Privacy Policy for MapMate

MapMate lets you save the places that matter to you. That can include a place name, address, map coordinates, visit date, rating, favorite status, notes, tags, what you ate, what you liked, and optional photo attachments you choose to add.

If you turn on revisit reminders, MapMate also stores notification settings and lightweight reminder history so it can avoid sending the same alert too often.

MapMate stores your app data in the app sandbox on your device. The app is configured to use Apple's CloudKit and iCloud key-value storage so your data and unlock state can sync across your own devices when iCloud is available for your Apple account.

AzurStone Labs does not run its own hosted database for your MapMate place memories or photo library. When Apple sync is active, Apple acts as the cloud provider for that content under Apple's own terms and privacy practices.

Location permission is used so you can save where you are, search nearby places, see distances, and optionally receive revisit reminders when you are near a saved place. If you enable reminder-style features, the app may request background-capable location authorization from iOS.

Photo library access is used only when you choose images to attach to a place. Notification permission is used only for local reminders you choose to enable.

MapMate sends very little information to our servers. There are two in-app API calls today: the coupon redemption endpoint used to validate a MapMate unlock code, and an anonymous custom-tag report described below.

When you redeem a coupon, we receive the coupon code you entered, a device identifier generated by the app for redemption tracking, and the app version. Our server also derives and stores a shortened hash of the incoming IP address for rate limiting and abuse prevention. We do not use this data to build advertising profiles.

If you buy the unlock through Apple's App Store, payment processing is handled by Apple. We do not receive your full payment card details.

MapMate lets you tag a place with a free-form "vibe" of your choosing — for example, you might invent a tag like "sunset spot" or "first-date". To learn which custom tags are popular enough to graduate into official MapMate vibes in a future update, the app sends an anonymous summary of your custom tag values to our servers, at most once every 24 hours.

We do not receive your place names, addresses, coordinates, photos, notes, or ratings. The summary contains only the lowercased custom tag text itself, the language you were in when you wrote it, the number of places on your device that use the tag, the same opaque device identifier used for coupon redemption, and the app version. The server records a shortened hash of the incoming IP address for rate limiting.

This is opt-out. You can turn it off at any time in MapMate Settings → "Help improve MapMate". Disabling it stops new reports from your device immediately; previously sent summaries remain in our admin database but contain no personally identifying information.

We use the limited information above to operate MapMate features, sync unlock state through Apple services, validate redemptions, prevent coupon abuse, and support users who contact us.

We may rely on service providers that help us operate MapMate, including Apple for App Store, StoreKit, CloudKit, and iCloud services, and Google Firebase / Firestore for coupon administration. We do not sell your personal information. We do not provide your saved place history to ad networks.

If you choose to share a place card using iOS sharing tools, that share happens only because you initiated it.

Your place memories remain available until you delete them, remove the app, or remove synced app data from your Apple account where applicable. Coupon redemption records may be retained for as long as reasonably needed to administer promotions, prevent fraud, and maintain audit history.

You can control MapMate permissions at any time in iOS Settings. You can also stop using iCloud for the app through Apple's device and account settings if you do not want Apple-mediated sync.