# Privacy Policy

> Steady Pace collects nothing and makes no network connections. This plain-English privacy policy explains exactly what stays on your phone and what never leaves it.

Steady Pace does not collect your data, and the app makes no network connections at all. No account, no analytics, no server. Here's exactly what happens to what stays on your phone.

Updated 24 July 2026

## What we collect

**Nothing.** We do not collect, transmit, sell, or share personal information. There
is no sign-up, no login, and no email address required to use the app. The app contains no analytics,
advertising, crash-reporting, or telemetry software of any kind.

## Where your runs live

Your runs (GPS route, pace, distance, elevation, splits, cadence, personal records, and any notes
you write) are stored **only on your device**, in storage private to the app. They are
never uploaded to us or to anyone else.

## Location

The app uses your location to record runs. It requests background location access so tracking
continues while your phone is locked or in your pocket, the normal way you'd use it. Location is used
solely to record the run in progress.

If GPS anonymisation is enabled (it is on by default), every run is shifted by an offset that is
**calculated on your device and then discarded**. The coordinates saved to your phone do not match where you ran, and the shift cannot be reversed. There's a plain-English version
on the [privacy explainer](https://steadypace.ca/private-running-app).

## Motion and camera

  - **Motion sensors** are used on-device for cadence detection and auto-pause.

  - **Camera** is used only if you choose to make a share card from a run. Photos stay
    on your device and are never uploaded. The app never requests photo-library access.

## Network connections

**The app makes none.** It does not connect to any server, ours or anyone else's. Put
your phone in airplane mode and every feature still works. Updates arrive through the App Store, the
same as any other app.

## When data does leave your phone

Only when you deliberately send it. If you export a run as a GPX file, share a run summary, or send
a diagnostic recording, iOS's share sheet hands that file to whatever destination you pick. You choose
the recipient; we never see it.

## Notifications

Notifications are generated locally on your device to show run status. No push service receives your
information.

## Diagnostic recordings

If you turn on diagnostic mode, the app writes a detailed sensor log for each run to your device so
tracking problems can be investigated. These files stay on your phone. You can see how much space they
use and delete them at any time in **Settings → Storage**, and they are never sent
anywhere unless you share one yourself.

## Deleting your data

Delete a run in the app to remove it, or delete the app to remove everything at once. Because nothing
is stored on a server, there is nothing for us to delete on your behalf and no request you need to send
us.

## Children

Steady Pace is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from
anyone.

## Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it. Material changes will be noted in the
app's release notes.

## Contact

Questions about privacy: [support@steadypace.ca](mailto:support@steadypace.ca)


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Source: https://steadypace.ca/privacy
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/steady-pace/id6773682525