Privacy Policy – 1st Golf GPS

The short version

Your rounds, scores, shots, bag and handicap are stored only on your iPhone.
No accounts, no adverts, no tracking or analytics.
Your location is used on the phone to measure distances. It is never stored on our servers or sold.
The camera is only used when you choose to scan a scorecard, and the photo isn’t uploaded or kept.
Purchases are handled by Apple. We don’t receive your name, email or payment details.

Who we are

1st Golf GPS (“the app”) is made by Robert Brace, an independent developer in the UK. In this policy, “we” and “us” mean Robert Brace.

Data stored on your iPhone

Your rounds, scores, shots, bag, handicap, favourites and settings are stored only on your iPhone. We don’t run accounts, and we don’t have a copy of this data.

If you use Backup and restore, the app creates a single backup file. You choose where that file is saved, and it stays under your control.

Because your data never leaves your phone, deleting the app deletes your data. Make a backup file first if you want to keep it.

Your location

The app uses your iPhone’s location to measure distances on the course (to the green, hazards and targets), to sort courses by how far away they are, and to move to the next hole when you reach its tee. Your location is used on the phone. It is never stored on our servers, sold or shared.

If you turn on Update yardages while locked in Settings (Premium), the app keeps using GPS while your phone is locked, so your yardages stay up to date on the Lock Screen. It does this until you turn the setting off.

You can change location access at any time in your iPhone’s Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services.

Camera and photos

The camera and photos are only used when you choose to scan a scorecard. The text is read on the phone, and the image isn’t uploaded or kept.

Services the app talks to

To show courses, maps, weather and scorecard data, the app requests information from these services. We only send them what they need to answer the request.

OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)

Provides the course list and hole layouts. It receives the course being looked up (or the area being searched), not your position. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Open-Meteo

Provides weather and elevation. It receives the coordinates of the course or the points being measured.

GolfCourseAPI

Provides scorecard data such as pars, stroke index, course rating and slope. It receives the course name being searched.

Apple Maps

Provides satellite imagery. Apple’s own privacy policy applies to Apple Maps.

As with any internet request, these services can see your device’s IP address when the app connects to them. Each is run independently and has its own privacy policy.

Purchases

Premium subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. We don’t receive your name, email or payment details. You can manage or cancel a subscription at any time in your iPhone’s Settings: tap your name, then Subscriptions.

No accounts, adverts or tracking

The app has no accounts and shows no adverts. It doesn’t use third-party analytics or tracking, and we don’t sell or share your data.

If you choose to share analytics with app developers in your iPhone’s settings, Apple may share anonymous crash reports with us. These don’t identify you.

Children

The app isn’t directed at children under 13 and doesn’t knowingly collect information from them.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have rights over your personal data. Because your golf data is kept only on your iPhone, and we don’t hold a copy, you are in full control of it: you can view, change or delete it in the app at any time. If you have any questions, please contact us.

Changes to this policy

If we change how the app handles data, we’ll update this page and the “Last updated” date above.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email [ADD YOUR SUPPORT EMAIL].

Your data stays on your iPhone