NULOOPNuloop Privacy Policy
Summary
Nuloop keeps your data on your iPhone. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no Nuloop server. To draw maps and routes, the app sends locations to Apple Maps. Purchases go through Apple.
This policy explains what Nuloop uses, where it goes, and how to delete it. Nuloop is made by Blake Overstreet ("we"). Effective date: [EFFECTIVE DATE].
What Nuloop uses and why
| Data | Why the app uses it | Where it's kept |
|---|---|---|
| Precise location (or approximate, if you turn off Precise Location) | To start your loop, guide you, and measure distance | On your iPhone. Sent to Apple Maps for routes (see below). |
| Compass direction | To point the arrow on the map | Not saved |
| Average walking step length, from Apple Health (only if you allow it) | To turn a step goal into a distance | On your iPhone |
| Steps counted during a walk, from Motion & Fitness (only if you allow it) | To learn your stride, so step goals come out the right length | On your iPhone. Only your last 10 learned strides are kept. Step counts are not saved. |
| Pace and stride you enter | To estimate time and steps | On your iPhone |
| Walk history: route line, date, activity, distance, time, skipped parts, names and favorites you add | So you can look back at past walks | On your iPhone |
| Planned loops: route, street name, date | So you can save a loop for another day | On your iPhone |
| Settings: units, style, theme, spoken turns and similar | To remember your choices | On your iPhone |
Location permission. Nuloop asks only for "While Using the App." During a walk, it keeps tracking with the screen locked or the app in the background, shown on your lock screen. It never asks for "Always" location. When no walk is going, it does not track you.
Apple Health. Nuloop reads only your average walking step length. It never writes to Health. You can say no, and the app still works. Health data is never used for advertising or shared with anyone.
Motion & Fitness. After a walk of about half a mile or more, Nuloop reads the steps your iPhone counted during that walk. It divides the distance by the steps to learn your stride, and keeps your last 10 strides on your iPhone. It doesn't save step counts, doesn't use this for runs, and never sends it anywhere. If you say no, Nuloop won't ask again, and the app still works. A learned stride is used ahead of the step length from Apple Health.
What leaves your iPhone
Everything that leaves your iPhone goes to Apple, and nothing goes anywhere else.
- Routes: your starting point and turn points go to Apple Maps for walking directions. This also happens during a walk when you choose Back to start, a new route, or add or remove distance.
- Places to avoid: the area around you goes to Apple Maps search, so the loop can stay out of certain spots.
- Dropped pins: the pin's location goes to Apple to look up the street name.
- Map images: loaded from Apple Maps.
- Map centering: if you pick a start on the map before your location is known, your country's name may go to Apple to center the map.
- Purchases: handled by Apple's App Store. Nuloop never sees your card, name, or email. It only asks Apple whether you have an active plan.
Apple handles this data under its own privacy policy: apple.com/legal/privacy.
Spoken turn directions are made on your iPhone. Nothing is sent for those.
What Nuloop does not do
- No accounts, sign-ins, or email collection.
- No ads, analytics, or tracking across apps or websites.
- No Nuloop server, and no iCloud storage. We never receive your walks, location, or Health data.
- No outside code libraries that collect data. Nuloop uses only Apple's own tools.
- We don't sell or share your personal information.
If you allow it in iPhone Settings, Apple may collect crash reports. That is Apple's system, not Nuloop's.
Keeping and deleting your data
Your data stays on your iPhone until you delete it. It is also included in your own iPhone backups, if you make them.
- Delete a walk or planned loop: swipe left on it in the app.
- Delete everything: delete the Nuloop app. This removes all data stored in it. We hold no copy anywhere else.
- Purchases: Apple keeps your purchase record, so you can restore your plan if you reinstall.
Your choices. You can change or turn off location, Apple Health, and Motion & Fitness access at any time in iPhone Settings. Without location, Nuloop can't build loops from where you are.
Children
Nuloop is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information. Because Nuloop collects nothing on our side, there is no data for us to remove. Parents can delete the app to remove everything.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the effective date above. If a change is significant, such as sending data somewhere new, we'll tell you in the app before it takes effect.
Contact
Questions? Email support@nuloop.app. More help is at nuloop.app.