Privacy Policy
This policy covers the StepDown iPhone app, its widgets, and this website. StepDown is made by Harun Yazgan, an independent developer ("we", "us").
The short version. StepDown has no accounts, no ads, no analytics SDK and no tracking. What you log stays on your iPhone and we cannot see it. The only information that leaves your device through the app is what is needed to handle a purchase, which goes to Apple and to our purchase provider, RevenueCat, under a random anonymous ID.
What stays on your iPhone
The app stores the following on your device only. It is never sent to us or to any server we control:
- Your setup answers: pouches per day, strength, what a can costs, when your day usually runs, your chosen pace, and any reasons you picked
- Your plan and its steps and dates
- Each pouch you log (time, strength and price at the time), and days you mark by hand
- Craving sessions (when they started and ended, and how they ended) and your game scores
- App settings and the small summary the widgets read
Information about nicotine use can be sensitive. We treat it that way by not collecting it: we have no copy, cannot read it, and cannot restore it if you delete the app.
Device backups
StepDown does not sync your data to iCloud or any other cloud service. If you back up your iPhone with iCloud Backup or to a computer, Apple's backup may include the app's data as part of the whole-device backup. That backup is controlled by you and by Apple under your Apple Account; we have no access to it.
Purchases
Payments are handled by Apple. We never receive your name, Apple Account email, or payment card details.
To unlock Premium and keep it in step with your purchase, the app uses RevenueCat, a service provider that acts on our behalf. When the app starts and when you buy or restore a purchase, RevenueCat receives:
- A random anonymous app user ID created on your device (not your name, email or Apple Account)
- Purchase information from Apple: which product, when, the price and currency, the App Store country, and trial and renewal status
- Basic technical details sent with any network request: app version, device model, iOS version, language and region settings, and your IP address
We use this only to provide what you paid for, to check that purchases are valid, and to see totals such as how many subscriptions are active. We do not link it to your identity and do not use it to track you across other companies' apps or websites. RevenueCat's own policy is at revenuecat.com/privacy. RevenueCat is based in the United States, so this information may be processed there.
What we do not do
- We do not sell or share your personal information.
- We do not show ads or use advertising identifiers.
- We do not use third-party analytics or crash-reporting SDKs in the app.
- We do not read your health data from Apple Health, your location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone.
Notifications and widgets
Reminders are scheduled on your iPhone by the app itself; no push-notification server is involved. Widgets read a small summary (such as how many are left today) that the app saves on your device.
This website
This site is hosted on Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare processes standard request data such as IP address and browser type to deliver pages and protect against abuse. The site sets no cookies of its own and has no analytics scripts. If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you write, and use it only to reply.
Keeping and deleting data
- On your iPhone: your data stays until you remove it. In the app, open Settings and choose "Delete all data" to erase your plan, logs and history. Deleting the app also removes it.
- Purchase records: RevenueCat keeps the purchase records tied to the anonymous ID for as long as needed to provide Premium and meet accounting and legal obligations. To ask for deletion of those records, email us and we will remove what we are able to identify. Apple keeps its own purchase history under your Apple Account.
Your choices and rights
Depending on where you live (for example the EU, the UK or California), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information, or to object to certain uses. Because your logs live only on your device, you already control them directly. For anything held by our purchase provider, email us at stepdown@harunyazgan.com and we will respond within 30 days. You will not be treated differently for making a request. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Age
StepDown is for adults aged 21 and over who already use nicotine pouches. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 21.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update the date above and, for significant changes, tell you in the app before they take effect.
Contact
Harun Yazgan · stepdown@harunyazgan.com