Privacy Policy

Short version

If you allow location, Pink Tide takes a one-shot, foreground-only, approximate location fix when you start a tide, has Apple's geocoder name your city, and keeps that city for your next tides; you can also pick a city. It asks Apple WeatherKit for the current conditions in your city, and uses Apple's on-device Foundation Models to write an eight-line poem from the weather (other devices get a simple poem). The weather snapshot (temperature, condition, precipitation, humidity, wind) plus the poem and the coordinates that produced them are saved on your device. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no third-party SDKs that contact a server we operate. The only network calls the app makes are to Apple WeatherKit, to Apple's geocoder, and to Apple's StoreKit for in-app purchases.

Who we are

Pink Tide is published by Danielius Studio LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company at 30 N Gould St, Suite #5280, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA (“we”, “us”).

Data we do NOT collect

• No account, no email, no password — the app has no signup.
• No analytics, no telemetry, no event tracking.
• No advertising identifiers (no IDFA, no fingerprinting).
• No usage data sent off the device.
• No microphone, no camera. Pink Tide never opens the camera or records audio.
• No contacts, no calendar.
• No HealthKit, no Health data.
• No background location. Pink Tide does not track where you go and only fetches your location when you explicitly tap to write a tide.

Location permission (foreground only)

Pink Tide requests “When In Use” location access (the NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescriptionpermission) so that one CoreLocation fix can be taken when you tap the capture button. The fix is a one-shot read: the app does not subscribe to location updates, does not use significant-location-change monitoring, and never runs in the background.

The coordinates from that fix are used for three things only: (1) to look up your city's name with Apple's geocoder, (2) to query Apple WeatherKit for the current conditions there, and (3) to save on your device, as your city for new tides and alongside each tide entry, so the poem can show the place it came from. The coordinates are NOT transmitted to a server we operate, NOT shared with any third party other than Apple for the city name and the weather query, and NOT exposed via any social or sharing feature.

WeatherKit (Apple weather service)

Pink Tide calls Apple WeatherKit with your city's coordinates (from the one-shot fix, or a city you picked) to receive the current temperature, condition, precipitation, humidity, and wind. WeatherKit queries are handled by Apple under Apple's WeatherKit terms. We do not see your weather query history beyond the response for the tide you are currently writing, and we do not retain your queries on any server we operate.

What stays on your device

• Your tide entries (the weather snapshot — temperature, condition, precipitation, humidity, wind — the coordinates and place name that produced it, the poem (written on-device by Apple's Foundation Models, or a simple poem), and the created-at timestamp). Stored in on-device SwiftData.
• The date the app was first launched (used to time the three-day no-strings free window). Stored in UserDefaults.
• Your city (its name and coordinates), used for new tides. Stored in UserDefaults.
• If you allow reminders, the time of day you usually open the app, so a few tips and reminders arrive at a good moment in your first week. They are scheduled on your device and nothing is sent to us.

All of the above is stored only on your device. Uninstalling the app deletes everything Pink Tide has stored.

On-device language model (Apple Intelligence)

The eight-line weather poem is generated by Apple's on-device Foundation Models, accessed through the public LanguageModelSession API on iOS 26. The model executes on your iPhone's Neural Engine. The weather snapshot from WeatherKit is passed to the model in-process and never leaves the device. Pink Tide does not use Apple's Private Cloud Compute fallback for this feature.

Poem generation is available only on Apple Intelligence-capable devices running iOS 26 (iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, or newer with the A17 Pro chip or later). On unsupported devices the tide still saves with the weather snapshot and coordinates, with a simple poem instead of a written one.

Year book of poems

Pink Tide's year book lists every tide you have saved. The book is composed on-device from the entries you already have. Nothing about your year is uploaded to a server we operate.

Lock Screen widget

Pink Tide includes a Lock Screen and Home Screen widget that shows one fixed line, a reminder to open Pink Tide for today's poem. The widget reads none of your tides. No coordinates or weather details are rendered on the Lock Screen and nothing is sent off the device for the widget to function.

In-app purchases

If you choose to subscribe (Monthly, Annual) or buy the Lifetime unlock, that transaction is handled by Apple's StoreKit. Apple processes the payment and shares only the receipt with the app so we can verify your entitlement. We never see your card number, billing address, or any personal information beyond Apple's opaque transaction identifier.

Subscription receipts are stored on-device by iOS and used to validate your entitlement when you re-open the app. They are not sent to any server we operate.

Family Sharing

Pink Tide Pro purchases (Monthly, Annual, Lifetime) are Family-Shareable through Apple's standard Family Sharing mechanism. Apple handles eligibility checks; we do not see who is in your family group.

Children

Pink Tide is rated 4+ in the App Store. Because the app collects no data at all on our side, it complies with COPPA and similar children's-privacy regulations by design.

Your rights

Because Pink Tide does not collect data on our side, there is nothing for us to export, correct, or delete on your behalf. To revoke location permission, use iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Pink Tide. To remove all on-device state, delete the app.

For questions, write to dchalikovasss@gmail.com.

Changes

If we ever introduce a feature that involves any data leaving the device to a server we operate (for example, cloud sync or sharing), this page will be updated and the “Last updated” date at the top will change. For v1.0, no such feature exists.