Privacy Policy

Applies to the Reef Fish ID iOS app and website · Updated 2026-09-13

The one-line version: no account, no ads, no tracking. Your sightings and photos never leave your device. The only data that leaves the iOS app is the purchase information our payment service needs, described below.

Where your data lives

Your sightings (date, place, notes) are stored in your own device's local storage. Photos you take or choose are stored in your own device's local database (IndexedDB). They are never uploaded anywhere — we do not operate a server that could receive them.

What the permissions are for

Camera and photo library: only to attach a photo to one of your sightings. The photo stays on your device. Location: only when you tap the pin button, to read your current coordinates once and fill them into the "place" field of that sighting. There is no background location and nothing is uploaded. You may decline both permissions; everything else still works.

In-app purchase and RevenueCat

The iOS "full version" unlock is a one-time in-app purchase. Apple handles the payment; we never see or store card or Apple Account details. To process the purchase and let you restore it on another device, the iOS app uses RevenueCat, a third-party payment service. RevenueCat receives:

None of this is linked to your identity, used for advertising, or used to track you across other apps or websites. Your sightings, notes, photos and coordinates are never sent. If you want the purchase data tied to your anonymous ID deleted, write to us at the address below.

Network access

All species data and photos are bundled inside the iOS app, so browsing needs no connection; the app connects only for the purchase flow above. The website loads pages and images from our server, which keeps only ordinary access logs (standard nginx logs). Those are not used for profiling. The website has no purchase and does not use RevenueCat.

Exporting and deleting your data

Under "Me → Settings" you can export your sightings as a .fishlog file to keep yourself, or erase all records with one tap. Deleting the app (or clearing the website's site data) removes every local record permanently.

Children's privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. The purchase information above is anonymous and exists only if a purchase is made or the purchase page is used.

Third-party content and services

Species photos come from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licences, credited image by image under "Photo credits and licences" in the app. The only third-party SDK in the iOS app is RevenueCat, used for the purchase as described above.

Contact

Questions about this policy, a data deletion request, or an error in the species information: tangzy09@gmail.com