Privacy Policy
The short version
- There’s no account and no sign-in. We don’t know who you are.
- Your saved spots, shot log, photos, reminders and alerts stay on your iPhone.
- To make forecasts and skylines, LightTrax sends coordinates to Apple (weather, maps) and Amazon Web Services (elevation data). We never send them to our own servers, because we don’t have any.
- Reminders and alerts are notifications scheduled on your iPhone. Smart alerts check the forecast in the background for places you chose; LightTrax never tracks your location in the background.
- Anonymous usage counts go to Aptabase unless you switch them off in Settings. They never include your location, places, photos or anything that identifies you.
- Purchases go through Apple. We never see your payment details.
- No ads, no tracking across apps, and we never sell data.
Who we are
LightTrax is made by TraxLabs LLC (“we”). This policy covers the LightTrax iPhone app and its widgets.
Your location
LightTrax asks for location while you’re using the app, to show where the sun and moon will be from where you’re standing. You can say no and search for a place instead. Your location is used on your iPhone to calculate sun and moon times; it isn’t stored by us and is never part of analytics. It is sent to these services, only to do the job described:
| Service | What’s sent | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Apple WeatherKit | Coordinates of the place you’re planning, and points about 100 km toward the sun; in the background, the same for places with smart alerts or sky-aware reminders on | Cloud, rain and visibility for the sky outlook, and to decide whether an alert is worth sending |
| Apple Maps (MapKit) | What you type in search, and coordinates to look up a place name and time zone | Place search, names and map display |
| Amazon Web Services (Terrain Tiles open data) | Requests for map tiles around the place, which reveal its approximate area | Elevation data for skylines and terrain-aware sunrise and sunset |
These services receive your device’s IP address, as any internet request does, and handle data under their own policies: Apple and Amazon Web Services.
Background checks. When you turn on a smart alert, or a reminder that reads the sky, iOS lets LightTrax wake now and then to check the forecast. It checks your saved spots that have alerts on and, if you chose “wherever I am”, the last place your iPhone was while you had LightTrax open. LightTrax can’t ask for your location in the background and doesn’t; it uses that last place, stored on your iPhone, until you next open the app.
Notifications, calendar and sharing
- Notifications: reminders and alerts are scheduled on your iPhone with iOS notifications. Nothing passes through a server of ours, and there are no push notifications. LightTrax asks once for permission; you can change it in iOS Settings › Notifications › LightTrax.
- Calendar: if you choose “Add to Calendar” on an alert, LightTrax asks for permission to add events only. It writes that one event (the window, place name and times) and can’t read your calendar.
- Sharing: “Share conditions” and “Share LightTrax” open the iOS share sheet with text you can see first: the outlook, place name and key times, or a link to the App Store. It goes only where you send it.
- Ratings: LightTrax may ask iOS to show its rating prompt. Apple handles the prompt and any review; we never learn whether you left one.
What stays on your iPhone
- Saved spots: names, coordinates, notes, the direction you face and each spot’s skyline.
- Shot log: visits, ratings, notes, gear, and the light and sky LightTrax recorded.
- Photos: when you attach a photo, LightTrax reads its time and camera details and keeps a small thumbnail and a reference to the photo. The photo itself isn’t copied or uploaded. LightTrax uses the system photo picker, so it sees only the photos you choose.
- Widgets: the app passes forecasts and places to its widgets through storage shared on your iPhone.
- Reminders and alerts: which events and spots you set them for, their settings, the last place used for “wherever I am”, and a short history of alerts sent so you don’t get repeats.
- Caches of forecasts and skylines, and your settings, including the styles you picked on first run.
This data is included in your iPhone’s own backups if you use them; it isn’t sent to us. Deleting the app deletes it. A shot log export (CSV or JSON) leaves your iPhone only when you share it, to wherever you choose.
Anonymous usage statistics
To learn which features are used, LightTrax sends anonymous event counts to Aptabase, a privacy-focused analytics service (data stored in the United States). Settings › Privacy › Share anonymous usage statistics is on by default; switching it off stops every event, including the one at launch.
Events carry only small fixed values, for example “a spot was saved, you have 2–5 spots”, “a sunset reminder was set 30 minutes ahead” or “the paywall was shown from the week strip”. They never include coordinates, place or spot names, notes, gear, photos or photo details, file names, dates or times you planned or set reminders for, what you shared or with whom, prices, transaction IDs or receipts. We don’t add any identifier of our own.
With each event, Aptabase records the time, a random session ID that isn’t stored on your device and changes after an hour of inactivity, the app and OS version, device model, language, and whether it’s a test build. This data isn’t linked to you and isn’t used for tracking or advertising.
LightTrax Pro purchases
LightTrax Pro is sold through the App Store. Apple handles payment, and we never receive your name, Apple Account or payment details. The app checks your purchase with Apple’s StoreKit on your iPhone; there’s no server of ours involved. Subscriptions are managed and canceled in your App Store account settings. Analytics record only that a purchase completed, which plan, and whether it started a free trial.
What we don’t do
- No ads, and no advertising or tracking SDKs.
- No tracking across other companies’ apps or websites.
- We don’t sell or share personal data.
- No contacts, camera, microphone or background location, and no reading your calendar.
Children
LightTrax isn’t directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from anyone.
Your choices
- Turn location off, or change it, in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › LightTrax.
- Turn analytics off in LightTrax Settings › Privacy.
- Turn reminders and alerts off in the app, or turn notifications off in iOS Settings › Notifications › LightTrax. Calendar access can be changed in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Calendars.
- Delete spots and visits in the app, or delete the app to remove everything it stored.
Because we hold no personal data about you, there’s nothing for us to look up, export or delete on our side. If you have a question or a request, contact us below.
Changes
If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and its effective date. If a change affects what LightTrax collects, we’ll say so in the app’s release notes.
Contact
TraxLabs LLC · contact@traxlabsllc.com