Privacy Policy

How Rope treats homes, permissions, and purchases on your device.

App: Rope Last updated: 8 October 2026

Summary

This Privacy Policy explains how Rope ("we", "us") handles information in the Rope mobile application (the "App"). The App is designed to work on your device only. Version 1 does not connect to a Rope backend and does not upload your homes or logs to our servers.

1. Who this policy covers

This policy applies to people who install Rope and use Start Exploring after agreeing to these documents.

2. Information stored on your device

We store the following locally:

• Agreement flags and session state after Start Exploring or Log Out
• Home names and the home you currently have selected
• Service logs, drafts, vendor names, dates, costs, notes, and system labels
• Photos you take or add, stored as local media files
• Maintenance reminders and the dates you set
• Cost summaries and report archives generated on this device
• A local purchase ledger and your remaining Report Credits
• Display preferences needed to run the App

We do not ask for your real name, email, or phone number to use the App.

3. Information we do not collect on servers

Because there is no Rope backend in version 1, we do not receive:

• Your homes, photos, notes, or reminders
• Your Report Credit balance
• Analytics events
• Advertising identifiers

These documents do not include a contact mailbox. There is no cloud copy of your log.

4. Permissions

• App Tracking Transparency (iOS). We show Apple's tracking prompt after Start Exploring. We do not track you across apps or websites, and we do not use the advertising identifier.
• Notifications. We show the system notification prompt after Start Exploring so reminders you create can appear as system alerts. The App does not set a user-notification center delegate for remote push campaigns.
• Camera. Used when you tap Take Photo.
• Photos. Used when you tap Add Photos.
• Microphone. Used when you tap Dictate Note. Resulting note text is stored locally.

You can deny a permission. Denying tracking or notifications does not block Start Exploring. Denying camera, photos, or microphone limits only the action that needs that sensor. Permission requests use iOS system dialogs only.

5. Purchases

If you buy a Report Credit pack, Apple processes payment under Apple's privacy policy. We may store a transaction identifier on the device to avoid crediting the same purchase twice. We do not receive your full payment card details. There is no restore-purchases feature. Credits have no cash value and are removed when you clear local data or delete the App.

6. Sharing

We do not sell personal information. We do not share on-device home data with advertisers. Apple receives whatever the operating system sends for an in-app purchase. If you export a PDF or JSON file and send it through the iOS share sheet, that destination is outside this Policy.

7. Retention

Data remains until you delete a home or a record, log out (data kept, session cleared), use Clear All Local Data (App data erased), or uninstall the App. We cannot recover deleted local data.

8. International use

The App is intended for English-language markets. Processing of purchase records by Apple may occur in the United States or other countries according to Apple's policies. We do not operate a Rope data center that transfers your logs between countries.

9. Children

Rope is not directed at children under 16 (or a higher age if required in your country). Do not use the App if you are below that age.

10. Your choices

• Log Out: stop the session; keep local data
• Clear All Local Data: erase Rope data on the device
• OS Settings: change camera, photos, microphone, notification, and tracking permissions
• Store purchases: manage billing with Apple

If applicable privacy law grants rights of access or erasure against a "controller," understand that Rope version 1 does not hold a cloud copy. Erasure is performed with Clear All Local Data or uninstall.

11. Security

The App relies on your device lock, the vendor sandbox, and encrypted storage where the OS provides it. No method is 100% secure. Do not store highly sensitive content in notes or photos if others can unlock your phone.

12. Changes

We will update this Policy in the App when practices change. The "Last updated" date will change.

13. Contact

These documents do not include a privacy mailbox or a support form.

14. California and similar notices

We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are used in the California Consumer Privacy Act because we do not collect it on a server. Device-local data is described in section 2.

15. European Economic Area and United Kingdom

Our role for on-device processing is to provide the App you installed. Legal bases that may apply to store-level purchases are contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) handled by the store, and your consent for optional OS permissions (Article 6(1)(a)). You may withdraw consent in OS settings. You may complain to a supervisory authority.

This page describes Rope. It does not cover other apps or websites you open after leaving Rope.