Privacy Policy

1. The short version

AlohaKai is made by Apex Nova Dev, a small independent studio. The app does not require an account and does not collect personal data. Location, camera, photos, speech and Apple Intelligence are processed on your device. There is no advertising, analytics or tracking.

The only third-party requests are Apple's map tiles and, when you explicitly ask for narration outside the active content pack, a Wikipedia lookup. The Hawaii Complete purchase is processed by Apple; we never receive your payment details.

2. Data we collect

The developer does not collect, sell or share personal data from the app. There is no account, advertising SDK, analytics SDK or crash-reporting SDK.

3. Location

With your permission, the app uses Core Location to sort nearby places, centre the map and start narration when you approach a place. Location is processed on the device and is not uploaded to the developer or used for advertising.

You can deny location access and still browse, search and play every narration manually. “Always” access is used only if you enable automatic narration while the screen is locked or another app is open.

4. Camera, photos and microphone

The camera is used when you choose to photograph an exhibit label or the view in front of you. Photos are read on the device with Apple Vision and are not saved by the app or uploaded. The microphone and speech recognition are used only when you choose voice input; the app requests on-device recognition when the device supports it. Audio is not uploaded by the developer.

5. Apple Intelligence

On supported devices with Apple Intelligence enabled, questions, place context and text extracted from photos are processed by the on-device system model through Apple's Foundation Models framework. The developer receives nothing. If Apple Intelligence is unavailable, the app answers from the content pack's local notes.

6. Content packs and local storage

Content packs, listening progress, narration history and settings are stored on your device. Imported packs are not uploaded. Deleting a pack removes its local copy.

7. Purchases

The Hawaii Complete unlock is a non-consumable in-app purchase processed by Apple. The developer does not receive your payment details. Apple's privacy policy applies to the purchase. Restore Purchases uses your Apple Account through StoreKit.

8. Wikipedia and maps

If you ask for narration for a place outside the active pack, the app contacts Wikipedia's public API with the coordinate needed for the search and a descriptive AlohaKai/1.0 User-Agent. The request contains no account, name, email, device identifier or advertising identifier. The developer does not receive or store the request or response.

Apple MapKit provides online map tiles under Apple's privacy policy. If a pack includes offline map tiles, they stay on your device.

9. Children

The app is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal data from children. Historical narration includes war and cultural content; parents should review it with younger children.

10. Your choices

You can revoke location, camera, microphone or speech access in iOS Settings. You can clear listening progress and narration history in the app's Settings, delete imported packs in Trips, and manage or restore purchases through your Apple Account.

11. Changes

If the app adds analytics, accounts, advertising or server-side features, this policy will be updated before those features ship, and the effective date will change.

12. Contact

For privacy questions, use the contact address at the top of this page or the developer contact on the App Store product page.