Privacy Policy

Last updated: 11 July 2026

The short version: your data stays on your device. Step Step has no servers, no accounts, no analytics, and no advertising. We cannot see your data, by design.

What Step Step reads

With your permission, Step Step reads from Apple Health on your device:

• Steps, walking/running distance, flights climbed, exercise minutes and active energy
• Workouts (including routes recorded by other apps or Apple Watch)
• Heart rate, resting heart rate and workout effort
• Body weight, body fat percentage, waist circumference and height
• State of Mind entries you create in Step Step

During a workout you record with Step Step, the app may also use (with permission):

• Location: to draw your route map. Only while a workout is being recorded.
• Motion & fitness: to count steps and estimate indoor distance.
• Bluetooth: only if you connect a heart-rate monitor.

What Step Step writes

With your permission, Step Step saves to Apple Health: workouts you record, weight, body fat, waist and workout-effort entries you log, and State of Mind entries. Apple Health is the single source of truth: deleting data there deletes it for Step Step too.

Where your data lives

• Health data never leaves Apple Health. Step Step reads it live and never copies it to any server. Small derived summaries (for example, today's step count for your home-screen widget, or your streak length) are stored on-device only.
• App data (goals, medals, streak shields, preferences) is stored on your device. If iCloud backup of app data is enabled in a future version, it uses your personal iCloud (Apple's end-to-end infrastructure), and we still see nothing.
• Photos you attach to workouts stay in the app's on-device storage.
• Diagnostics (crash logs) are stored on-device and shared only if you explicitly export them from Settings → About → Device Logs.

What we collect

Nothing. Step Step contains no analytics SDKs, no advertising SDKs, no tracking, and makes no network requests with your personal data. There is no account and no way for us to identify you.

On-device AI

Any AI-generated insight (the "coach") runs on-device using Apple's Foundation Models. Your health data is not sent to any external AI service.

Purchases

Subscriptions and in-app purchases are processed by Apple. We receive no payment details. Purchase receipts are validated on your device by StoreKit.

Notifications

All notifications are scheduled locally on your device (goal reached, streak reminders, weigh-in reminders you enable). There is no push server.

Your choices

• Grant or revoke Health, location, motion and Bluetooth access any time in iOS Settings.
• Turn any notification off in Step Step's Settings → Notifications.
• Delete the app to delete all app data. Your Apple Health data remains yours, in Apple Health.

Children

Step Step is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new date. Material changes will be highlighted in the app's release notes.

Contact

Questions? Email support@step-step.app.