Privacy policy

1. On-device data

Your measurements, their notes, any photos you choose to attach, your material settings and your preferences stay on your device. The app does not require an account, has no server of ours behind it, and we do not receive your content. Reports and export files are made on your device and go only where you choose to share them.

2. Location

With your permission, the app uses your location on your device to show where you are on the map and to record a boundary you walk. While a walk is being recorded, location keeps updating with the screen locked so the recording is not interrupted; it stops when you finish or pause the walk.

Your location and the boundaries you record are not uploaded to us. The app works without location permission: you can still measure by tapping corners on the map.

3. Maps and search

Map imagery and place search come from Apple Maps. To show the map and answer a search, your device sends Apple requests for the map area you are viewing and the text you search for. Apple handles these requests under its own privacy policy.

4. Advertising

The free version shows ads from Google AdMob. Google may process device identifiers, IP address, coarse location, ad interactions, and diagnostics to provide, secure, measure, or personalize ads where permitted. Where required, a consent message from Google is shown before ads load, and the app asks for tracking permission before personalized ads are used. Declining changes no feature.

5. Purchases

Pro is an optional one-time purchase processed by Apple. Apple provides us with transaction status so the app can unlock Pro; we do not receive your payment-card details.

6. Sharing and legal disclosures

We do not sell the content you create in Acreline. Information may be processed by the providers described above only as needed to operate a feature, process a purchase, provide advertising where applicable, secure the service, or comply with law. We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to respond to lawful requests, protect rights or safety, or prevent fraud and abuse.

7. Retention and security

Local data remains on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app, subject to device backups. Service providers retain information according to their policies and only as long as needed for their stated purpose, security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or legal obligations. We use reasonable safeguards, but no storage or transmission method is completely secure.

8. International processing

Service providers may process information in countries other than yours. Where required, they are responsible for applying appropriate safeguards under applicable law.

9. Children’s privacy

The app is not directed to children below the age at which they may consent to data processing in their jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. Contact us if you believe a child has provided personal information inappropriately.

10. Your choices

You can deny or revoke location and tracking permission in device Settings, update your ad consent choices from Settings in the app where offered, buy Pro to remove ads, delete measurements in the app, and uninstall the app to delete its local data, subject to device backups.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the app, its providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date identifies the latest version. Material changes will be communicated where required by law.