask for it, and you choose the destination.
Once you send a track somewhere, that file is in the hands of whatever service or person received it, and their privacy policy applies to it — not this one. A GPX file records where you were and when, so consider where you are sending it.
What Tracker does not do
- No data is collected by the developer. There is no server to collect it to.
- No analytics, usage measurement, or crash reporting.
- No advertising, and no tracking across apps or websites.
- No third-party SDKs of any kind.
- No accounts, sign-in, or personal details are requested.
- Nothing is sold or shared with anyone, because nothing is collected.
Children
Tracker is suitable for all ages and collects no personal information from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or about Tracker's handling of your data, can be sent to support@justdistance.com.