Privacy Policy

Haunts · Effective November 9, 2026

On your phone

Your check-ins, places, imports, profile name and photo are stored on your iPhone. If iCloud Backup is on, they're included in your phone's backup like any app's data. Exports you make are files you control.

Place lookups

To name places, Haunts asks Apple Maps what's near a spot. Apple receives that search under its own privacy policy. It doesn't receive your history.

Optional account

Adding friends requires Sign in with Apple. The Haunts server then stores an identifier from Apple, the name you choose, a public encryption key, who your friends are, and your invite link. Haunts doesn't ask Apple for your email address.

What you share with friends

Check-ins you share are encrypted on your phone so only that friend can open them. The server stores them and holds each one until the delay you chose, but it can't read them. Homes and places you hide are never shared.

Anonymous usage

Haunts counts how the app is used, like opening it, checking in, or importing data, along with the app and iOS version, the device model, and whether location access is allowed. It also sends crash and error reports, which say what part of the app failed but not the error's message. All of this uses a random ID for this install, never includes places, coordinates, check-in dates, names or your account, and isn't linked to you. It's processed by PostHog.

Hosting

The server runs on Cloudflare. Like any website, Cloudflare may briefly keep standard request logs.

What Haunts doesn't do

No ads, no selling or renting data, no tracking across other apps or websites.

Deleting

Delete Account in Settings removes your account, friendships and everything you've shared from the server right away, and revokes Sign in with Apple. Deleting the app removes everything on your phone.

Children

Haunts isn't directed at children under 13.

Changes and questions

If this policy changes, this page will be updated. Questions can be sent through TestFlight feedback.