Privacy policy

The short version

MileReel works without an account and keeps your trips on your phone. Nothing about your routes leaves the phone unless you sign in to back up or choose to share a trip.

On your phone

• Location is recorded only while a trip is recording, including in the background, and stored on the device.
• Motion sensors (G-force, gyroscope, barometer) are logged during trips while the app is open, and stored on the device.
• Notifications are local: break reminders, a “still recording?” nudge and a weekly recap. No push service is used.

If you create an account

• Your email is used to send sign-in codes. Trips you record are backed up to our database (Supabase) so they sync between your phones.
• Publishing a trip creates a public page with its route, stats and stops. You can unpublish or delete it at any time; deleting removes it from our servers.

Anonymous usage statistics

The app sends anonymous events (for example “trip finished”, with the vehicle type and a distance range) tied to a random install ID — never your routes, places, trip titles or email. You can switch this off in Settings → Privacy.

This website

When you download the app we record the date, the country (from our host), the type of device and which site linked you here. We don’t store IP addresses or set tracking cookies. The iPhone waitlist stores the email you give us, only to tell you when the iPhone app is out.

Maps

Map tiles come from OpenFreeMap; your device requests them directly while you view a map.

Your choices

Delete trips in the app, delete your account by contacting us, or ask us to remove your waitlist email. Contact: tim.sankara@gmail.com.