Effective date: October 25, 2026
Viatu ("the app") is made by Alexey Rokalo ("we", "us"). This policy explains what information the app handles and why. In short: your travel data stays on your iPhone, we have no accounts and no servers of our own, and we never sell your data.
Your travel data stays on your device
The trips, countries, cities, dates and notes you add are stored only on your iPhone. We do not have a server and cannot see this data. The app keeps this data out of iCloud and computer backups, so it never leaves your device that way either; to keep a copy, export your trips as a CSV file (see Your choices). Deleting the app or restoring a new iPhone from a backup starts Viatu empty.
Photos
If you choose to find trips in your photos, the app asks for access to your photo library and reads the date and location of your photos on your device to suggest trips. Photos and their locations are never uploaded or shared. You can change or revoke this access at any time in iOS Settings.
Location
If you allow it, the app reads your device's location once, on your device, to suggest your home country. It does not track your location in the background, and your location is never uploaded or shared. You can pick your home country by hand instead, and change or revoke location access at any time in iOS Settings.
Notifications
If you allow notifications, the app schedules its own "On this day" reminders on your device. Nothing is sent from a server, and you can turn them off in the app or in iOS Settings.
Services we use
Mapbox (maps)
The world map is provided by Mapbox. To display it, your device downloads map data from Mapbox, which receives technical information such as your IP address and device type. The app turns off Mapbox's optional usage-data collection. Mapbox still receives what any map download needs, plus a periodic anonymous count of active users that Mapbox uses for billing; this is not linked to you and is not used to track you. Mapbox does not receive your trips, photos or location history. See the Mapbox Privacy Policy.
RevenueCat and Apple (purchases)
Purchases are processed by Apple. We use RevenueCat to check whether you have Premium. RevenueCat receives a random, anonymous app user ID, your purchase history and basic device and app information. It does not receive your name, email or payment details, and it does not receive your trips. See the RevenueCat Privacy Policy and Apple's Privacy Policy.
What we don't do
- No accounts, no sign-up.
- No advertising and no ad tracking.
- No tracking across other companies' apps or websites.
- No analytics of our own.
- No selling or renting of your data.
Your choices
You can export your trips as a CSV file or delete all data in Profile → Settings → Data & privacy. Deleting the app removes everything it stored on your device. To ask for your purchase records held by RevenueCat to be deleted, write to us at the address below.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date.
Contact
Alexey Rokalo — alexey.rokalo@gmail.com