Privacy Policy
Darker Tides is built to respect your privacy completely. The app does not collect, store, transmit, or share any personal information.
Information we collect
None. Darker Tides has no user accounts, no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, and no third-party tracking of any kind. There are no servers of ours that receive information about you.
Information stored on your device
Your chosen port and display preferences (such as 12- or 24-hour time) are saved locally on your device so the app and its Home Screen widget can remember them. This information never leaves your device and is removed if you delete the app.
Tide data
All tide predictions are bundled with the app and read locally. They are sourced from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). The attribution is shown within the app.
Location
Darker Tides asks for your location only when you tap Use My Location, to find the tide ports nearest to you. It is used once, on your iPhone, and is never stored, collected by us, or shared.
Apple Maps
The port map shows Apple Maps. Showing it uses Apple’s Maps services, which involves standard requests to Apple (such as for map imagery of the area you are viewing). These requests are made by Apple’s frameworks under Apple’s privacy policy; Darker Tides adds no identifiers and receives nothing about you in return.
The trial and the purchase
The free trial and the purchase go through the App Store and are handled by Apple, under Apple’s privacy policy. We receive nothing about them: not your name, not your Apple ID, not what you paid. Darker Tides asks the App Store on your iPhone whether the trial has started or the app is yours, and the answer stays on your iPhone.
Children’s privacy
Darker Tides does not collect data from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy ever changes, we will update this page and revise the effective date shown above.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email hello@aspatial.studio.