AstroCompass
Privacy policy
We don't sell your information to anyone, for any reason. Period.
AstroCompass has no accounts and does not ask who you are. The app sends us anonymous usage and error data, which you can switch off, and two kinds of fuller diagnostics, which are off until you turn them on. Apple passes us purchase information when you buy something, and we receive whatever you choose to email us. This page says what each one is, when it is sent, how long we keep it, and how to stop it.
What the app sends
The first time you open the app, a card shows what the app sends and offers two more choices. You can change any of them later in Settings ▸ Privacy.
- Usage and error data (on unless you switch it off). Anonymous records including: features that are used, errors and crashes, and basic application performance data, along with the app build, iOS version, device model and the session start time. No install code, no location, no photos, nothing that identifies you. Nothing is sent until you answer the card. These records are not linked to your phone or to you, and they're deleted automatically after 90 days.
- Session logs (off until you turn it on). A detailed log of each session and any crash reports, filed under a random install code, with your approximate location (about 1 km) and time zone. Session logs really help us find and fix problems, so the app works better for everyone.
- Sky Lock photos (off until you turn it on). The camera frames from every Sky Lock attempt, with the camera settings, where and how steadily the phone was pointed, your approximate location (about 1 km) and the time, filed under the same install code. The image files carry no photo metadata. These images and readings help us improve Sky Lock.
None of these include your name, contacts, other apps, your photo library, or what you type.
If Sky Lock photos is switched off, a failed Sky Lock attempt offers to send that one attempt to us, and shows you the frames first.
How we use it
To find and fix problems in the app, especially Sky Lock failures we could not otherwise see, and to learn which features people use so we know what to improve. Nothing else. We don't use it for advertising, and nothing the app sends is used to track you across other apps or websites.
Who sees it
Everything the app sends goes over an encrypted connection to private storage owned or controlled by Dead Reckoning Studio LLC, a US company. Our service providers may store or process it in the United States or in other countries. Wherever it is, this policy applies, and data that crosses borders is protected by recognized legal safeguards. Like any internet service, our servers see your device's IP address while they receive data; we don't store it. Only the studio, and the service providers working for us, can read it. We use service providers that host, transmit, secure or analyze this data on our behalf; each is bound to protect your information at least as this policy does. Apple separately handles the App Store, TestFlight, purchases and notifications under its own terms.
How long we keep it
Everything the app sends expires automatically 90 days after upload. Copies we download for analysis are deleted on the same schedule. We may keep aggregated totals from usage records (for example, feature usage or Sky Lock attempts), but nothing specific to any one phone. A capture kept as a test case for a fix is deleted, with everything associated with it, once the verified fix has shipped. When you delete your diagnostics, we keep only the install code itself, marked as deleted, so nothing can ever be uploaded under it again.
Your choices
Switch any choice on or off in Settings ▸ Privacy. Switching a choice off stops it at once and discards anything not yet sent. It does not delete what was already uploaded.
Delete it: Settings ▸ Privacy ▸ Delete uploaded diagnostics deletes everything filed under your install code: session logs, Sky Lock photos and any attempt you sent. Copies we had downloaded for analysis go on the 90-day schedule, or sooner if you ask. Or email support@astrocompass.app with the install code shown on that screen, and we will delete it within 30 days and confirm. Deleting also switches off all three choices, so nothing more is sent unless you turn one back on.
Usage and error data is never linked to your phone or to you. It's deleted automatically after 90 days.
Session logs and Sky Lock photos are pseudonymous. The only way we can connect the install code to a person is if you send it to us, for example when you email support.
Children and families
AstroCompass is for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. It has no accounts and never asks for a name, email address or contact details. Usage and error data is anonymous and can be switched off in Settings ▸ Privacy; session logs and Sky Lock photos stay off until someone turns them on. A parent or guardian can switch any of them off. If we learn that session logs or Sky Lock photos came from a child's device without a parent's consent, we delete them.
Purchases
Subscriptions and in-app tips are processed by Apple. We never receive your card or account details, only the transaction information needed to provide and support what you bought. Our websites may link to Stripe for other purchases or to support the studio; Stripe processes those under its own terms, and we receive only what we need for receipts and records.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect your information. No storage or transmission system can be guaranteed completely secure.
This website
astrocompass.app is a static site served by Cloudflare. We set no cookies. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page views and see which pages people read; it stores nothing on your device and does not fingerprint you, so we see totals, not visitors. Cloudflare may also set strictly necessary security cookies and log requests under its own policy. Support email is routed to a Gmail mailbox and read by the studio.
Your rights
Wherever you live, you can ask what we currently hold for your install code, have it deleted, or withdraw consent by switching session logs or Sky Lock photos off. Because they carry no name, we act on the install code you give us. Usage and error data is never linked to your phone, and you can switch it off at any time. If you're unhappy with how we handle your information, you can also complain to the data protection authority where you live.
TestFlight testers
Version 1.0.0 starts fresh:
- When you update to the new beta release, the app deletes all diagnostics from the older beta versions left on your phone. The new beta release has its own new install code.
- Once Apple approves version 1.0.0, we delete all prior data uploads, except a very few bundles kept as test cases.
- Older beta versions follow the 25 September 2026 version of this policy.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, the effective date above changes and the app shows the new version before anything new is collected.
Changes to this policy
- 13 October 2026: "Full diagnostics" is now called "Session logs". Nothing new is collected.
- 11 October 2026: "Sky Lock field data" is now called "Sky Lock photos", and its description names the readings sent with the frames (the camera settings, and where and how steadily the phone was pointed). Nothing new is collected.
- 7 October 2026: rewritten for version 1.0.0.
- 25 September 2026: added this website's analytics.
- 22 September 2026: first published.
Contact
Dead Reckoning Studio LLC, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA · support@astrocompass.app